I can’t thank you and your staff at Be A Part Of enough for all the work done to help us out of a really bad spot. As you know, we were left in the lurch, so to speak, by another web developer. They had been given the contract to redesign our old FRC web site at the beginning of December 2010. They had promised to finish the site by mid January 2011. Two weeks past their deadline, at the end of January they called to tell me they were burned out, lost track of their schedule, and had no creative ideas for our new site. They made many promises, then just dropped the contract and reluctantly refunded our money.

I spent 3 days calling web developers and everyone was busy. Nobody could take us on and meet a deadline of 3 weeks to redesign a site using Big Commerce for the first time. You were great from the beginning Greg. You were busy and you agreed to take us on, with our 3 week deadline and a contract clause that stipulated I wouldn’t pay you if you missed the deadline (sorry about that – it was stress…lol). I know it’s not easy to take on a client claiming *issues* with a prior web developer. I know I was anxious and wanted many things stipulated in our contract, after what I had already experienced. You were patient and accommodating. I appreciated that a great deal. You and Doug (Roberts) communicated progress in a very consistent and professional manner. You both addressed all issues requiring adjustments efficiently and were able to finish the web site prior to the contract deadline – Bravo!

I am very grateful. The site looks fantastic and I know my clients will be pleased with their shopping experience on the new FRC web site. I would not hesitate to recommend your services to other people and I look forward to working with Be A Part Of again in the near future.

Sincerely,
Tammy Rosenblatt
www.fieldtripresourcecenter.com

We have completed Zencart shopping carts, Yahoo shopping carts, Joomla, Drupal and others. Can’t say we have been impressed with any of them. To be honest, not only from a developer point of view, but from our customers point of view, Interspire is the best out there. It’s made to sell and does just that.

Take a look at these features below.It’s amazing what they have to offer.

Interspire – Compare Licensed Editions

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Compare the different editions for the licensed version of Interspire Shopping Cart below.If you have any questions about features, please contact us.

