Who can benefit from 4Psite's ebooks?

4Psite is scaling up its communication and media content to support clients throughout their learning process. What’s more, we also strongly feel that potential clients could benefit from all the helpful information we learned over our 17 years of history. Looking at the whole picture, we decided to make free and succinct ebooks available on our platform to serve the ecommerce community.

Since 2021, after every demonstration that we perform, 4Psite's account managers follow-up the conversation with our first e-book attached. The theme is: 5 best practices for multi-channel operations management. It applies very well to beginners and also sellers that are experienced. We listed a few tips & tricks that can be eye-opening to newcomers into the multi-channel world and provide ideas for a long-lasting and smooth workflow. For experienced store owners, these tips can offer new perspectives into their companies just by making them aware of what's going on in the ever-changing ecommerce environment.

In this first edition, we picked just 5 topics that are fundamental to save time and get the best out of your e-commerce endeavor: centralization of orders, standardization of your processes, operational automation, closing the loop and offering agility to your end customer. We stress the importance of these simple but key factors for successful online selling in a brief but useful ebook.

As an order management system, we strive to provide our customers, on top of essential tools, with advanced features by observing the market and its niche in a broader way. And that's why we are paying attention to concerns, doubts and what makes the conversation going in the ecommerce business. Online selling is the present and the future, so why not share information with whomever can use it to be more successful?

Download our first e-book edition now and share your feedback with us! And don't forget that 4Psite is here to simplify your operations with a full-suite system. Contact us anytime and discover more!

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What is your story?

4Psite is a full-suite order management system with all capabilities meant to make your life easier - as a business owner, - and help your business grow.. But this is not all: we are extremely proud of all the developments that have allowed us to get where we are today. Here’s our story!

You may have heard that we first started in 2005 - we started as a Yahoo! small business partner. 4Psite started early in 2005 as a cloud-based service to ecommerce businesses, and now, mid-2022, we are growing with our customers every month. But how did we end up here?

Every history of success starts with a vision and an action, and some obstacles and surprises. We could not foresee the future back in 2005 and all the developments that we have implemented in the past 17 years. But we had the drive to do something that was different in usability and connectivity but also unique in the e-commerce environment. So the first thing we did was ask ourselves: what do our clients need?

Today, we support over 40 stores & marketplaces, and partners of many technology companies. We have this amazing relationship with over a thousand stores. Getting their feedback and growing alongside them was the main goal we accomplished. We adjusted the system to a robust and flexible system from all aspects and added functions, features to better suit the needs for efficiency and insights including: automations, integrations, a wide range of tools that help in competitiveness and growth. E-commerce is an ever-changing world and constantly adds new types of channels, newer ways of selling and fulfillment. There is so much going on, all the time. And when we were on the rise, the second question that we put into action: what are our clients saying?

But hearing their needs is still not enough. As a company that handles people's aspirations and their selling treasures, 4Psite feels that understanding the pain points, the struggles and the challenges that make each organization a one-of-a-kind business is what makes a difference. So, here comes the third question: how can I build a lasting relationship with our clients?

We are always happy to welcome more, 17 years later. We are proud of our history, written by family, friends, men and women that care for each other and work together to make this feeling of success last. The point of publishing this post is to inspire you today. We want you to ask yourselves these questions and get you to be the change you want to see maybe for the next 17 years and more, we want to hear from you: what's your story? 4Psite can't wait to write this piece with you!

4Psite is a multi-channel, cloud-based system with features such as inventory management, purchase management, manual orders module, shipping and much more. To discover all about 4Psite, visit our page.

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What is an order management system?

If you are new in the e-commerce industry, you might not be sure of what an order management system is and the wonders it can do for your business and daily operations. In this post, we will clarify all the most common doubts and questions on this topic.

1 - Centralization

First of all, an order management system will provide the benefit of centralization: of your stores & marketplaces, carriers, dropshippers, suppliers, accounting system (like QuickBooks) and more. For example, you have a MIVA store, a BigCommerce and an eBay store. All orders from all channels will be in your order management hub. This is not only visually a great solution to get ahold of the whole picture, but it is also a facilitating tool. You won't need to enter each store's back-end to manage the orders you receive during the day. Also, you won't need to refresh multiple pages several times to see new incoming orders. An order management system is beneficial regardless of how many stores you have, because it automatically captures the orders and mimics the information on the store's side. Centralization and integration are the keys!

2 - Fulfillment

Another great functionality is the ability to fulfill your orders in one place. Imagine having to access all carriers' websites to generate labels, for over 100 orders per day. Even if you ship less than 20 boxes per day, you would need to alternate between UPS, USPS and FedEx (for example) and would see a lot of tabs open in your computer. With an order management system, you would be able to connect with your carriers and perform the dispatch - including the printing of labels, packing slips and invoices.

Drop shipping is another way to fulfill your orders. You can automatically send some orders to your warehouse and some to external warehouses, for example. Another perk is to be able to prioritize, by inventory levels or even geographically. In this imaginative scenario of combining possibilities, some orders can be transferred automatically to drop shippers (after checking the risk of sending them automatically with some rules).

3 - Optimization

Once your processes are streamlined and automated, your order management system will save you time. With centralization and efficient fulfillment, comes the optimization of your business, allowing you to perform faster deliveries, have less clicks and a more productive team - it doesn't matter how big or small your business' internal organization is.

4 - Transmission

If you are more likely to work with dropshippers, you certainly need an efficient way to transmit orders that need to arrive to your final customer. Allowing your dropshipper to access the same system - with limited view - is also a plus. Transmission can be made in different ways (API, EDI, Email, Live URL and FTP) and also in various schedules: one-by-one, in bulk or by setting up a certain time to transmit it all at once & automatically.

5 - Integration

Carriers, stores, TaxJar, QuickBooks Online - to quote just a few. You have an infinity of tools that can assist you and will work smoother with a SaaS supporting your business. When everything is connected, the tendency of having issues is lowered, with time and cost savings as a result. In this topic, the full circle completes itself, by going back to the centralization that is the master point of this article.

When it comes to 4Psite, we go far beyond what an order management system can usually do. We offer unlimited users divided by roles, a full warehouse management, built-in shipping programs, EDI connectivity, a robust purchase management and more. Implementing an order management system is a step into the right direction and into the future of online selling. Are you ready for the future?

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4Psite is a multi-channel, cloud-based system with features such as inventory management, purchase management, manual orders module, shipping and much more. To discover all about 4Psite, visit our page.

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