Importing from Multiple Shopping Carts into One Order Manager Store

The Stone Edge Order Manager allows you to manage Internet and phone orders from multiple channels. For example you can manage orders coming from Miva, Yahoo!, and Amazon shopping carts through a single interface from a single database.

Benefits

Manage Single Inventory Source

With all the orders coming into one database you can quickly see what your overall Inventory levels are and have a single source to do your Fulfillment.

 

Retain Branding

With the use of Cart Based Parameters you can have separate email, company contact, and credit card processor settings based on where the order came from.

 

Easier Reporting

Reports can be generated that list information by source allowing you to track performance measures across your sales channels.

 

Back-up Only One Data File

With all the shopping carts importing into a single database you only need to be concerned with backing up that one file.

 

Associating Manual/Phone Orders with Shopping Carts

When placing Manual Orders thru the Enter Orders Manually form you are able to associate the order with a shopping cart and leverage the functionality of Cart Based parameters for your branding and management.

Considerations

Quick Books Export

All the data will be exported to a single Quick Books file as one company.

When to definitely have separate Data files

1)      If the stores are separate Legal Entities then you must use separate data files

2)      If the Inventory sold between the stores is completely unrelated then it would not be beneficial to use a single data file.

How to Setup Multiple Shopping Carts to Import into Single Data File

1) Create a New Store if you are not currently using the Stone Edge Order Manager

http://www.stoneedge.com/help/OM_DOC/install_OM/Installing_the_Order_Manager.htm

 

2) Create each Shopping Cart within the Stone Edge Order Manager

http://stoneedge.com/help/OM_DOC/Cart_Functions/Create_Edit_Shopping_Carts.htm

 

3) Configure your Cart Based System Parameters

http://stoneedge.com/help/OM_DOC/sys_parameter/specialparms.html

http://stoneedge.com/help/OM_DOC/Shopping_Carts/shopping_cart_based_credit_card_gateways.htm

 

Parameters that are cart based: