Company Stores 101: Controlling Access While many company stores are open to the public, some clients require a more limited form of access. They may not want the general public viewing the store at all, or they may only want specific people to be able to place orders or see certain products. Your storeBlox CS […]
Company Stores 101: Inventory Some company stores don’t carry any inventory; everything is custom-ordered and drop-shipped to the customer. But most company stores have at least some inventory, and many are a hybrid: inventory for fast-moving, high-volume items; drop shipment for everything else, like items that require a custom logo or a name drop. By […]
Company Stores 101: Giving Customers Money to Spend If you’ve ever been given a gift card for your birthday, you’re familiar with the concept of “stored value”. Gift cards (or “stored value” or “retained value” cards as they’re sometimes known in the retail industry) are just one way to give customers a limited amount of […]
Company Stores 101: Using Vendors to Route Orders Does your company store handle orders that get fulfilled by multiple outside vendors? For instance, do your stocked hard goods come from a fulfillment warehouse, while your name drop apparel gets routed to a embroiderer? Good news: Using Vendors in storeBlox CS, you can handle any kind […]
Company Stores 101: Move Those Products! You probably know that you can highlight products and categories using banners on your storeBlox CS company store home page (all easily managed in your dashboard), but there are a few other methods for showcasing specific products throughout your site. Need to promote a brand new product or move […]
Company Stores 101: Customizing Email Templates Many storeBlox CS store owners don’t realize that each email that your store sends out – registrations, order notifications, requests and so on – is completely customizable, right in the dashboard. Don’t like the ones that come with your store? Toss them out and make your own! Not only is each […]
Company Stores 101: Building Mini Stores using Group Features Sometimes you need to provide a different company store shopping experience for different groups of users, but you don’t want the headache and expense of setting up a bunch of different stores. Maybe some users need to see products that other users don’t see. Or maybe […]