Call for pricing	Starter	Professional	Ultimate
General Features
60 Day Refund Guarantee
100% Open Source PHP Code
Easily Customize PHP Code
Private Label Capabilities
Number of Products	50 100	500 5,000	100,000 Unlimited
Number of Staff Logins	2	3	20
Sell in Multiple Currencies
Mobile Commerce
Checkout
Secure Checkout
Single Page Checkout
Custom Form Fields
Customer can search and browse order history
Real time customer order tracking
Guest/anonymous checkout option
Forced Registration Checkout
Quote Cart, i.e. Ordering disabled, prices replaced with “Call for Pricing”
Customer Registration
Customer Accounts
Agree to Terms During Checkout
One Click Re-Ordering
Sell Products With Delivery/Event Dates
Order Management
Set Min/Max Order Quantities
Accept Pre-Orders
Sync to Quickbooks
Order Messaging System
Export Orders (CSV/XML)
Global Store Tax Calculation
International Orders
Per Country/State Tax Rates
Order Notification Emails
Order Notifications via SMS
Order Notifications via Windows Live
Order Status Change Emails for Customers
Tracking Number for Orders
Limit Shipping to Certain Countries
Specify Order Handling Fees
Invoices & Packing Slips
Affiliate Conversion Tracking
Bulk Import Tracking Numbers
Supported Payment Methods
Over 50 payment providers supported
Selling/Comparison Integrations
List your products on eBay
Export to BizRate
Export to Shopzilla
Export to Beso
Export to NexTag
Export to PriceGrabber
Export to Shopping.com
Export to MySimon
Supported Shipping Methods
Australia Post
Canada Post
FedEx
Intershipper
UPS
USPS
Flat-Rate Per Country
Flat-Rate Per Order
Free Shipping
Fee Per Item
Ship by Weight
Ship by Order Total
Easy Integration With Other Shipping Methods Via Modules System
Returns Management (RMA)
Customers Can Submit Return Requests from Your Store
Customizable Return Instructions
Customizable Return Reasons
Customizable Return Actions
Advanced Returns Processing
Returns Notifications by Email for Store Owner
Returns Status Update Emails for Customers
Issue Store Credit for Returns
Inventory Control
Per-Product Inventory Levels
Per-Variation Inventory Levels
“Out of Stock” Messages
Low Stock Warning Emails
Easy Inventory Management
Product Management
Sell Physical & Downloadable Products
Photos Per Product	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bulk Product Editing
Product Variations
Files Per Downloadable Product	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Limit Access to Downloadable Products
Expiry Dates on Downloadable Products
Product Reviews
Product in Multiple Categories
Set Product’s Cost, Retail & Sale Prices
Automatic Thumnail Image Creation
Per-Product Free Shipping
Automatically/Manually Specify a List of Related Products
Per-Product Custom Fields
Specify Sort Order
Choose Different Product Layout Files (HTML)
Full SEO Customization
Hide Pricing Per-Product
Tabs on Product Pages
Customer Management
Advanced Customer Search
Customer Order History
Import Customers (CSV/XML)
Export Customers (CSV/XML)
Store Credits System
Customer Groups w/ Discounts & Access Permissions
Promotions & Marketing
Discount Rules
Banner Management
Integrates With Any Live Chat Software
30 Day Free Trial of LivePerson Express (Exclusive to Interspire customers)
Coupon Codes
Newsletter Subscriptions
Easy Interspire Email Marketer Integration
Easy Interspire Knowledge Manager Integration
Newsletter Subscribers Export (CSV)
Google Products Export
Fully Modular Addons System and Framework
Content Management System
Create Web Pages
Contact Form Creation
Syndicated Web Pages
News Management
Analytics Integration
Google Analytics
Easy Integration With Other Analytics Package Via Modules System
Statistics and Reporting
Store Overview
Top Customers
Best Selling Products
Customer Location (via Google Maps)
Orders by Revenue
Orders by Items Sold
Popular Products
Inventory Reporting
Customer Signups
Revenue Per Customer
Search Statistics
Search Keyword Performance
Search Term Corrections
In-Store Features
Sell Physical & Downloadable Products
Pictures for Products	5	5	5
Wish Lists
Quick Search Box
Order History
Active Order Tracking
Unlimited Billing & Shipping Addresses
Ship to Multiple Addresses
Recently Views Products List
Newsletter Subscriptions
Order Messaging System
Add Multiple Items to Cart at Once
Gift Certificates
Enable/Disable Functionality
Choose Which Gift Certificate Values You Sell
Custom Gift Certificate Values
Expiry Dates
Customizable Themes
Settings, Maintenance & Logging
Built-In Backup System
Remote FTP Backups
Automatic Backups (CRON)
Built-In System Log Files
Database Error Logging
Staff Action Logging
Per-Staff Permissions
Import from CSV
Custom Export Templates
Views (Saved Searches)
Order Views
Customer Views
Product Views
Gift Certificate Views
Return Request Views
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Friendly URLs
Site-Wide Meta Keywords
Site-Wide Meta Description
Category Page Titles
Category Meta Keywords
Category Meta Description
Product Page Titles
Product Meta Keywords
Product Meta Description
Brand Page Titles
Brand Meta Keywords
Brand Meta Description
Web Page Titles
Web Page Meta Keywords
Web Page Meta Description
XHTML/CSS Standards-Based Markup
Store Customization & Layout
Drag and Drop Page Design
100% Template Driven
CSS-Based Layouts
Download New Store Designs from Control Panel
Store Designs to Choose from	20+	20+	20+
Integrate an Existing Store Design Easily
Customize Included Store Designs
Browser-Based HTML & CSS Editor for Store Designs
Localization
Fully Translatable Store
Configure Currency Settings
Configure Number Formatting
Configure Date Formatting
Configure Weight Settings
Configure Measurement Settings
Other Features
Built-In Help Documentation
Inline Help Tips
Browser-Based Installation Wizard
Browser-Based Upgrade Wizard
Customize Email Messages
Built-In WYSIWYG Editor
Customer Address Verification
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Online storefronts for retail goods are popping up all over Facebook, with the social network fast becoming a virtual shopping mall. Today, BigCommerce, a company that provides ecommerce software to online retailers and merchants, is adding the ability to create a storefront on Facebook pages.

