Leading global payments provider, and global commerce technology platform are partnering to offer an all-inclusive shopping tool with a built-in payments gateway and acquiring solution in the UK and Ireland. The eShop will enable small businesses to extend and synchronise an online and in-store presence to meet the needs of modern consumers
The customer base of XXL Webhosting with 40.000+ websites gains access to ePages online shops developed to deliver SMBs rapid retail success. The shop packages include support for iDeal payments
Hamburg, 27 September 2018 – Starting today, XXL Webhosting (www.xxlwebhosting.nl), one of the largest hosting providers in the Netherlands, will be offering its customers new online shop packages. These are based on the cloud-based commerce platform from ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online shop solutions. At an affordable price range, the shop packages will equip SMBs in the Netherlands with everything they require to digitize their business without any need for prior technical knowledge.
With this partnership, ePages extends its presence in the Netherlands by making future-proof commerce packages available to the XXL Webhosting customer base of more than 40,000 websites. Online shopping continues to expand enormously in the Netherlands. According to a Statistics Netherlands (CBS) study, the country ranks fifth in the European Union with 79% of its population already shopping online. This, in conjunction with the foreseen rates of fast growth in the coming years, refers to the continuous demand for affordable, multi-channel SMB retail solutions.
The powerful cloud-driven software from ePages is engineered specifically for startups and ambitious online retailers looking for a modern, all-in-one solution to sell successfully online. Merchants can easily design their shops by selecting one of the many responsive design templates, create new products and manage their content with the intuitive drag-and-drop-editor. Reliability, security, and high performance are guaranteed via the resilient network infrastructure of XXL Webhosting.
ePages Now provides online merchants with a rich set of features they need to centralize and optimize their ecommerce activities. Using the powerful commerce cockpit, merchants can add products once, and sell them across multiple channels, such as marketplaces and price comparison portals; fully synchronized and inventoried. Furthermore, they have the option to offer a variety of payment methods, including iDeal, the most popular online payment method in the Netherlands.
Sander Cruiming, CEO of XXL Webhosting, comments: “Our mission is to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be successful online. An online store is more and more an important part of that strategy. A large number of our customers have struggled with setting up other shop solutions. We have decided to partner with ePages to enable customers to quickly and easily start selling online. With ePages, everyone can open an online store without technical knowledge, upfront investments or the hassle of installing and updating a software.”
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, adds, “Our all-inclusive commerce solution is perfect for ambitious merchants who want to save time and financial resources as they aspire to digitize their business. Our technology and expertise, combined with the excellent service by XXL Webhosting, is a strong offer for small and medium-sized businesses.”
Media Relations
Efe Acunaz
PR Manager
ePages GmbH
+49 40 350188-265
pr@epages.com
Ruben Hiemstra
Account Manager
XXL Webhosting B.V.
+31 88 000 66 66
Ruben@xxlwebhosting.nl
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is a global leader of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 online merchants in North America, Europe and Australia operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimization and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the storefronts are always up-to-date. ePages provides interfaces to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in London, Barcelona and New York.
About XXL Hosting
XXL Webhosting (www.xxlwebhosting.nl) based in Leeuwarden and Amsterdam, is one of the largest hosting providers in the Netherlands. XXL delivers a complete portfolio of hosting solutions that empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners to make their online business successful. The friendly support provided by the XXL team is always included, available via phone, email and online chat. XXL currently manages more than 40.000 websites.
More than 125,000 HostPapa customers gain access to ePages online shops, developed to bring rapid success to small and medium-sized enterprises. With this new partnership, ePages strengthens its international presence as a leading provider of online shop software for SMBs
New York (18 April 2018) – Starting July 2018, HostPapa, Canada’s largest web hosting and cloud service provider, will be offering its customers a new online shop solution. HostPapa has chosen the cloud-based commerce platform of ePages, a leading international provider of commerce solutions. The eshops will be available in 17 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. HostPapa is responding to the demand for an all-inclusive solution that can bring rapid success and provide small and medium-size businesses with everything they need to sell online.
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages GmbH, says, “We are pleased that HostPapa has chosen ePages to deliver a global cloud-based solution to their clients. HostPapa will become an important strategic partner for ePages in North America and can rely on our expertise and presence in Europe as they grow their business internationally.”
Jamie Opalchuk, HostPapa’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, adds, “The ePages online stores are particularly suitable for entrepreneurs looking for a professional all-in-one, quick start solution at an affordable price. Along with our services, the product meets the needs for great usability even for the most ambitious online merchants.”
ePages makes building an online store quick and enjoyable. Users select from a range of attractive layouts, configure their shop, and edit the content with a drag-and-drop editor – meaning rapid set-up of a compelling, modern shop that is fully responsive for all devices.
The powerful commerce cockpit allows merchants to create product content once in a central location and sell it across multiple channels, such as marketplaces and social media platforms – fully synchronized and inventoried. Reliability, security, and high performance are guaranteed via HostPapa’s infrastructure.
