eCommera CoreCommerce(TM) Platform

Best-of-breed at a fraction of the cost and time

The eCommera CoreCommerce (TM) Platform is Europe's first end-to-end enterprise-grade, scalable SaaS platform for online and multi-channel retail. Combining only best-of-breed applications with pre-configured customer journeys developed by eCommera, it allows retailers to launch faster and more cost effectively than on comparable functionally rich platforms.

Clients have unparalleled control to make the changes they want when they want, while continuous innovation keeps them ahead in an increasingly competitive market. The platform consists of the following best-of-breed software applications:

Each quarter new functionality is made available to eCommera CoreCommerce customers, which they can choose to use or not. This continual innovation ensures that eCommera retailers are always able to take advantage of the opportunities to improve customer acquisition, conversion or retention.

The core modules of the eCommera CoreCommerce (TM) 2008.4 Platform include:

• Search and Merchandising powered by Demandware
• Industry leading merchandising and search, including faceted browsing
• Product catalogue management
• Powerful and flexible promotions management
• A/B Testing
• Full international capabilities
• Visual Merchandising powered by Scene 7
• Extensive visual merchandising with zoom
• Dynamic rendering, and colour swatching
• Flash carousels that support static and streaming media with sound
• Checkout powered by Demandware
• Ajax powered shopping basket
• Single and multi address checkout with optional gift and eVoucher management for rapid launch
• Supports multi currency and tax
• Payment management by Datacash
• Support for credit, debit, retailer specific store card, Pay Pal
• Full international capabilites
• Global address validation
• Comprehensive fraud management
• Customer Service powered by Demandware
• Customer account management
• Call Centre screens for customer service support
• Analytics powered by Coremetrics
• Extensive role based customer analytics and reporting
• Management of affiliates

Retailer Flexibility and Control

eCommera CoreCommerce (TM) 2008.4 Platform offers an unrivalled level of flexibility. Retailers can choose to tailor the functionality of the platform to their specific requirements, selecting from the existing rich set of capabilities for a rapid cost-effective solution or they can choose to create or integrate new services or functionality.

It offers retailers access to a powerful business user interface that allows them to manage the site without IT intervention. This can mean changing navigation to creating and executing promotions and adding data attributes to power faceted search.

Retailers can also access a developer instance of their platform where they can take control of their site, giving them unparalleled power to make the changes they want when they want.