Tips for E-Commerce Solution Shopping

Among Current Users: American Lawyer Media Group, BC Decker, Source Media, Thomson West.

Price Range: Prices start at $20,000, which includes software, consulting, conversion, training and implementation services.

Contact: (913) 362-6969,
www.MultiPub.com

Dydacomp

Product: Mail Order Manager (M.O.M.)

Description: Dydacomp’s M.O.M. and SiteLink software is designed for the small- to medium-sized operation that processes anywhere from several dozen to several thousand orders daily.

Among Current Users: Yankee Publishing (“Old Farmer’s Almanac”), The Kutztown Publishing Company, Himalayan Institute.

Price Range: Dydacomp’s solutions start at $1,995 plus $195/month for a single-user, single-store solution.

Contact: (800) 858-3666,
www.DydaComp.com

Global Turnkey
Systems Inc.

Product: Unison

Description: GTS’s Unison enterprise resources planning solution for publishing organizations features: industry standard open systems interfaces, streamlined order entry, CRM functionality, five-level customer hierarchy to drive processes and analysis, configured product structure and more.

Among Current Users: Thomson—Tax & Accounting, Thomson—Scientific, CCH Australia (Wolters Kluwer Asia-Pacific), BNA, Greenwood-Heinemann Publishing, Tyndale House Publishers, Scholastic Library.

Price Range: Base price range for a 20-user system is $75,000 to $300,000 including implementation.

Contact: (973) 331-1010,
www.GTSystems.com

GoEmerchant

Product: GoEmerchant e-commerce package

Description: GoEmerchant provides merchant services to small- and mid-sized businesses. Services include Internet, mail-order and retail merchant accounts, shopping cart software, online store builder, virtual terminal, secure payment gateway, Web hosting, domain name registration and more.

Among Current Users: Publishing Inc., Sparkplug Press, Arbor Books, Liberty To The Captives Publications, Corinthian Books.

Price Range: $24.95 to $59.95, depending on the package.

Contact: (888) 638-7867,
www.GoEmerchant.com/features.htm

IPRO Business Systems

Product: iPUB

Description: iPUB is an enterprise management solution designed to integrate with optional solutions for: credit card authorization; e-business hosting for customer inquiry, ordering and more.

Among Current Users: Bookstream Inc.

Price Range: Volume-based pricing is available at $35 per month plus 6 cents per sold book. For a site license at a flat rate, the price is $5,500 plus maintenance.