Kurant
Announces New Version of StoreSense E-Business Solution
[June 21, 2004]
SAN
FRANCISCO, Jun 21, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kurant Corporation,
a leading provider of e-business software for small
and medium-sized businesses (SMB), today announced StoreSense
5.7, the next version of its award-winning e-business
platform. StoreSense 5.7 delivers a number of new capabilities
and enhancements to provide merchants with increased
flexibility, enhanced storefront management capabilities,
and greater access to a broad new customer base.
Building upon Kurant's commitment to
provide merchants with the tools to better reach and
retain customers, StoreSense 5.7 includes support for
several popular online shopping search engines, including
Shopping.com, Froogle and BizRate. This new functionality
enables merchants to automatically post detailed product
information to these search engines and manage the entire
selling process using StoreSense, and allows search
engine shoppers to easily find, compare and buy products.
With 46.6 million Internet shoppers visiting online
comparison-shopping sites last month (according to Nielsen//NetRatings),
StoreSense merchants can now reach potentially millions
of new customers.
Storefronts with a number of purchasing
and payment options win and keep new customers. In fact,
according to recent data from CyberSource, shopping
carts offering only one payment method experienced an
abandonment rate of 40 percent. However, with four or
more payment options, this number drops significantly
to 28 percent. To this end, StoreSense 5.7 now enables
merchants to offer consumers the ability to take advantage
of electronic check processing through ElectraCash.
In addition, Kurant has added support for Concord EFSNet
and PayFuse payment gateways, joining a growing list
of over 12 payment gateways. StoreSense also includes
support for PayPal. Kurant has made payment processes
extremely easy for merchants, including the option of
accepting a PayPal payment without the merchant having
to set up an account first.
StoreSense 5.7 features enhanced system
administration functionality, allowing Web site administrators
to more easily and effectively communicate product and
system updates to merchant customers, including maintenance
alerts, scheduled downtime and other critical information.
In addition, StoreSense 5.7 provides direct integration
with Web support, providing administrators with a quick
and easy way to obtain technical support and other information
when needed.
"The new store and system administration
features in StoreSense 5.7 makes it easier than ever
for small businesses to take advantage of the best e-business
has to offer," said Curtis Pierce, president and
CEO of Kurant. "Providing integration with Shopping.com,
Froogle and BizRate gives merchants tremendous value,
by combining a suite of powerful e-commerce and e-business
management capabilities with access to increasingly
popular online marketplaces in a single cost-effective,
intuitive package."
StoreSense 5.7 is available immediately
through Kurant's reseller partner, Website Pros. According
to David Brown, president and CEO of Website Pros, "The
additional support for popular shopping search engines
and new electronic payment capabilities allows StoreSense
merchants to increase customer retention and expand
their reach to thousands of potential new customers.
Website Pros is committed to providing small businesses
with everything they need to take advantage of new e-commerce
opportunities and the latest technologies. We are delighted
to work with Kurant to help merchants find new ways
to increase marketplace value, and meet or exceed all
of their business goals."
About StoreSense
Kurant StoreSense is a complete suite
of powerful e-business tools that are designed to help
small businesses get started selling online quickly
and easily. StoreSense's rich feature set ranges from
simple wizard-driven Web site and e-store capabilities
to sophisticated site design tools, advanced commerce
functionality and high-end e-business management. In
addition, for the first time, smaller merchants can
now manage the entire process of posting and selling
products on eBay using the intuitive interface they
use to manage their online StoreSense stores.
Offered on a cost-effective monthly
subscription basis, StoreSense is available from Kurant's
reseller partners throughout the U.S., Canada and the
world. To pick a reseller right for you, please go to
www.StoreSense.com.
About Kurant
Kurant Corporation provides software
that enables small businesses to conduct business online
through dynamic, interactive Web sites. StoreSense,
our flagship product, is a comprehensive e-commerce
platform that allows companies to easily add commerce
to an existing Web site or create a sophisticated Web
Store including: inventory management, supplier communication
and integration with Quickbooks. StoreSense is delivered
to small businesses through Kurant's global resellers
that include financial service organizations, Web hosting
companies and trusted small business partners. Incorporated
in 1998, San Francisco-based Kurant is privately held.
For more information, contact Kurant at www.kurant.com
or 888-463-2696.
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SOURCE: Kurant Corporation
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Kurant)
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