Called SocialShop, the application allows merchants to display products on a Facebook Page. Merchants just have to add the application to their page, enter their store URL and then choose which products they want to display on the page. The retail platform will show up in a “Shop Now” tab on the page, and allows visitors to share products with their friends Facebook users can then click on a product to learn more but in order to buy the product they will be taken away from Facebook to the merchants store (which is also powered by BigCommerce).

The one drawback to BigCommerce’s application is that the actual transaction needs to take place on the merchant’s BigCommerce website instead of within Facebook. But Mitchell Harper, CEO of BigCommerce, says that this can also draw more traffic to the merchant’s main storefront.

BigCommerce helps small businesses power anything and everything related to an online storefront from search to inventory to online payments to marketing and SEO. And the price for the software is affordable for small businesses, with basic plans starting at $25 per month. The company is currently powering online storefronts for 4000 businesses and faces competition from Yahoo Stores and eBay’s ProStores.

With a rapidly growing company out performing  Yahoo Cart, ZenCart and many others, comes new versions of a successful product, BigCommerce!

Mitchell Harper, co-CEO of BigCommerce doesn’t like to spend too much money on product launches for a very good reason: His company has a major product debut every three months or so.

BigCommerce makes e-commerce tools, such as shopping carts, that help businesses process online sales. It’s a fast-moving, competitive space where successful introductions rely on casting a wide net for prospects, including BigCommerce’s previous customers as well as new prospects.

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Why choose Be A Part Of for BigCommerce

Simply put: Our stance is to be the best Internet Development Strategist for you by offering full consulting solutions and take an interest in getting to know your industry. We know you are not “a web guy” and need a solution to compliment your business. Our approach is unique and is results driven and we do this by maximizing our business acumen.

As there are many elements in developing a comprehensive on-line sales machine, without a selling structure you’re no different than anyone else. The following are the four most important elements we’re going to work on with you.

1. SEO. If you’re not being found, how will you sell?
2. USP (unique selling proposition) why you vs. them?
3. Call to action. Utilizing eye mapping and objection handling. If you’re not enticing the buyers mind set, you’re not selling, period!
4. ROI (Return on Investment)

There’s a lot more to be discussed to ensure you get the best solution for your company. To experience why we’re different, click here to speak with your personal Internet Development Strategist.

Customize. Customize. Customize…

We do not use any other cart, period! With so many shopping cart solutions out there, we found the BigCommerce platform to be the best solution. Sure we could custom code any free open source, but BigCommerce has more features, support beyond any others and is continually trying to be the best e-commerce solution on the market.

We are fortunate to have the skills and experience to custom code anything you may need. We can integrate your POS software, warehouse software, custom code calendars, complex calculators and so much more… We’re here to help you gain the best web site you want for your business that will make you money.

Why we’re a partner?

We are an Interspire Partner because we have been selling Interspire solutions since v3.0 came out almost 3 years ago. We have been working on their platform and have seen every version they have brought to market and added their other products and integrate them into solutions that suit you. We are a partner because we get it, we customize it and we love it!

Marketing, SEO and Branding… Whaaa?

You are looking to your BigCommerce web site to be a serious money machine to generate a sustainable income that you can count on. So why would you ever leave the most important part out? We, will find a solution for you that allows us to maintain branding, incorporate SEO and develop a marketing strategy for you… don’t worry if you don’t know what I just said, we will explain it to you and help you along!

Repeat customers with Email Marketing

You’re now generating sales on-line! However, you need the tool(s) to get your message and new inventory out there for repeat customers. The sure fire way is e-mail marketing! To learn more on how to maximize e-mail marketing , give us a call and speak with your personal Internet Development Strategist.

