Shopping carts from your existing ecommerce platform can be exported then imported as orders into EssentOne for order processing, purchasing, fulfillment and invoicing.

The EssentOne Connector is a Web Service API and programming interface to push and pull to and from EssentOne and your third-party web platform. Products are maintained in EssentOne and pushed to the web. Shopping carts created online are pulled into EssentOne as orders.

SiteBuilder is the Essent Web Content Management System. SiteBuilder leverages the same commerce engine as EssentOne, so all information is created and managed in one place.

Existing ecommerce sites can be used without the need to recreate them. Orders are imported without developmet costs.

Existing ecommerce sites can be used without the need to recreate. The sites can be completely integrated with EssentOne, eliminating duplicate data entry.

SiteBuilder is fully integrated with EssentOne so product data and customer data are managed in one place. Business rules defined in EssentOne are enforced on the web, orders flow directly into EssentOne, and integration and maintenace are managed entirely by Essent.

EssentOne and the web platform are separate systems that are not integrated, so data including products and customers need to be populated in two systems. Double data entry is required for all updates and mainteance.

The EssentOne Connector is a programming interface. Your web developer programs the website to interact with the Connector. As updates change the site and as new releases update EssentOne, your development team is responsible for maintaining and updating your integration.

Initial work is required to recreate ecommerce sites in the new platform and there is learning curve for the new CMS tool.

There are no integration costs but there are costs associated with manual labor and duplicate efforts to maintain and update two systems. Minor development may be needed to modify the import tool to map to order format. Site fees depend on the third-party web platform.

Integration costs include development and work to map connector calls with your site, and mainteance costs are considerable. Connector subscriptions are monthly. Site fees depend on the third-party web platform.

There are no integration, development, or mainteance costs. SiteBuilder subscriptions vary depending on Service Level Agreement, bandwidth, and storage, with company stores starting at a low monthly subscription. Adavanced ecommerce and the SLA can scale upward to support load balancing and enterprise needs.