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Merchant Systems
GSD Software is your complete solution provider for Merchant Systems. Are you a small business looking to take your first step into the world of e-commerce? We can help alleviate the confusion and frustration of creating your first merchant account and online store. Are you a domestic company that's preparing to go global? We can make it easy with mature e-commerce platforms, multi-lingual websites and global payment processing.
We do more than just provide the technical pieces for your new online store - we provide individual success plans tailored to your specific needs. Our experienced staff will guide you through each step of the process from merchant accounts to product setup and training for your new software platform. We'll explain the ins and outs of global payment processing in clear, understandable terms.
Just how deep does our e-commerce experience go? Our founders have served as executives for well-known Internet e-commerce companies. We have built complete Internet Payment Service Providers (IPSPs) from the ground up. We have created successful retail models and payment solutions for everything from physical products to online videos, downloadable software, and even in-game merchandise for virtual worlds.
At GSD Software, we provide innovative solutions for your e-commerce needs and we do it with maximum impact for your bottom line.
Complete E-Commerce Packages
We offer mature, scalable, secure e-commerce software packages specifically tailored to your needs. From small, low-volume stores to global, multi-store, multi-currency setups, we will deliver a complete package to engage your customers and drive your bottom line.
Our E-Commerce Packages Provide
Reliability
Our package solutions have been thoroughly tested and are currently powering numerous websites in the real world. Our hosted packages regularly achieve 99.9% uptime, with seamless updates. Always on, always available.
Scalability
What good is a business plan if your software can't handle the growth? Our e-commerce packages are designed to handle enterprise-level volume, and we have the hardware to back it up.
Security
Our e-commerce packages provide everything you need to ensure online transactions are secure. We include everything from SSL certificates to secure data encryption. We offer PCI DSS compliant e-commerce platforms.
Payment Gateway Integration
Whether we help you create a merchant account or if you're already setup with a payment processor, integration is a snap! We provide support for all major payment gateways such as EC Suite, Authorize.net, Paypal and Google Checkout out of the box.
Support and Training
What good is a fantastic e-commerce package if you don't know how to make the most of it? As part of your e-commerce package we include documentation, training and ongoing support services.
Engage Your Customers with
Intuitive Product Browsing
Our flexible merchandising engine allows you to create useful product relationships for up-sells, cross-sells, related item suggestions and more. Zoom in on product images, read reviews by other customers and create wish lists. It's all built in.
Support for Multiple Languages and Currencies
Our e-commerce packages allow you to present your customers with a customized experience based on their region and language. Our packages provide support for multiple languages and currencies in addition to international tax rates and localization.
Marketing Promotions and Tools
Coupons are just the beginning. Our advanced e-commerce packages allow you to offer your customers bundled products, quantity discounts and customized landing pages for promotional campaigns. Gather user feedback using polls and see best-selling and most-viewed products at a glance.
Single-Page Checkout
Single-page checkout makes the payment process quick, easy and simple. Our checkout page automatically fills in information for existing users and makes creating new accounts a quick and painless experience.
Powerful Customer Service Tools
Because checkout isn't the end - it's just the beginning of your relationship with a new customer. Our packages provide your customers with the ability to view their order history, easily re-order items, and submit reviews about items they've purchased.
Custom E-Commerce Development
Need something custom? Our e-commerce packages are just a starting point. We can expand on our tested, flexible and scalable e-commerce platforms to deliver exactly what you need. We aren't just a package provider, we're a complete software development company with years of e-commerce experience.
We'll work with you through every phase of the design and development process. We'll help you make the right decisions, then turn your vision into reality. We provide clear advice, accurate estimates, and we deliver in a timely fashion.
International Payment Processing
Entering the world of global e-commerce can be a long and confusing ordeal. Don't worry - we're here to help with expert advice and proven solutions.
Global e-commerce is something we do every day. We'll explain the details of global payment processing and currency conversion in clear, understandable terms. We'll show you how you can accept payments from international customers, establish an EU corporate presence and communicate effectively with a global audience.
