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Plimus Announces New PayPal Option

[ No Comments ] Posted on 01.27.12 under ASP Member Companies, Business

Plimus Sellers Benefit from Immediate Sales Earnings and Greater Management Controls with new Plimus PayPal Option

Industry-leading payment option provides sellers the open flexibility of PayPal with the processing power of Plimus

FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Plimus Inc., the leader in hosted e-Business solutions, today announced its new Plimus PayPal Option – the first in the industry to offer the open flexibility of PayPal with the processing power of Plimus. The new and innovative Plimus PayPal Option comprises an open payment solution that delivers the most secure, manageable and growth-friendly monetization approach for PayPal transactions. It provides sellers with the security and control of the Plimus e-Commerce platform combined with the flexibility and total seller control over PayPal records and immediate funding of sales directly to the seller’s PayPal account.

Available immediately for existing or new sellers, the Plimus PayPal Option enables full management of PayPal sales on behalf of the seller through their individually established PayPal accounts, and facilitates the establishment of the seller’s PayPal account as one of the payment options on their Plimus-powered e-Commerce site. When a shopper selects PayPal for payment on the Plimus powered e-Commerce site, they complete the transaction on PayPal; the transaction is acknowledged and managed by Plimus, and the funds are immediately delivered directly to the seller’s PayPal account. Additionally, Plimus manages fulfillment (e.g. download links and serial numbers), refunds, chargebacks, shopper disputes, subscriptions, full reporting and more, giving sellers a complete e-Commerce solution for PayPal. And the power of this PayPal service is provided at a reduced rate from Plimus, with the fee lowered by the amount charged by PayPal.
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Companies Face Important Choices in Global E-Commerce Initiatives

[ No Comments ] Posted on 01.10.12 under ASP Member Companies, Business

Digital River White Paper Examines Paths to Successful Localization Efforts

MINNEAPOLIS–Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced today the availability of a new white paper on the important factors to consider in launching international e-commerce initiatives. A complimentary copy of the white paper, entitled Going Global, Selling Local: Preparing Your Business to Grab its Share of the Online Market, is available for download on the company’s website.

“Global e-commerce will be bigger than ever in 2012,” said Jim Wehmann, Digital River’s senior vice president for global marketing. “Companies everywhere are drawn to the promise of additional revenue, enhanced margins and new opportunities. What may not be so obvious – especially for companies that are expanding into new geographies for the first time – are the complexities that can waste money, cause delays and sometimes stop global initiatives dead in their tracks. Readers of this paper will gain a sense of both the opportunities and the pitfalls.”
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Digital River Launches High-Capacity E-Commerce Solution that Captures over 6,000 Online Orders per Second

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.28.11 under ASP Member Companies, Business

Handles large volume, high traffic launches of digital titles and physical products on a global basis

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that it engineered and launched a new, high-capacity e-commerce solution that can capture in excess of 6,000 online orders per second on a global basis. Built to handle sudden spikes in traffic and large-volume orders, the high-performance solution is ideal for managing the increased order demands associated with hotly anticipated merchandising events, door buster discounts, and preorder sales or releases of digital titles and physical products, including massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and collectible items.

Digital River’s High-Capacity Order Solution is built on the backbone of the company’s Global Commerce™ enterprise system, which supports tens of thousands of online businesses around the world. To streamline and regulate the online order process for on-demand software and game titles as well as consumer electronics products, the Digital River solution places online shoppers in a virtual checkout line to capture their orders. After receiving the orders, the system then processes the purchase and payment on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a successful purchase has been completed, a notification, and if required a digital license key, is sent to the consumer.
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Avangate Included in Independent Research Firm Report on Key Solutions for Digital Commerce

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.27.11 under ASP Member Companies, Business

Company Noted for Commerce Solution and Channel Management Program

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.–Avangate, the agile eCommerce solutions provider trusted by thousands of Software and SaaS companies to grow their business worldwide through any channel and any model, is featured in a new report from Forrester Research on the industry’s leading digital commerce solutions. Recognizing a growing need among consumers for access to digital content, the report highlights tactics for selecting an ecommerce provider and looks at some of the key solutions available in the market today.

“In the past, online transactions for digital product purchases differed little from physical product purchases, with the exception of the delivery method,” Market Overview: Digital Commerce Solutions 2011, Forrester Research, Inc., 11/7/11. “However, today’s digitally connected consumer is eschewing the traditional ownership model of buy, download, install, and use. Consumers want access to digital content and services across their connected devices, anytime, anywhere.”
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HM2GO: A Free Mini Web Server for Local WebHelp

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.21.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

EC Software, manufacturer of the leading Help & Manual help authoring suite, has just released a free mini web server called Help & Manual 2 Go that solves a common problem associated with modern HTML-based documentation.

Technical documentation, online help and manuals are increasingly distributed as HTML on CD or DVD, or installed locally together with the software. The HTML-based “WebHelp” generated by modern documentation tools like Help & Manual, RoboHelp and Doc-to-Help comes with powerful navigation, search and other features and displays in standard web browsers, making it very user-friendly and accessible.

The problem is that browsers are increasingly implementing security features that prevent WebHelp from running properly when it is opened from local drives or optical media without a web server. It used to be possible to get Internet Explorer to run JavaScript locally with the help of proprietary tags. However, the latest versions of modern browsers like Google Chrome are now making it all but impossible to use scripts that communicate between the frames or iFrames needed to display a scrolling table of contents, topics and other elements on the same page.

Help & Manual 2 Go is a mini web server that solves this problem: It consists of a single 1.7MB file that contains everything needed to serve a complete WebHelp system to the local browser – even when opened from optical media. The browser sees a normal web server and behaves accordingly, opening the WebHelp with full functionality. You just need to store the HM2GO.EXE file on the CD or install it along with your software and start it together with the WebHelp documentation.
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Help+Manual 6:

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.20.11 under ASP Member Companies, Development

Authoring Tool Now Publishes Manuals and Documentation Directly to iPad and iPhone

Documentation is always needed, whether you’re producing a software application, a gadget or a web portal. The authoring tool Help & Manual makes it easy to produce interactive help systems and user manuals. Version 6 adds some new output formats, including manuals that can be viewed directly on the Apple iPad and iPhone.

Help+Manual is an XML-based help authoring tool online help and user manuals. You enter your text and Help & Manual converts it into ready-to-use Windows help files, web-based interactive help, PDF manuals, eBooks and more. All the complex conversion work is handled by the program – no specialized skills are required.
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