Press Contact
Efe Acunaz
PR Manager
+49 40 350188-265
pr@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is a global leader of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 online merchants in North America, Europe and Australia operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the storefronts are always up-to-date. ePages provides interfaces to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies as well as POS- and ERP-vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in London, Barcelona and New York.
About HostPapa
HostPapa (www.hostpapa.com) based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is a web hosting and cloud-based service provider to small businesses across the globe. HostPapa’s commitment is to provide a complete array of enterprise-grade solutions to every small business owner. These services, traditionally out of reach to smaller businesses, are offered in a one-stop shop, making it quick and easy for customers to select the services they need to grow their business. HostPapa backs these offerings with 24-7 award-winning multi-lingual customer support provided by the PapaSquad team of experts.
La ‘Box e-commerce’ packages designed to deliver SMBs rapid retail success. Native integration of La Poste logistics makes selling online more convenient than ever.
Hamburg, 27 November, 2017 – La Poste, (www.laposte.fr), the largest delivery services company in France, and ePages (www.epages.com), a leader for online shop solutions, today debuted an innovative new online shop platform equipped for rapid ecommerce success. Priced from €29.90/month, the turn-key package includes everything a modern company needs to sell online, and are combined with La Poste’s excellent logistics and customer service.
France is Europe’s third biggest ecommerce market, with revenue expected to grow from $34 billion in 2015 to around $54 Billion in 2021 (Statista). Positioned well to capitalize on huge demand for affordable SMB solutions, La Poste is among the first French providers to offer packages based on the next generation ‘ePages Now’ shop platform.
La Poste’s new ‘Box e-commerce’ uniquely delivers upon both modern shopper demands across sales channels, and French merchants’ needs for efficiency and growth. The cloud-based platform delivers rapid multi-channel sales via quick and easy deployment, powerful shop functionality, and compelling shop features. The new product line further compliments the services that La Poste delivers to millions of small French companies.
Box e-commerce makes building an online store speedier and more enjoyable than ever. Users select from attractive layouts, and add content swiftly with a drag-and-drop design editor. Helping SMBs to capitalize on the latest trends, every ePages-powered shop is automatically optimized for fully responsive mobile viewing and ordering via all smartphone and tablet devices.
La Poste offers SMB customers unrivalled options for delivering their goods professionally and affordably. The fully integral La Poste logistics means merchants can fulfil orders with great ease. Box e-commerce brings together two of La Poste group’s leading logistic services – Chronopost and Colissimo. Seamlessly integrated into the software, these delivery options are professional and affordable, and offer shoppers an optimized and convenient buying experience.
Wilfried Beeck, CEO ePages, comments, “Many entrepreneurs still plan to launch or expand their ecommerce capability and the combination of La Poste and ePages will be the best proposition for them”.
Guillaume Berthault, COO Box e-commerce, Groupe La Poste, adds, “Box e-commerce is a great solution for French retailers – they simply create content once and sell it over multiple channels, with full control and visibility via the intuitive commerce cockpit. There’s no need to learn a complex tool, merchants just deploy it and succeed”.
The Box e-commerce is priced from only €29.90/month, and key features include leading payment integrations like Paypal, Ingenico, Paybox and Stripe, international tax calculation, Google Analytics, powerful search and SEO functionality as well as a large choice of commerce features and extensions via the ePages Appstore.
Merchants can sell across the most important shopping portals and comparison websites including Google Shopping, Amazon, eBay and LeGuide.com. Box e-commerce includes a specially designed back-office engineered to help merchants monitor their sales and business volumes to gain the best possible visibility and control.
As a cloud-driven solution, Box e-commerce offers users an all-inclusive, powerful selling platform that is always secure, always compliant and updated automatically with the latest integrations necessary for a modern online shop.
Press contacts
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Inc.
press@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is a global leader for online shop software. 140,000 companies in 75 countries run professional online shops based on ePages products; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and optimised for tablets and smartphones. Thanks to regular updates, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest eCommerce trends. The company collaborates with more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. Sales partners are hosting providers as well as logistics, telecommunications, and yellow pages companies who provide best of breed eCommerce solutions to their SMB customer base. Both ePages partners and customers benefit from over 20 years of experience. The company headquarters is in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in London, Barcelona and New York.
About Le Groupe La Poste
Wholly owned by public shareholders, Le Groupe La Poste is a limited company structured around five business units: Services-Mail-Parcels, La Banque Postale, La Poste Network, GeoPost, and Digital Services. The Group operates in 40 countries on 4 continents. La Poste’s 17,000 retail outlets make it France’s leading local business network, serving 1.6 million customers every day. La Poste delivers 23.265 billion items worldwide per year (letters, printed advertising media and parcels), 6 days a week. In 2016, the Group generated €23.294 billion in revenues (22.4% out of France) and had more than 250,000 employees. Closer to its customers and more connected, La Poste is stepping up its digital transformation by offering a range of services hinging on its role as universal operator for exchanges. In its strategic plan “La Poste 2020: Conquering the future”, Le Groupe La Poste has set itself the ambitious objective of speeding up development in its five core businesses and conquering new territories. Accessible to everyone, everywhere, every day, La Poste puts human considerations and trust at the heart of customer relations to become the leading company for local services on a human scale.