Social Media Marketing
Social media represents a powerful new way to engage customers and build rewarding relationships over time. The concept of non-interruptive marketing is still relatively new, but is quickly becoming as essential as a website in terms of customer engagement.
We'll introduce you to the brave new world of social media and help you establish, manage and grow your social media presence. We can also develop custom applications for Facebook and other social media platforms that drive customers to your online store and integrate with your comprehensive advertising and marketing campaigns.
Social Media Platforms
OpenSocial
By utilizing Google's OpenSocial API, we are able to rapidly develop social media applications for a wide range of social media platforms and websites including hi5, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netlog, Ning, orkut, and Yahoo!
Facebook is currently the most popular social media network internationally, with over 350 million active users worldwide. In addition to presence management we can help you develop custom Facebook applications utilizing the Facebook development API.
MySpace
MySpace is currenty the second most popular social media network internationally, with over 100 million user accounts. We can develop custom applications for MySpace as well utilizing the MySpace Open Platform.
Twitter is a social media and micro-blogging service with over six million unique visitors each month. By utilizing Twitter's REST API, we are able to develop applications that help build an engaging Twitter experience as well as access Twitter's vast and real-time data stream.
YouTube
YouTube is a video sharing website that enables users to share and comment on videos. In addition to managing your YouTube presence, we can also develop montizable applications utilizing the YouTube API.
Our Social Media Offerings Include
Presence Management
Let us manage your social media presence and engage your customers using interactive media while you focus on your core business items. With our presence management services you can build a vibrant social media presence without spending all day on Facebook.
Applications and Widgets
We utilize APIs from major social media platforms to develop custom applications and widgets that run inside these social media platforms. We'll help you design an engaging experience for your customers that will yield valuable social data.
Campaign Management
We'll help you incorporate social media advertising into your comprehensive marketing strategy. We have the expertise to help make your social media advertising campaigns as successful for you as they are engaging for your audience.
Integrated Marketing Strategy
At GSD Software, we do more than just build e-commerce websites. We'll work with you to drive profits by employing your online presence as part of your comprehensive advertising and marketing strategy. We utilize a variety of tools at our disposal to deliver outstanding results including Search Engine Optimization (SEO), affiliate programs, email campaigns, and social media.
Business Intelligence
Successful employment of e-commerce, social media, and online marketing strategies will yield a tremendous amount of data - incredibly valuable data, if you can make use of it. We are experts at simplifying complexity and presenting customer and sales data in a clear, understandable fashion so you can make informed decisions and further develop your marketing campaigns.
Business Intelligence Tools
Analytics
By providing thoughtful analysis of your business data, we can present relevant metrics in a useful fashion that can be of great value in your decision making process.
Data Warehousing
We can integrate data from a variety of sources, store it, and construct useful meta data. Using data warehousing techniques we can construct useful relationships between many different data sources, enabling you to make decisions with all of your data at your fingertips instead of wasting time analyzing the separate pieces presented by different departments.
Digital Dashboards
Utilizing your business data, we can provide up to date metrics for your executives and decision makers in an easy to understand, graphical fashion. See summary data at a glance, then drill down for more detailed information. We make it easy.
Business Intelligence Platforms
Microsoft Analysis Services
Microsoft includes a number of services in SQL server related to business intelligence and data warehousing. These services include Integration Services and Analysis Services.
SAP BusinessObjects
SAP BusinessObjects offers a broad portfolio of tools and applications designed to help you optimize business performance by connecting people, information, and businesses across business networks.
Pentaho
Pentaho is a commercial open source alternative for Business Intelligence. Pentaho BI Suite provides an array of powerful business intelligence and reporting tools and is the most widely deployed open source business intelligence suite.
Complete Solution Provider
At GSD Software, our goal is to provide you with a complete e-commerce solution from design to deployment, from hardware to software, from start to finish. We'll provide the tools and expertise you need to bring your product offering to a global audience, build customer relationships, gather useful data and make sense of it all. We'll stand behind you with first-rate support and cutting edge solutions to keep you ahead of the game, because your success is our success.
We deliver outstanding solutions that deliver results.