Moonshadow eCommerce, Inc

Affordable Online Solutions for Independent Retailers

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We offer a variety of online ecommerce solutions to match your needs. Click on a product title to learn more about it.

Product Browser

Moonshadow eCommerce has developed proprietary technology to create efficient custom product browsers that allow consumers to quickly browse or search in product databases with hundreds of thousands of products.

The product browsers can be duplicated and privately branded. This means that distributors and manufacturers can provide their retailers with privately branded product browsers for use in their retailers’ websites.

To see an example of a product browser for book products, visit the following website: www.bookstorehost.com/stores/bookstorebrowser

If you are a distributor or manufacturer with a few thousand products or a few hundred thousand products, here is what we can do for you:

  1. Import your product database and create automatic product and inventory update routines.
  2. Create search indices, search menus and product browsers.
  3. Create privately branded product search menus or product browsers for your retail customers to be integrated with their websites.

We typically import new product data daily or weekly. We can pull inventory levels from your retailers on a daily basis. This can be fully automated depending on the inventory systems that the retailers have available. We can also pull inventory levels of distributors on a daily basis and combine these with inventory feeds directly from the retailers. We even have the ability to pull inventory levels from multiple distributors and determine product availability depending on which distributors that a certain retailer works with. After every inventory feed we will automatically update the availability of all products. When displaying search results we can display a customizable message for each product to tell the consumer if the product is:

  1. In stock at the retailer
  2. Available at the distributor
  3. On backorder
  4. Special Order
  5. Pre-Order

Moonshadow eCommerce has standard product browsers available for book retailers, as well as music and video retailers. Custom product browsers can be combined with the existing standard product browsers. We also have the ability to cross-link between different product types. Posters for music artists, for instance, can be cross linked to music CD’s by the artist or DVD’s where the artist is an actor or contributor, etc.

We have the ability to automatically list hundreds of thousands of products for a large number of retailers on Google’s Froogle Shopping comparison site, thereby promoting your retailers in Google.

Moonshadow eCommerce’s product browsers have the same search and browse functionality as the product browsers used in our online stores. The only difference is that product browsers do not include a shopping cart. Instead consumers are provided with a ‘pick up in-store’ link that will automatically email the store manager.

Storefronts for Book Retailers

Moonshadow eCommerce has several standard online browse and online store solutions available for book retailers marketed under the name BookstoreHost.

BookstoreHost has a solution that’s right for any book retailer regardless of size or budget. Choose from four different feature-packed online solutions priced between $79.95/month and $295.00/month. BookstoreHost gives you the e-commerce tools, freedom and flexibility to provide your customers with a first-class Internet shopping experience.

BookstoreHost Online Solutions Include:

  1. Your own unique logo and branding
  2. A database of more than 600,000 in-print books
  3. Automatic uploads to Google’s Froogle shopping engine
  4. Quick-search and advanced-search capabilities
  5. Online shopping cart and/or pick-up-in-store email notifications
  6. Web-based online store manager interface
  7. Direct-to-consumer order fulfillment available (new books only)
  8. Online credit card transaction processing available

For a full overview of our solutions for book retailers, please visit:
www.bookstorehost.com

Storefronts for Music & Video Retailers

Moonshadow eCommerce has several standard online store solutions available for Music & Video Retailers. The solutions for music and video retailers are marketed under the BuyMusicHere brand.

Buy Music Here provides turnkey solutions for selling music, DVDs and video online. A Buy Music Here online store can be integrated with your existing web site or function as a standalone end-to-end Internet presence. Buy Music Here gives you the e-commerce tools, design freedom and flexibility you need to provide your customers with a first-class Internet experience.?Pricing starts at an affordable $295/month.*

Visitors to Buy Music Here websites can browse a database of hundreds of thousands of music titles and DVDs available for online purchase. We deliver millions of streaming song previews, product descriptions, cover art and recording details from Muze, the number one provider of online catalog information for entertainment commerce. You can also upload your own local artists, consignments, used inventory, gifts, accessories and more.

Buy Music Here gives you control over all aspects of the presentation, sale and fulfillment of products to your customers. Consumer-direct-fulfillment services are available or you may ship from your own inventory. Extensive online management controls are accessible from any web browser, allowing you to process sales, track customers, add and update products, customize pages, create new departments and much more.

For a full overview of our solutions for music and video retailers, please visit:
www.buymusichere.com

Storefronts for Distributors

If you are a distributor or manufacturer with a few thousand or a few hundred thousand products, we can provide you with an online store solution to help your retailers sell more. The online stores for your retailers can be privately branded.

Here is what we can do for you:

  1. Import your product database and create automatic product and inventory update routines.
  2. Create search indices, search menus and product browsers.
  3. Create privately branded product search menus or product browsers for your retail customers to be integrated with their websites.

We typically import new product data daily or weekly. We can pull inventory levels from your retailers on a daily basis. This can be fully automated depending on the inventory systems that the retailers have available. We can also pull inventory levels of distributors on a daily basis and combine these with inventory feeds directly from the retailers. We even have the ability to pull inventory levels from multiple distributors and determine product availability depending on which distributors that a certain retailer works with. After every inventory feed we will automatically update the availability of all products. When displaying search results we can display a customizable message for each product to tell the consumer if the product is:

  1. In stock at the retailer
  2. Available at the distributor
  3. On backorder
  4. Special Order
  5. Pre-Order

If you provide Consumer Direct Fulfillment (CDF) to your retailers then we can integrate with your CDF system. We can automatically upload online orders into your system. Your systems can feed back order status and we will automatically update that order status information for the retailers and the consumers. Our system can be configured so that orders can be split automatically between items that the retailers may choose to ship themselves and other items that you ship for your retailers.

Moonshadow eCommerce can even provide you with online software tools if you do not currently provide CDF for your retail customers but want to do so.

We have the ability to automatically list hundreds of thousands of products for a large number of retailers on Google’s Froogle thereby promoting your retailers’ online stores in Google.

Storefronts for Consumer Direct Fufillment

Orders placed in any of the Moonshadow eCommerce online stores can be shipped by the online retailer or they can be automatically sent electronically to a distributor for Consumer Direct Fulfillment (CDF). When CDF is used the orders are sent to the distributor’s computer systems minutes after the order is placed. The distributor typically sends a confirmation within a few hours. Most distributors ship out orders the same day if received before 12 noon. Once orders are shipped the Moonshadow eCommerce servers are notified and the order status in the online stores is updated automatically. At that moment store managers can collect the funds.

Our technology can ‘split’ orders with components that need to be shipped by the retailer and those that need to be sent out for CDF. Retailers can also use different distributors for different product categories. Products from different distributors can be combined in a single order. Orders can include non-physical products that are delivered as downloads over the Internet.

Moonshadow eCommerce is currently integrated with the following distributors that provide consumer direct fulfillment services:

  1. Alliance Entertainment
  2. Baker & Taylor
  3. MSI
  4. SuperD/Phantom Imports

If you are a distributor and you provide CDF services to retailers then we can integrate with your backend CDF systems. Please contact for more information.

Moonshadow eCommerce can help your business whether you are just "getting online" or are already a seasoned pro. Be sure to read about what services we can provide your business. If you have any questions and would like to know more, please go to our Contact Us and fill out our comment form.