Over 400 attendees in Hamburg enjoy deep dive into SMB ecommerce // Global experts covered topics including cognitive digital business, micro-services, cross border ecommerce, psychology of pricing, fraud management, AI and machine-learning
Hamburg, 25 September 2017 – Commerce Summit 2017, hosted by ePages (www.epages.com) an innovation leader for online shop software, commenced in Hamburg 21 & 22 September. A packed Curio-Haus enjoyed discussion of cutting edge and disruptive trends, technologies and innovations in the SMB retail space. The conference programme, including tracks for Strategy, Technology and Merchant areas, attracted strategic thinkers from all aspects of the online retail spectrum – exploring evolving technologies, shopping trends, marketing and social shifts.
The event was kicked off with an analysis of just how far small business retailing has progressed since the last Summit in 2014. Wilfried Beeck, CEO ePages, showed how the modern consumer journey –from search to social, brand experience and customer management – now challenges and empowers SMBs in equal measure. New consumer devices and touchpoints mean that shopping is truly everywhere.
Future-proofing SMB merchants
Announced at Summit, ePages and 1&1 partnered to launch a new range of cloud-driven 1&1 eShops, based on next generation ePages Now software. Available first in 6 countries, the shop packages specifically address the key modern requirements for rapid ecommerce success.
With over 50 million small companies in Europe and North America alone, Robert Hoffmann, CEO 1&1 Internet, delivered a rousing keynote on the huge untapped opportunity and responsibility the industry shares to inspire, equip and educate SMBs. “We must support SMBs well in their big decisions of selecting the right business applications. ePages and 1&1 is a great example of best of breed technology partnership”.
The transformational power of mCommerce was further underlined by ecommerce pioneer and CEO NewStore Stephan Schambach, who summarizes, “Retail needs a makeover. Millennials get their brand inspiration via mobile devices – seamless integration of mobile and in-store is absolutely needed. Multichannel should mean truly friction-less selling across channels”.
High Tech empowers and challenges equally
The most high tech innovations such as artificial intelligence, cognitive business and machine learning are already making marks on SMB retailing. There was a consensus at Summit that AI is now being used to disrupt and transform business processes – a trend that could be a powerful asset for SMBs with limited resources.
Gabriel Vizzard and David Hogg from IBM Watson reported how Watson is expected to touch 1 billion people this year. AI is coming closer to the reach of SMB owners for live interactions with customers and powerful personalization. In the coming years, AI will offer SMB retailers deeper learning and the freedom to focus more resources on their core challenges.
Renowned futurist Theo Priestley concurred with this trend, observing how “China is the region progressing AI for SMBs most right now”. He advises SMBs, “Think about the future of your business in terms of connecting different types of intelligence. It’s time to really know your customers contextually. Tech has removed the barriers of size, now join networks and create experiences”.
As well as shaping new consumer touchpoints, AI is on the way to becoming a strong support with back-office ecommerce processes – with ePages demonstrating how Alexa can assist merchants with tasks like managing open orders and administering shipping.
SMBs must target for niches, fulfil like a multi-national
Ann-Kristin Hamke from Statista showed how mobile shopping remains the biggest game changer, with same day delivery, virtual wardrobe and social commerce gaining pace as important trends. The digital platforms that most thrive succeed in decentralizing consumer touchpoints and ensuring simplicity with a plug & play ecosystem.
Achieving success from marketplaces remains mission critical for most retailers. Thennarasu Ponnusamy, Principal Engineer at eBay, offered new strategic advice on how a cost per sale model can maximize SMB sales and ad investments.
SMBs can and should borrow from enterprise retail techniques – and often have the agility to gain the best impacts. For example, consumer psychology is more relevant than ever, with Internet Psychologist Graham Jones using the “Sex & Shopping” adage to prove how unconscious consumer preferences and impulses can be harnessed by SMBs. “Shoppers are making decisions before they even know consciously what they’re looking at”, he advises.
The use of pricing psychology also offers great effects according to Professor David Loschelder, Leuphana University, who delivered research on pricing models and what degree of choice will optimize consumer confidence. For example, “When to ask for payment information in customer journey remains a critical science – too soon or too late can wreck confidence”.
Interactive merchant advice
A unique and thriving aspect of Commerce Summit was the live workshop theatre tackling practical topics for SMB retail success. Speakers on marketplace and price comparison strategies included Torben Schwanke from eBay, and Erik Meierhoff from Idealo. Shop usability is nowadays a success factor as well as a concern, with a session from Johannes Altmann from Shoplupe.
The opportunity to use machine learning to recognize behavourial patterns in shops was explored by Olaf Brandt from etracker, proving that the simple linking of web analytics data to programmatic advertising can greatly optimize sales conversions for SMBs.
Best practice payment options were discussed by Markus Fuchs from PayPal, Marcus Lilienthal from Ingenico and PAYONE founder Jan Kanieß. Opportunities for merchants to leverage apps and integrations were showcased by eTrusted, Sendcloud, and rankingCoach. With social media now shaping revenues as well as branding and communication, Teja Töpfer, from Facelift, offered merchants up to date case studies and the latest practical tips.
