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FACES Conferences of Bellevue operates a number of mental health CE conferences. The companies old website was from the late 90s with a very inadequate e commerce system.
We came in and set up an e commerce website for them using ZenCart. This provided them with an easy to use back end interface to accept payments, track sales and customer activity. We recently redesigned the website and will provide an updated overview of the new and improved site once it is completed.
At the height of the identity theft scare Epoch Design released the MailBoss. From watching their promotional video of a truck driving over the MailBoss you can’t come to any conclusion than it is a tank of a locking mailbox. The Redmond based company wanted to launch a website in unison with the Golden Hammer award they were receiving for their design.
One of the big complaints about the Epoch Design website was its lack of social media marketing tools. We explored the idea of using WordPress website and WP-E-Commerce. Due to the really negative feedback in the Wordpress community about the design and support of WP-E-Commerce we decided against that route. Instead we built a WordPress and ZenCart hybrid. All the pages on the site except for the checkout and payment process are handled by the WordPress website. This provides a search engine ranking benefit for promoting their products and press releases. When a visitors buys an item it takes them to the ZenCart site with a seamlessly integrated theme.
We also built a custom WordPress Plugin that allow for geo-locating stores based on zip codes. Store owners could login to the WordPress website, update store information, directions and even place a logo.
Since the launch of the site the MailBoss staff have been blogging up a storm. They have been extremely successful in using the powerful blogging platform WordPress to promote and drive e commerce website sales.
Epoch Design offers a variety of home furnishing products. They have a great selection of bunk beds, futons and other home furniture. They are serious animal lovers and even have a line of dog beds. The Redmond based company also operates The Futon Factory in Bellevue and Seattle. When we started work on their website they had a very basic informational site without any real e-commerce website.
Due to their requirement of having a website that is easy to maintain, allows for 100’s of products, complex shipping and discount rules we chose ZenCart. If you haven’t used ZenCart it is worth a look. It has a bit of a learning curve and is a little clunky but offers a great e-commerce solution that is affordable and highly customizable with a variety of free third party modules.
Epoch Design wanted a design that reflected their green principles. A picture of a couple birch trees was chosen… giving the site a unique look.