I was asked a question about our relationship with BigCommerce from our new customer – thanks to BigCommerce – where after reading our last posts he mentioned he was unsure if we were able to handle his request as our relationship with BigCommerce is very new, or it appears to be. I answered, “yes, the relationship with BigCommerce is new, but we have been building Interspire shopping carts for almost 3 years now, which is the exact same company and we were approached by BigCommerce to join their BigCommerce Design Network as we were already a partner for their Interspire shoppingcart. Without hesitation, we said yes. We know it and we love it and do not offer any other solutions for e-commerce. Sure we can custom code anything you would like. But Interspire/BigCommerce has done it all, so why reinvent the wheel?

Through the inquires we have received we have found that little know where BigCommerce came from.  So, I felt it would be a good idea to introduce you to the Interspire Shoppingcart, which is the platform BigCommerce is built on. In short, they are the exact same company. Except, BigCommerce is a SaaS (software as a service) and Interspire is best utilized for custom development and programming for elements of your web site which BigCommerce does not allow and you’ll own the license to Interspire. Things like POS software integration, warehouse inventory integration, custom product fields per product, other API’s and so on… are some of the tasks which are limited with BigCommerce. However, if you enjoy the BigCommerce platform Interspire is the exact same, just with customizable freedom.

Who is Interspire

Interspire is a privately owned company which develops content management, shopping cart, knowledge management and email marketing software used by more than 40,000 organizations worldwide including fortune 500 companies (Intel, Shell, GE), enterprise organizations (Virgin, Ubisoft, Monster.com) and also thousands of small/medium businesses and digital agencies. Read more>>>

Who Is BigCommerce

Learn how to sell online with BigCommerce. Start by bookmarking this page. When you complete a step below, click its checkbox and it will be marked as complete.

Choose what you’re going to sell online

The first step is to decide what you’re going to sell online. If you already have a bricks and mortar store then you may simply want to sell your existing products online. Learn more>>>

Okay, I couldn’t help my self. Posted the last blog, went to BigCommerce.com and found some new e-commerce tid bits I had to share which you’ll need to be successful. Really we could do our video’s and write articles, but really, these guys have done it all and we agree with what they’re saying. Therefore, check this out!

In this video BigCommerce guru Mitchell Harper describes the way you communicate with employees, customers, partners, suppliers and investors is a direct reflection of the business your business is (or is not) having.

Typically those businesses who are lead by excellent communicators out do their competitors and enjoy more customers, more brand awareness and more success because everyone understands what their goals are and the company as a whole (including its customers) is dedicated to one single goal that everyone is determined to (and rewarded to) accomplish

Check out www.bigcommerce.com for more awesome info to make sure you’re successful.

Well folks, we have been progressively moving forward with some strategic partnerships and networks to provide fantastic solutions for you as a customer. With that comes research, new facebook sign up, twittering and “Be”ing A Part Of what we are preaching. One of our newly found relationships is BigCommerce a product of Interspire , the platform in which BigCommerce is been built on.

We decided over 3 years ago that Interpire was certainly the best e-commerce platform out there which will handle any size shopping cart, facilitate any design and custom programming and allow your business to grow with ease on line. Furthermore, through our research and client experiences we have been able to achieve many tasks through the Intersire platform which other developers have either said they could do it at a outlandish price or just simply say it is not a achievable. Not to toot our horn, but we’ve yet to be stumped. Okay, toooot toooot!

So…with all of what we have discovered and all which we have achieved we feel it’s necessary to start writing and sharing about some of the partners and networks we have developed and share the industry trends with you about their successes. After all, an educated decision is a decision well made.

To get started we pulled a link from the BigCommerce Facebook page and really found it useful. Please let us know if you are looking for anything else to help your e-commerce business grow and we’ll certainly get it up here A.S.A.P.

Here ya go…from Practical Commerce.

Social Commerce: Shopping Carts Extend Reach Into Facebook, Other Social Sites

With the growth of social commerce, especially on Facebook with its 500 million members, a number of shopping cart providers are creating apps for their customers’ Facebook Fan pages. Here is an initial list of three such apps.

BigCommerce

BigCommerce Screen shot

SocialShop is BigCommerce’s new Facebook application. SocialShop is not a stand-alone shopping cart that allows consumers to complete their purchases without leaving Facebook. It links back to the respective merchant’s ecommerce site. read more >>>