Developing ecommerce for 2030
The Technology track of Commerce Summit attracted developers and technologists from across the ecommerce ecosystem. There was consensus that cloud-based ecommerce with an API approach offers the best possible catalyst for SMBs to compete online. Workshops explored both single ‘micro’ and wider ‘macro’ architecture with communication patterns, APIs, operational requirements and guidelines covered. Coding workshops included topics such as OAuth 2.0 and webhooks.
Harm Behrens, CTO ePages, explained, “Microservices allow us to try out and quickly bring new innovation to our merchants, without putting proven functionality at risk. An API approach means greater customization for niche retailers whilst the platform itself can remain focused on optimizing the key competencies”.
Ecommerce platforms face the challenge to handle modern consumer interfaces such as voice devices and virtual reality applications. Highlights included a demo of online shopping using Microsoft HoloLens and its underlying technology, courtesy of Luis Gomes of commercetools.
Beeck adds, “As well as being highly enjoyable, our largest Commerce Summit to date proved the importance of collaboration – it’s through being able to come together, discuss and measure progress and potentials within each facet of commerce that we can work best with SMBs to drive their use of technology and future success”.
Sponsors of Commerce Summit included Aruba Cloud, Amazon Pay, Open-Xchange, CM4all, Ingenico ePayments, flour.io, PayPal, Shoplupe, .SHOP, SendCloud, etracker, Händlerbund and TrustedShops.
Press contact
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Inc.
press@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is a global leader for online shop software. 140,000 companies in 75 countries run professional online shops based on ePages products; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and optimised for tablets and smartphones. Thanks to regular updates, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest eCommerce trends. The company collaborates with more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. Sales partners are hosting providers as well as logistics, telecommunications, and yellow pages companies who provide best of breed eCommerce solutions to their SMB customer base. Both ePages partners and customers benefit from over 20 years of experience. The company headquarters is in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in London, Barcelona and New York.
Innovative and flexible shops engineered to deliver SMBs rapid retail success // ePages builds microservices architecture to transform capabilities for SMB retailers
Hamburg, 21 September 2017 – ePages (www.epages.com) an innovation leader for online shop software, and 1&1 (www.1and1.com), one of the world’s leading web hosting providers, today unveiled a new range of 1&1 eShop packages, powered by ePages’ cloud-driven ecommerce platform. Available now in six markets across Europe and the Americas, the shop packages deliver SMBs everything they need for retail success, and are strongly positioned to satisfy the enormous demand for rapid ecommerce success.
Online shopping continues to surge globally, with total online shopping revenues worldwide now amounting to $2.3 trillion, and set to rise to $4.5 trillion by 2021 (Statista). An important proportion of this growth is the rise of SMB retailers, as millions of companies optimize and evolve with transactional websites.
1&1 is the first multi-national provider to offer shop packages based upon a new software from ePages – called ePages Now. The cloud-based solution is designed to deliver accelerated ecommerce success via rapid and easy deployment, powerful shop functionality, and compelling, fully-responsive shop designs.
The new 1&1 shop range is as of now available in 6 countries – Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain, United States, and Canada. Italy and Mexico will follow within the next weeks. The shops further enhance the diverse range of innovative services that 1&1 delivers to millions of SMBs to help them compete and thrive online. The feature-set uniquely addresses both modern shopper demands across sales channels, and also merchants’ needs for efficiency and growth.
Robert Hoffmann, CEO 1&1 Internet, comments, “Business success in the digital world is above all driven by speed and flexibility – thus SMBs must constantly adapt their business according to the high expectations of their customers in order to remain competitive. This applies especially to the ecommerce sector. With our revised eShop portfolio, we offer ‘ecommerce for everyone’. Using the 1&1 eShop based on ePages techology, SMBs can sell fast and easily on all channels. At the same time, they can concentrate on their core business – we will take care of the rest“.
ePages CEO, Wilfried Beeck, adds “Our next generation eShop technology is perfect for startups and ambitious online retailers who are pressed for time and require an all-inclusive solution that is sleek and easy to use. Combined with 1&1’s excellent service and support it‘s a strong proposition for many use cases“.
ePages makes building an online store speedier and more enjoyable than ever. Users select from a number of attractive layouts, and edit with a drag-and-drop design editor – meaning rapid set up of a compelling, modern shop that is fully responsive for all devices. Elements can be added to pages rapidly using blocks, saving merchants time every day.
The powerful commerce cockpit equips SMBs to create product content once in a central location and sell it across multiple sales channels, such as marketplaces or comparison shopping engines – fully synchronized and inventoried. Reliability, security and speed are guaranteed via 1&1’s industry-leading hosting and high-speed infrastructure.
Next generation ecommerce built today
Today at Commerce Summit in Hamburg, ePages set out its technical direction and roadmap for its software. The company’s next generation commerce software leverages a microservices based architecture, meaning greatly enhanced performance and deployment of new functionalities for merchants.
