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		<title>Is your website ready for summer vacation season?</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2011/06/is-your-website-ready-for-summer-vacation-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Skulemowski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is finally here, and with the seemingly endless amounts of daylight, streaming sunshine, and climbing temperatures, one thing is on everyone&#8217;s mind: summer vacations.  Is your website ready for vacation season? iScripts ReserveLogic- an online reservation software designed for the hospitality industry- is here to help you embrace the season and the increased [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.iscripts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/062911_1516_Isyourwebsi1.jpg" alt="" align="left" />Summer is finally here, and with the seemingly endless amounts of daylight, streaming sunshine, and climbing temperatures, one thing is on everyone&#8217;s mind: summer vacations.  Is your website ready for vacation season? iScripts ReserveLogic- an online reservation software designed for the hospitality industry- is here to help you embrace the season and the increased business.</p>
<p><strong><em>What can ReserveLogic do for you?<br />
</em></strong></p>
<p>This software is compatible with any size rental facility- from the largest multi-location resort to the quaintest bed and breakfast and everything in between.  Whether you are looking to start online booking for a hotel, motel, time share, resort, camp ground, or touring company, ReserveLogic can be easily adapted to your needs.</p>
<p>ReserveLogic can handle all complexities and operational types. First, it can easily handle single location, single property operations like hotels, motels, and resorts. Next, it can work under the rigors of single location, multi-property operations like apartment complexes, campgrounds and vacation cottages.  Lastly, the platform is robust enough to handle multi-location, multi-properties such as large tour companies, time share operations and booking agencies.</p>
<p>The software is easy to use and customize, containing multiple themes and layouts to meet the needs of you and your customers.  You can provide detailed hotel information including full descriptions, time-sensitive availability and pricing information, and comments by guests.  You can even create special offers, flexible packages, group bookings, and rate sheets for each room type.</p>
<p>All aspects of booking can also be enabled through the website!  Customers can reserve specific rooms and locations, and pay online through major gateways such as Google checkout and PayPal. They can even cancel a reservation online.</p>
<p>The best part is that you don&#8217;t need to know HTML to run your website!  The software is user-friendly, allowing you to plug in information, adjust settings, and manage the site with just basic knowledge of how to run a website.</p>
<p><strong><em>What can ReserveLogic do for your business and profits?<br />
</em></strong></p>
<p>Allowing customers to book online streamlines the process.  More and more people are turning to the internet when it comes to vacation planning.  Placing your venue online can also greatly increase your traffic.  Before you know it, you will be booked solid, bringing in more money than ever before and increasing the prestige of your venue!</p>
<p>Not only does an efficient, artfully designed website publicize your venue, but it also makes it seem accessible and accommodating to guests.  People love a simple process and ReserveLogic provides just that!  Vacations are about relaxation, so booking one should never be stressful!</p>
<p><strong><em>How can you start benefiting from ReserveLogic today?<br />
</em></strong></p>
<p>Convinced your hospitality business needs to embrace the power of the internet?  Need to enhance your current website to enable reservations?  Starting is easy!</p>
<p>Click Here to read more about how <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic">iScripts ReserveLogic</a> can also provide customization and initialization.  Don&#8217;t delay; summer won&#8217;t be around for long!</p>
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		<title>Social Networking: The Way the 21st Century Communicates &#8211; What does it mean for your business?</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/10/social-networking-the-way-the-21st-century-communicates-what-does-it-mean-for-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Skulemowski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Scripts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[create a social media network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make a social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking is a collection of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision. Although social networking is possible in person, it reached its current zenith by connecting the workplace, home networks, universities, and high schools. Never since the beginning of the internet has it been so simple and efficient for people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.iscripts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/102610_2139_SocialNetwo12.jpg" alt="" align="left" /><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Social networking is a collection of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision. Although social networking is possible in person, it reached its current zenith by connecting the workplace, home networks, universities, and high schools. Never since the beginning of the internet has it been so simple and efficient for people to communicate and share information.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">When it comes to online social networking, specialty websites and platforms are used. These websites are known as social sites. Social networking websites function like an online community of internet users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community members share common interests in hobbies, religion, politics or any other niche interest. Once you are granted access to a social networking website you can begin to socialize much like you have in a real life scenario. This socialization may include reading the profile pages of other members and possibly even contacting them.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A search for social networks will likely return a number of results, including MySpace, planetwhisper.com, trailtownusa.com, Facebook, photographermall.com, Orkut, and Classmates.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">In many of the famous social networking websites including trailtownusa.com, ayurved.com, safercircle.com, photographermall.com, greatife.net/network, or hctvnetwork.com you may see a common platform of iScripts SocialWare either in normal form or in customized form.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.iscripts.com/socialware/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline;">iScripts SocialWare</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"> is social networking portal software with a wide range of functionalities. It is highly user-friendly and graphic intensive allowing you to build a widespread network of contacts. We give Open source script to let our customers to customize it to meet their further business needs.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">A new version of <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/socialware/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">iScripts SocialWare</span></a> is in the iScripts workshop to shortly come up with features  that will hook users to your site and keep them coming back for more like multi-language support, members&#8217; marketplace and more other features.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Start your revenue generating social networking portal today!</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Read More about <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/socialware">iScripts SocialWare </a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.iscripts.com/socialware/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Free Online Live Demo of iScripts SocialWare</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><br />
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		<title>Online Hotel Reservation Software iScripts Reservelogic 1.1 is released</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/09/online-hotel-reservation-software-iscripts-reservelogic-1-1-is-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Versions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hotel reservation software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest version of iScripts ReserveLogic has landed at www.iScripts.com. It has been redesigned to target online reservation and management of any independent hotel, motel, resort, time-share operation, or other property with multiple rentable rooms or locations. These improvements are the direct result of feedback and feature requests from independently-run owner/operator property owners.


