Kurant
and E-Commerce Exchange Partner to Provide Integrated
Solution for SMB Market [November 22, 2004]
SAN
FRANCISCO, Nov 22, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kurant Corporation,
the leading provider of e-business software for small
and medium-size businesses, today announced a partnership
with E-Commerce Exchange (ECX), merchant credit card
account provider, to integrate ECX's virtual merchant
application into Kurant's award winning e-business solution,
StoreSense(TM). StoreSense is a complete suite of powerful
e-business tools that are designed to help small businesses
get started selling online quickly and easily.
Under the agreement, ECX's virtual merchant
application is integrated into the store setup wizard
and administrative areas of StoreSense, allowing merchants
to easily apply for and obtain a merchant account and
payment gateway. This saves merchants the time and expense
of having to separately acquire store and merchant accounts,
and later integrate the two. All service, support and
billing of the merchant account and gateway, including
credit card accounts and equipment, and secure online
processing will be directly provided to the merchant
by ECX.
"With ECX, we now offer merchants
an even easier way to obtain a merchant account within
the store building process," said Curtis Pierce,
CEO of Kurant. "In addition, the combined solution
offers both small and large merchants extremely aggressive
rates. Our small merchants now have the opportunity
to obtain rates that only the larger merchants had access
to, making this feature very cost effective."
"Our partnership with Kurant greatly
simplifies the store building and credit card payment
processes for merchants," said Clay Howard, director,
agent/business development for ECX. "In addition,
this partnership benefits ECX with greater expansion
of our customer base by enabling Kurant to provide its
resellers with a comprehensive solution at a competitive
price."
About StoreSense
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. StoreSense
also provides merchants with the tools to better reach
and retain customers with the support of several popular
online shopping search engines, including Yahoo! Shopping,
Shopping.com, Froogle, and BizRate.
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,
Kurant's 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
of financial service organizations, Web hosting companies
and trusted small business partners, such as Homestead,
Website Pros, Hostopia, E-Commerce Exchange, SerraHost,
and Bank of America. Incorporated in 1998, San Francisco-based
Kurant is privately held. For more information, contact
Kurant at www.kurant.com or (888) 463-2696.
About E-Commerce Exchange (ECX)
E-Commerce Exchange offers its services
primarily to Internet-based merchants, including small
and home-based businesses. With a 97% approval rate
for merchant account applications, ECX's rapid processing
allows merchants to accept credit cards through either
it's QuickCommerce or QuickCommerce Pro secure payment
gateways within days. ECX offers a variety of products
and services including merchant credit card accounts,
secure online processing, online shopping carts, electronic
check and check guarantee processing, complete website
packages, credit card equipment, software and leasing.
For more information on E-Commerce Exchange, visit our
company website at www.ecxoc.com.
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SOURCE: Kurant Corporation |