The new development environment means ePages users will benefit from many highly flexible, modular services accessed via a super responsive back-end. Developers create and integrate many new features for ePages users, that synchronize seamlessly with systems such as accounting or ERP software. In practical terms, microservices means ePages shops will be ‘future proof’ by remaining agile, on-trend with consumer needs and more competitive online.
Beeck added, “Our investment in a microservices architecture with an API-first approach comprises a transformational change – not only for us as a platform provider, but for the thousands of SMBs whose online success we share”.
Press contact
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Inc.
press@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is a global leader for online shop software. 140,000 companies in 75 countries run professional online shops based on ePages products; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and optimised for tablets and smartphones. Thanks to regular updates, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest eCommerce trends. The company collaborates with more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. Sales partners are hosting providers as well as logistics, telecommunications, and yellow pages companies who provide best of breed eCommerce solutions to their SMB customer base. Both ePages partners and customers benefit from over 20 years of experience. The company headquarters is in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in London, Barcelona and New York.
Experts from Google, eBay, PayPal, IBM Watson and 1&1 speak at Curio-Haus, Hamburg, 21 & 22 September // ePages to unveil next generation software for SMB ecommerce
Hamburg, 31 August, 2017 – ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online shop software, today revealed further details of the speaker line-up for the Commerce Summit 2017, www.commerce-summit.com – an event shaping-up to become Europe’s leading small business ecommerce conference. On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd September the conference will deliver attendees strategic insights, as well as actionable, practical advice for SMBs.
Commerce Summit 2017 will bring together a community of leading experts and retailers to share the cutting edge and disruptive trends, technologies and innovations in the online retail space. The conference programme (across English and German languages) includes educational tracks for Strategy, Technology and Merchant areas.
The event has attracted strategic thinkers from all aspects of the online retail spectrum – exploring the evolving technologies, to shopping trends, marketing and social shifts. The Summit will hear from expert speakers from around the world. Below are extracts from topics which they will explore within the agenda:
“Retailers have seen a huge increase in mobile traffic, yet conversion rates for many remain low. This means mobile has much untapped potential for retailers, large and small. Learning how and why to capitalize on the m-commerce revolution is now critical even to SMB success”, Stephan Schambach, Ecommerce Pioneer & Founder of Intershop, Demandware and NewStore
“The principle ‘survival of the fittest’ not only applies in nature but also in the digital environment. SMBs need to rethink their business and constantly adapt it to the high expectations of their customers. To achieve this, they need a strong partner that ensures a suitable technical environment – SMBs can thus concentrate on their core business and assert themselves in the competition”, Robert Hoffmann, CEO 1&1 Internet
“Big tech shifts are happening – from artificial intelligence, chatbots, voice recognition, big data, micro services etc. But how can small retailers get a piece of the action? Which of these innovations hold the greatest promise for SMBs – let’s explore the reality of tomorrow”, Theo Priestley, renowned Futurist and Technology Evangelist
“SMB retailers can profit greatly from an understanding of the online behaviour of its customers and potential clients. Every retailer today should think about the connections and emotional transactions they can implement to help achieve their goals”, Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist
“Online identity and visibility are key considerations for retail success. There is clearly nothing worse than having a beautiful online shop that struggles to reach its audience. Let’s explore what smaller retailers must do to ensure they stand out confidently in today’s crowded Internet”, Hiro Tsukahara, CEO of GMO Registry, Japan
“For many SMBs, the missing link to success is the pricing strategy for their goods and services. An understanding of the science of pricing can equip entrepreneurs with a confidence and clarity to achieve pricing sweet-spots and increase profit margins in their target markets”, David Loschelder, Professor at Leuphana University
Further high-profile additions to the Strategy track include Niklaus Waser, Head of IBM’s Watson Internet of Things division, Michael Jäschke, Head of Channel Sales DACH at Google Marketing Solutions, and Thennarasu Ponnusamy, Senior Principal Engineer at eBay.
ePages’ CEO Wilfried Beeck comments, “We received a strong response since announcing Commerce Summit 2017. There’s clearly a need for an event that delivers a deep dive into the vast possibilities for ambitious SMB retailers. We look forward to a packed agenda of great speakers, top insights and fun interactions”.
Next generation ePages software
At the event, ePages will unveil the next generation of its popular cloud-driven ecommerce software. Over 140,000 online merchants worldwide are using the ePages platform. The company will set out both its technical direction and roadmap for its software and offer hands-on demonstrations to attendees.
The Summit’s Technology track, to be attended by developers, technicians and product managers, will explore the direction of development for ecommerce, and what impacts and opportunities elements such as micro-services architecture and cloud ecosystems offer.
A wealth of merchant advice
The Commerce Summit includes a unique workshop series (in German language) tackling key areas for SMB retail success. Speakers on marketplace and price comparison strategies include Torben Schwanke from eBay, and Erik Meierhoff from Idealo. Usability is a key concern, with a session from Johannes Altmann from Shoplupe. Machine learning will be explored by Olaf Brandt from etracker. Best practice payment options will be discussed by Markus Fuchs from PayPal, Marcus Lilienthal from Ingenico and PAYONE founder Jan Kanieß. Opportunities for merchants to leverage apps and integrations will be discussed by industry figures including Bastian Dahm from eTrusted, Andreas Krause from Sendcloud, and Daniel Wette from rankingCoach.
