How do I integrate RMS with a Web Store??????

Mark,

You can buy the Web Integrator software from New West and then pay any web developer to write the scripts and the xml to accomplish this.

I worked with a web developer and the guys at New West to integrate RMS with X cart and it works well. We did not integrate inventory, just order processing.

Greg,

So whenever you sell merchandise or receive merchandise into RMS you also have to manually update the inventory for your website? For every single item?

Or is there any way to update them all at one time daily, like a DB export or something???

Mark

"Greg Williams" wrote:

I know that the folks at New West are working on getting their Web Integrator product to work with other shopping cart/webstore solutions other than Storefront. I do not know a timeframe of when to expect those new integrations. I am in a similar situation as you, as I am just getting up and running with RMS and am looking to add shopping cart functionality to my existing website soon. I too was not impressed with the sales people at Storefront, every time I called they gave me a different price or the sales guy would call back with the 'right' price. Also, for the Web Integrator to work with RMS and STorefront you need to purchase the XE version of Storefront with source code which is near $1000, plus the Web Integrator which is more than $1000. Hopefully the folks at New West are working on full integration with an open source / low cost webstore solution such as OScommerce or others.

Re: Storefront - run away. Run away very fast, and don't look back.

We spent $2500 for StoreFront XE, and the "extended" support contract. Biggest waste of money ever. Despite the source code, the product is so dependent on FrontPage or DreamWeaver that you really can't work with it in Visual Studio. Their support department was unhelpful at best, and at worst, caused what little we were able to get working to STOP working. We are on of the many who are looking for a refund, but aren't keeping our hopes up (their sales manager finally called me THREE WEEKS after I requested a refund).

Re: Alternatives - There are a lot of shopping carts on the market. I would recommend BVCommerce or ASP.NET StoreFront (the one we are currently using). They both have very strong reputations, and ASP.NET StoreFront is about $400, including source code.

Re: Integration with RMS - We are also in the same boat as you. We are trying to either buy something from New West (who have been helpful beyond belief) or build something with their help. We've got a really tight schedule (even tighter by the fact we wasted six weeks with StoreFront), and I'll keep you posted as to our progress.

Bill Yater The Worth Collection, Ltd. snipped-for-privacy@worthltd.com

"Mark" wrote:

Thanks Bill!

Amazing! I have searched the web and come up with a TON of experiences like yours with Storefront and their parent company.

Interestingly they just sent me another quote, different then the first and equally cloudy.

Do either BVcommerce or Asp.net put out XML based orders as would be required to integrate with RMS? Or are you looking at converting their orders to XML and then using Newestechs integrator or writing your own to load it into RMS?

Also, how will you find out what format the orders have to be in? Microsoft?

Thanks for your help Bill!

"Bill Yater" wrote:

Ok just to make it fair. I put in an installation with Newwest and store front. Yes massive problems, Wanted to charge more for newwest stuff than already paid. Did not work but after a few phone calls. and with the help of Newwest(who were just great in helping) we get it working and it worked just fine real slick.

Rick, That seems to be the consensus on this Pair. Newestech is fantastick and Storefronts parent company is a headache.

I have to much to do to get involved with known headaches.

I really appreciate your feadback though!

"rick" wrote:

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"Mark" wrote:

Hi, Been looking for similar solutions and came accross this:

BBloke

"jm" wrote:

Hi,

First of, I don't know why you need a quote for StoreFront software since they are clearly listed on their site. I realize that now they pulled the price for Web Integrator off the site, but you can also buy that from Newestech. Either way, you only need the AE version (which cost $999 for new version), not XE version to work with the RMS. Secondly, the RMS Web Integrator cost $1500, you might be able to get both of these less if they have sales going on at the time. I paid only about $1000 for RMS Web Integrator with Store Front because that month they had some sales going on.

Secondly, I have yet to have any issues with Store Front Support like people seem to have. They have always been able to solve my problems.

Responding to rmsWebLinx question; you have to host with them, the people that wrote that software, NitroASL.com That's why the monthly fee is so much. Not to mention you can not change any of the layout of the design. You will also have to pay a yearly maintenance plan.

Lastly, the documentation that came with Newestech Web Integrator did not tell you that you need StoreFront RMS Files that you must get from Store Front and have it install on your server for it to work with Web Integrator. I have some of the information at

Natt

I am working on integrating RMS with OSCommerce which is an easy to use online Shopping Cart. I am able to sync up customers, items, shipto addresses, quantity discounts, item information, pictures, inventory levels. The only thing I couldn't to work get that we use is Mix & Match. We don't use kits, parent/child items or color options. We have our RMS set up so that each Item in the store is an item in RMS, even if it is just a different color.

I am using an MSAccess database to get RMS's database information into the form that OSCommerce wants and then pushing it out into our websites database.

To get orders, I wrote a php page that can view web orders; import web orders into RMS as transactions on hold, and change the status of the weborder to processing; take items ordered on the web, add them up, and make that inventory committed, so that it hopefully won't be sold; Pick Tickets are generated from transactions on hold. A web order can go to a pick ticket in less than 5 seconds. This much integration has taken about 3 months, but I have many other duties as well.

My website is

Syncing inventory with the web store takes about 3 minutes, there is not real-time integration, more like a snapshot. My solution is far from finished and quite technical right now, but it is possible to do. As I develop it more I may try to implement my solution for others as well.

Matt, Sounds great but I, as a small hobby store owner, do not have the time to custom code a solution like this and I am looking for a solution that is "out of the box".

I am dissapointed that Microsoft claims that RMS will integrate and automate web sales (they state so in multiple pieces of sales literature) but the truth is that this can only be done via a custom coded solution such as yours or thru potentially very expensive partner solutions.

I am still researching the options that people have offered here.

Great job though!!! Once you have it completed you may be able to make money by selling it to people like me!

Mark

"Matthew Corsaro" wrote:

Mark,

i have the same situation. was yours solved? and how?

thanks jack

"Mark" wrote:

You'll find that the most affordable solution is RMScart by LanServices. It gives you every option you want, from just getting the shopping cart to full service. It works with the New West Tech Web Integrator so you can manage your weborders at the POS. It's by far the most flexible and efficient.

Chris LaCroix CTO POSable Soluti> I realize this is a very old thread, but I recently jumped through the hoops

Hi Mark,

Are you still looking for an affordable RMS compatible Web Store solution? of so, please check out our solution at

we'll be happy to do a demo for you.

thanks,