Jeff Grundey

QuickBooks eCommerce Integration: Picking the Right Solution

(This post was originally published on Feb 2, 2014. We’ve updated it for accuracy and completeness.)

Whether you’re opening an online store for the first time, or already running multiple online sales channels, one of the biggest challenges you face is managing the large amounts of data that these operations generate. Your hectic days are filled with you racing around pulling orders, updating item information, updating inventory, creating invoices, and entering payments in Quickbooks.

The amount of time you spend tracking down information, fixing errors, and manually entering data is costly and counterproductive. That’s why you need to integrate Quickbooks and your eCommerce storefront.

In this post, we’ll discuss what to look for in eCommerce platforms that work well with Quickbooks and the best solutions for Quickbooks eCommerce integration.

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How an Amazon Inventory Management System Helps You Maximize Earnings

(This post was originally published on November 15, 2013. We’ve updated it for accuracy and completeness.)

Like many other retailers, you’ve decided to take your share of the opportunity to sell on Amazon. Who wouldn’t want access to the world’s biggest eCommerce marketplace?

But, what you may not realize (until you’ve done it) is how quickly orders come in. If you’re a growing retailer who has been managing inventory by hand, Amazon-sized quantities of orders will bury you.

In this post, we’ll dive into why you need an Amazon inventory management system to keep ensure you can seize the most opportunity possible from Amazon.

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Create an eCommerce Revenue Engine with Sage ERP 100 & Magento Integration

Internet Retailer recently reported: Wal-Mart grows global web sales 30% in 2013 and projects similar growth this year.  It is no secret that the world’s largest retailers like Wal-Mart rely on a tightly woven web of automation to process every business transaction.  Their value-chain network includes manufacturers, suppliers, logisticians, warehouses, distributors, physical stores and websites.  This intricate web is made up of thousands of system integrations linking customer-facing kiosks, websites and mobile shopping apps with company-facing POS, ERP, SCM, CRM, HRM, financial systems and custom business applications.  Multinational enterprises like Wal-Mart would be disabled, lose marketshare and eventually disappear if their tight-knit system failed to process the business data that enables them to quickly bring product to market and meet customer demand.   (more…)