Sponsors of Commerce Summit include Aruba Cloud, Amazon Pay, Open-Xchange, CM4all, Ingenico ePayments, flour.io, PayPal, Shoplupe, .SHOP, SendCloud, etracker, Händlerbund and TrustedShops.
Furthermore, the event is supported by the media partners OnlineHaendlerNews.de, EcommerceNews.eu, Tamebay.com, Start Your Business Magazine, WHIR.com and iMiller PR.
Full details of the conference programme can be found at www.commerce-summit.com/en/agendaand tickets can be purchased at www.commerce-summit.com/en/#tickets.
Press contacts
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Ltd.
press@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is an innovation leader for online shop software. 140,000 merchants in 75 countries run professional cloud-driven online shops based on ePages solutions; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and full optimisation for mobile devices. Benefiting from software-as-a-service, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest ecommerce trends. The company collaborates with 80+ technology partners including the most important online marketplaces, payment and logistics companies, and ERP vendors. Sales partners who resell ePages include hosting and cloud providers as well as logistics, telecoms, and yellow pages companies. The company is headquartered in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in New York, London and Barcelona.
500+ attendees expected at Curio-Haus, Hamburg, on 21 & 22 September for Europe’s leading small business ecommerce conference // Keynotes and expertise from the worlds of technology, retail, finance, marketing and social sciences
Hamburg, 6 July, 2017 – ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online shop software, today outlined details of Commerce Summit 2017, www.commerce-summit.com – a large international event uniquely focused on small business retail. On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd September, and hosted by ePages, the largest Commerce Summit to date will deliver attendees visionary and strategic insights, as well as actionable, practical advice for SMB merchants.
Online shopping is undoubtedly one of the most significant online activities worldwide, with total ecommerce sales expected to hit $2.35 trillion this year. Ecommerce as a proportion of total global retail sales is currently 10 per cent, and due to reach 13% in 2019 and 15% by 2020 (Statista). A key long-term driver of this shift is a strong growth in SMBs selling online.
Commerce Summit 2017 brings together a community of leading Internet experts and retailers large and small, to share the cutting edge and disruptive trends, techniques, technologies and news in the online retail space. The conference programme (across English and German languages) includes educational tracks for Strategy, Technology and Merchant areas.
Addressing megatrends
The event will explore the issues and technology revolutions now in play for businesses such as artificial intelligence, chatbots, micro-service and big data – set to both challenge and liberate SMB retailers in the years ahead. Confirmed keynote speakers include renowned futurist Theo Priestley and Robert Hoffmann, CEO 1&1 Internet.
Retail market analysis and strategy sessions will address issues including the future of mobile in retail, management of online identity, opportunities with consumer psychology, and data management. Speakers already confirmed include Niklaus Waser, Head of IBM’s Watson Internet of Things division, ecommerce expert Stephan Schambach, eminent Internet psychologist Graham Jones, and Hiro Tsukahara, CEO of GMO Registry in Japan.
CEO ePages, Wilfried Beeck, comments, “Whilst there are countless events for large scale retail, Commerce Summit is uniquely exciting in bringing together talent, new ideas and tactical advice, from all over the world – all totally focussed on SMB needs. The agenda covers the key drivers – from underlying technical platforms and functionalities, to shopping trends, marketing and social shifts. Our biggest Summit yet will undoubtedly offer a valuable and fun experience”.
Building next generation ecommerce
An important element of Commerce Summit 2017 will be the Technology track, to be attended by a diverse range of developers, technicians and product managers involved in building solutions for SMB ecommerce success. Collaborative workshops will explore the direction of development for ecommerce and fintech platforms, and what impacts and opportunities elements such as micro-services architecture and cloud application ecosystems now offer.
Tactical merchant advice
The Commerce Summit will include a workshop series (in German language) focused on key areas for SMB retail success today – selling on marketplaces, payments, marketing and social media. A range of live panel discussions and merchant case studies will offer SMB merchants attending both inspiration and real-world, implementable advice.
Sponsors include Open-Xchange, CM4all, Ingenico ePayments, flour.io, PayPal, Shoplupe, .SHOP and SendCloud, etracker, Händlerbund and TrustedShops.
Furthermore, Commerce Summit 2017 will be supported by the media partners EcommerceNews.eu, Tamebay.com, Start Your Business Magazine, WHIR.com and iMiller PR.
Further details of the conference programme can be found at www.commerce-summit.com/en/agenda and tickets can be purchased at www.commerce-summit.com/en/#tickets. For a limited time only, SMB merchant attendees can buy Early Bird tickets for €99+VAT.
Press contact
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Ltd.
press@epages.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is an innovation leader for online shop software. 140,000 merchants in 75 countries run professional cloud-driven online shops based on ePages solutions; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and full optimisation for mobile devices. Benefiting from software-as-a-service, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest ecommerce trends. The company collaborates with 80+ technology partners including the most important online marketplaces, payment and logistics companies, and ERP vendors. Sales partners who resell ePages include hosting and cloud providers as well as logistics, telecoms, and yellow pages companies. The company is headquartered in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in New York, London and Barcelona.
