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Ransomgardens.com |
| Media: | Web |
| Type: | Corporate Site |
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 Integrated On-line Catalog
 Dynamic shopping cart
 Real-time shipping calculations
 Credit card gateway processing
 Backend storefront capabilities |
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| The Technology: |
 Domino Web Server
 LotusScript
 Javascript
 DHTML
 Java |
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| The Challenge |
| To design and implement a business to consumer website tailored to the garden supply market. This solution needed to provide a friendly end user shopping experience while securing the transaction with SSL technology. In addition to the web site front end, a dynamic inventory/catalog system was required by the client to keep their product information updated by their own personnel. |
| The Solution |
| A Lotus Domino solution that began by building a Notes database that housed all inventory documents, orders, and customer data. The website incorporated several DHTML elements to assist in the ease of navigation including a "crawling" menu system that followed the user while they scrolled the page. External connections to the USPS via XML assisted visitors in finding real-time shipping costs. Direct credit card processing to Bank of America via web agents ensured proper billing. All of the product information and web content is driven by the client and not a web developer, a true revolution in the garden supply industry. |
| The Benefits |
| The primary benefit provided by this type of solution is that Ransom Garden personnel not only manage the web site content but also the on-line product catalog -- without the need of a web developer. This dynamic website framework enables Ransom Gardens to focus on what they do best, which is to provide high quality exotic plants, and leaves out the worries of dealing with web site technical issues. The Ransom Gardens solution is much more than an elaborate website, it completely encompasses the entire life-cycle of their business process. From managing inventory, to enabling on-line product purchasing, to handling delivery, this solution covers it all. |
| About RansomGardens.com |
Ransom Gardens is a family owned mail-order nursery in the Houston area. We are dedicated to providing quality plants, gardening accessories and gardening supplies across the nation. Have you ever ordered an expensive plant from a mail-order nursery and when it arrived it looked more like a twig than a plant, or even worse- a smashed plant? You won't have that problem with Ransom Gardens because we are a seasonal supplier who only offers plants during the warm-weather months. In doing so, you don't have to wait for your plants to break dormancy and you don't have to worry about cold weather damage. Also, our innovative packing techniques are superior to others.
To learn more about Ransom Gardens, visit www.ransomgardens.com. |
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