Getting Orders From Shopsite To Our Back End System

[extragear]

Getting orders from Shopsite into MOM as seamlessly as possible

I’ve read through the documentation concerning getting orders from Shopsite. Downloading a file and formatting is pretty easy.

But what we are looking for is an automated way to get orders from Shopsite and up into our back end order processing system. Our back end order processing system happens to be Mail Order Manager by Dydacomp.

As a solution we considered the Import Module offered by Dydacomp and decided it wasn’t what we want. (Another company we know tried it and didn’t like it.)

I would assume that from all the businesses that use Shopsite, that some use Dydacomps MOM and have had a program written that seamlessly gets the orders from Shopsite into MOM. Or at least has them downloaded onto their desktop and formatted to a spec that MOM can import.

If any company has such as program, I would be interested in hearing from them.

From my research I see that Shopsite has:

1. Automatic XML Orders Download – The documentation states that a merchant supplied program can be used to automatically download a stores orders as an XML formatted text file.

The order download program must send a request to a Shopsite CGI Program (db_xml.cgi) and provide the merchants user id and password to start the download. To keep order information secure, the Shopsite CGI program should be invoked through a secure connection.

Has anyone written such a program?

2. The documentation also mentions an Order API. It states that you use this screen to configure Shopsite to run one or more CGI applications when the customers make purchases. The custom program could stuff the order information into another system in real time.

Once again, has anyone written such a program? If not, would someone be interested in writing it?

Thanks
Tim

[Barney Stone]

The Stone Edge Order Manager (www.StoneEdge.com/OrderManager.htm), which is a competitor to M.O.M., can be used as a gateway to import orders from ShopSite (and about 30 other Web platforms), and then export the orders in the proper format to import using Dydacomp's Import/Export Module. The Order Manager can pre-process the data before exporting it. For example, it can validate addresses against a USPS database. If you are paying Dydacomp to do that, the savings on that alone will pay for the Order Manager in about 18 months.

You can find information about this on our Web site at:

http://www.stoneedge.com/mom.htm

and at:

http://www.stoneedge.com/help/OM_DOC/ti ... xport.html

And feel free to give us a call at 215-641-1837 if you want more information.

[JosephFantozzi]

Hello Extragear,

As long as you are running Mail Order Manager Version 5.4 or later (our current Version is M.O.M. 6.0) and your ShopSite Store is running Version 7 or 8, I am happy to let you know that Dydacomp offers a completely automated two way direct feed module for ShopSite that downloads new orders and synchronizes product's inventory from M.O.M. to your Shop Site store.

For Instance, our module allows you to publish product's descriptions, low stock threshholds, shipping charges, images and more without you having to click a button. You can set M.O.M. to continually upload and download data every minute if you would like.

There are no hosting or service charges by Dydacomp, and once you have the module you can use it for as many ShopSite stores as you like. Together Mail Order Manager & Shopsite offer a complete, cost-effective and scalable solution for your entire business and integration is precisely what makes the M.O.M. and Shopsite solution so awesomely powerful! Automatically import your Shopsite orders directly into Mail Order Manager and let M.O.M. do the rest.

Order Import & Traditional Entry
Customer Management & Review
Order Processing & Shipping
Inventory Management & Shopsite Uploads
3rd Party Marketplace Integration ( ie Amazon, eBay)
"Active" Inventory Synchronization
Purchasing & Forecasting
Accounting
Reporting & List Management
and Much, Much More.

Feel free to give me a call at 800-858-3666 x 245 and we can talk more about the ShopSite Order Management Module. We can even schedule an online demonstration and I would be glad to show you exactly how it works.

Have a Great weekend.

Joe Fantozzi