Innovative and flexible shops engineered to deliver SMBs rapid retail success // Hosting provider debuts ePages’ newest generation of eCommerce software
New York, 3 April, 2017 – HostMySite (www.hostmysite.com), a leading web and cloud hosting provider, today launched a range of new ePages-brand (www.epages.com) eCommerce plans targeted at SMBs seeking to launch or recharge an online retail business. Available from $19.95/month, the turn-key solutions include everything one needs for quick selling success, and are combined with HostMySite’s professional hosting and famous 24/7 telephone and online technical support.
HostMySite is among the first providers worldwide to launch the newest ePages product – the ‘ePages Now’ shop solution. The cloud-based software is engineered to deliver accelerated multi-channel eCommerce success via rapid and easy deployment, powerful shop functionality, and compelling shop features. The new product line further enhances the valued services that HostMySite delivers to tens of thousands of US companies.
The ePages Now feature-set, now available from HostMySite, uniquely delivers upon both modern shopper demands across sales channels, and sellers’ needs for efficiency and growth. Online shoppers are managed to maximize visibility, engagement and purchases.
For example, in 2016, around 136 million Americans made at least one purchase via their mobile devices, and is expected to reach 162.8 million by 2019 (Statista). Helping SMBs to capitalize, every ePages Now shop is automatically optimized for fully responsive mobile viewing and ordering via all smartphone and tablet devices.
ePages Now makes building an online store speedier and more enjoyable than ever. Users select from a number of attractive layouts, and edit with a drag-and-drop design editor. Elements can be added to pages rapidly using blocks. Reliability, security and speed are guaranteed via HostMySite’s resilient network infrastructure, and experts are available 24/7 for providing technical assistance or advice on how to promote an online store.
The entry-level HostMySite ‘eCommerce Professional’, priced at $19.95/month, provides retailing of up to 100 products, unlimited pages, PayPal payments, international tax calculation, SEO friendly URLs, Google Analytics integration, App Store, and powerful search and SEO functionality. HostMySite ‘eCommerce Best Seller’, priced at $37.45/month, supports up to 1,000 products, and furthermore offers Google Shopping integration, payments with Skrill and Stripe, and shipping with FedEx, USPS & Shippo. The flagship HostMySite ‘eCommerce Premium’, priced at $59.95/month, facilitates up to 10,000 products, and enhanced online marketplace options with eBay and Amazon.
TJ Urglavitch, Senior Manager, HostMySite, comments, “Our new eCommerce packages have been optimized to deliver a modern, responsive, shopping experience at the front end, and also provides ‘non-techie’ merchants with a user-friendly admin space for adding products, tracking inventory, setting up shipping, and applying designs on the fly. And the fact that their shop lives in the cloud eliminates worries about software upgrades or loss of data.”
Wilfried Beeck, CEO ePages, adds, “Millions of American companies and individuals wish to enter into or boost an existing eCommerce project, and they seek a rapid, easy route to retail success with no hidden costs or headaches. The ePages Now solution from HostMySite is a perfect fit – no need to learn a complex tool, just deploy it and succeed”.
Retail eCommerce sales in the US are forecast to grow at a fast pace in the coming years, increasing from $396.7 billion in 2016 to $684 billion in 2020 (Statista). An estimate of 77 per cent of internet users in the United States, representing 67 per cent of the entire population, has purchased products online in 2016. Booming eCommerce means the market for affordable, multi-channel SMB retail solutions continues to surge.
For many retailers, the combination of ePages’ powerful and modern shop functionality, and the benefits of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service – quality, security and performance – comprises the best possible catalyst for eCommerce success.
HostMySite, based in Newark, Delaware, is a leading web and cloud hosting provider, serving the needs of Small Business and resellers since 1997. As a division of HOSTING, a global provider of managed Cloud services, HostMySite uses its carrier-class resources and facilities to deliver a high quality service at affordable prices.
Press contacts
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Inc.
press@epages.com
Jeff Green
Digital Marketing Manager
HostMySite Inc.
marketing@hostmysite.com
About ePages
ePages (https://www.epages.com/) is a global leader for online shop software. 140,000 companies in 75 countries run professional online shops based on ePages products; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and optimised for tablets and smartphones. Thanks to regular updates, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest eCommerce trends. The company collaborates with more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. Sales partners are hosting providers as well as logistics, telecommunications, and yellow pages companies who provide best of breed eCommerce solutions to their SMB customer base. Both ePages partners and customers benefit from over 20 years of experience. The company headquarters is in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in London, Barcelona and New York.
About HostMySite
HostMySite is a support-driven web and cloud hosting company based in Newark, Delaware– serving the needs of Small Business and resellers since 1997. Solutions range from business website hosting to VPS, dedicated servers, and cloud hosting. HostMySite also offers hosting reseller services including powerful features for those with their own clients, such as private labelled hosting and billing options. The company’s teams of skilled system administrators are committed to 24x7x365 support and customer service. Learn more at https://www.hostmysite.com/.
HostMySite is a division of HOSTING, a leader in building and operating high performance clouds for business-critical applications.
Modern website builder and powerful ecommerce combined // Providers can boost ARPU via upgrade options
Rust, Germany, 28 March, 2017 – ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online shop software, and CM4all (www.CM4all.com), an innovation leading website builder for the hosting industry, today debuted a new fully integrated solution for both professional web presence and seamless omnichannel ecommerce. This latest version of CM4all Sites will be offered to important web hosting, cloud and telco providers worldwide who seek access to lucrative ecommerce customers.
The global ecommerce market continues to surge, with European online retail sales expected to hit €250bn in 2017. While some hosting providers still attempt to cover ecommerce requirements with basic plug-ins or lite extentions to web builders, data shows that those that fully enable ambitious SMBs online receive greatly enhanced revenues, retention and customer values in return.
Born from a collaboration announced in 2016, CM4all Sites – one of the world’s most popular web builders and CMS platforms – is now offered with a deep native integration of ePages shop functionality, with only a single sign-up required. As a result, hosting companies will be better equipped to facilitate the huge demand for rapid and effective omnichannel retail from a small scale website. CM4all expects its OEM partner network to on-board thousands of existing website customers into ecommerce activity in the coming years.
ePages CEO Wilfried Beeck, said, “As SMBs look to digitize their business processes, hosting providers are seeing an increasing demand from existing clients and new retailers for ecommerce solutions. With the CM4all/ePages integration, providers can now offer a seamless portfolio from easy to set up websites to a full-blown ecommerce cockpit’’.
With the co-engineering of CM4all and ePages, hosting companies, ISPs and cloud service providers can now offer a complete, robust and future-proof platform for online success. End users benefit from constantly evolving innovations being added across website design and navigation, product search, payments and shipping, online marketing and communications.
The integration of ePages is the first of its type for CM4all Sites, and results in a perfect feature set for the market – attractive sector-specific design templates, floating shopping cart that fits seamlessly into an existing website, and a high performance check-out. Via its partnerships with 80+ tech partners, ePages ensures the best shipping and payment options, most important marketplaces, up to 15 languages, App Store and full SEO optimization.
“The key to successful ecommerce is an attractive and functional website combined with a sophisticated online shop. CM4all and ePages are both driven to continually update their products for always state-of-the-art solutions and an optimal user experience”, explains CM4all CTO Cornel Schnietz.
Recently, CM4all released a revised editor for its core CM4all Sites product with the aim of creating a more intuitive and flexible site building experience. The enhancement comes with a great selection of features for both desktop and mobile editors along with a variety of new design themes.
Both CM4all and ePages are similarly flexible and experienced in meeting the complex demands of OEMs. Furthermore, CM4all’s solutions can be deeply customized to target specific sector audiences. Providers can also boost their ARPU via a range of upgrade options.
Both companies are co-presenting the latest features of CM4all Sites for hosting and cloud industry participants during the WHD.global tradeshow in Rust, Germany, (27-31 March, 2017) – with CM4all located at booth #A3, and ePages located at booth #G36.
Press contacts
Richard Stevenson
Head of Corporate Communications
ePages Software Ltd.
0044 (0) 207 292 1790
press@epages.com
Dr. Ben Birkhofer
Press Contact
Content Management AG
0049 (0) 221 6601 0
press@cm4all.com
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is the largest independent provider of online shop software in Europe based on license revenue. 140,000 companies in 75 countries run professional online shops based on ePages products; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation, individual design and optimised for tablets and smartphones. Thanks to regular updates, ePages online shops are always up-to-date with the latest ecommerce trends. The company collaborates with more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. Sales partners are hosting providers as well as logistics, telecommunications, and yellow pages companies who provide best of breed ecommerce solutions to their SMB customer base. Both ePages partners and customers benefit from over 20 years of experience. The company headquarters is in Hamburg with additional subsidiaries in London, Barcelona and New York.
About CM4all
Robert Schovenberg and Cornel Schnietz founded Content Management AG (CM-AG) in 1999. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, CM-AG develops and distributes software and infrastructure solutions based on CM4all’s highly scalable technology, which enables the creation, maintenance, and easy updating of fully-responsive SMB and consumer websites.
CM4all’s highly scalable technology is operated in an ASP model. The company’s core products are the website building solutions CM4all Sites and CM4all WebsiteCreator, which are adapted for and licensed to individual OEM partners and are available in 25+ languages.
With over three million paying customers worldwide, CM4all is a leading developer of web-based applications for the Internet. CM4all software is currently being distributed worldwide via leading telcos, MSOs, ISPs, and web hosting companies, like 1&1 Internet AG, Arsys Internet S.L., Deutsche Telekom AG, Endurance International Group Inc., Hostpoint AG, Hostway Corporation, NTT Communications, Strato AG, Universo Online S.A., Unitymedia GmbH, and Verio Inc.
For more information please visit www.cm4all.com.
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