 
As consumers have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">The newest version of iScripts ReserveLogic has landed at <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic">www.iScripts.com</a>. It has been redesigned to target online reservation and management of any independent hotel, motel, resort, time-share operation, or other property with multiple rentable rooms or locations. These improvements are the direct result of feedback and feature requests from independently-run owner/operator property owners.<br />
</span></p>
<p>
 </p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">As consumers have tightened their belts in the economic climate, it is imperative for smaller property owners to compete at the same level and efficiency as larger players to remain attractive to potential customers and remain profitable.  To accomplish this, an online reservation and management system coupled with e-marketing and social networking applications allow small operators to manage their properties in an easy, cost and time-efficient manner.<br />
</span></p>
<p>
 </p>
<p><a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic/" target="_blank"><span style="color:maroon; font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline"><strong>iScripts ReserveLogic</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt"> has been designed as a sale engine which converts your website visitors into paying customers. It provides users a unique, intuitive, and easy way to use a simple interface that continues to improve the way people do travel planning. Through personalization and rich features, iScripts ReserveLogic enhances the entire booking experience and improves the first impression of your organization to the prospective guest. This open source <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic/">Online hotel reservation software</a> is perfect for enabling your hotel website to accept to booking online<br />
</span></p>
<p>
 </p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">This newest version allows for several new unique tools and features including:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Property availability with regard to deposit in either a specified amount or percentage of total transaction amount. Does it make sense to accept an advance or deposit while a customer is booking? Advance can be a percentage, flat rate or whole amount of transaction. If you are using online reservation as a marketing tool, you can also choose to turn off online payment. With this <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic/">hotel reservation script</a>, you can have complete flexibility.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Functionality for cancellations and administrative control of customizable cancelation penalties. Don&#8217;t allow yourself or your employees to be abused by cancellation phone calls. Funnel all cancellations through the newly automated process and save time, money, and frustration by circumventing the often troublesome topic of cancellation fees.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Authorize and capture deposit payments directly and instantly. Make it easy for your customers to purchase. Use your existing POS system to accept payments or use our software to process payments from customers with new stability additions and payment gateway options.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Book telephone orders directly into the system. Streamline the booking process. Allow staff to reserve rooms or properties and input the guest&#8217;s information into the system. The changes in reservations are instantly reflected to other website users to prevent over-booking and improve organization.<br />
</span></li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">New report interface allows administrator to view detailed analytics including:<br />
</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Gross sales<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Guest Booking Date<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Transaction Type and Settled Amount<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Inventory Management<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">List building for e-marketing and social media networking<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">…and much more – all exportable for analysis in both Excel and .CSV<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12pt">Customizable rate cards for weekends, holidays, and other special occasions. Automatically modify your pricing to capture lost profitability. Administrator can dictate individual rates for each day of the week, holidays and forecasted busy periods. Rate sheet for each room type offers multiple pricing options to suit customer needs such as daily rate, weekly rate, monthly rate, standard holiday rates, and weekend rates. </span><br />
			</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12pt">Inventory management system collects occupancy level and historic data. Take the guesswork out of peak and off-season timing. Easily view dynamic data that illustrates the key timing information that will allow you to modify pricing – just in time for important seasonal changes. Give your customers the best pricing and take advantage of market conditions seamlessly.</span><br />
			</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:12pt">Check out the newest version at <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic">www.iscripts.com/reservelogic</a> and view the fully functional <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/reservelogic/demo.php">Live Demo</a>. Take your property management to the next level.</span></p>
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		<title>iScripts.com Releases New Version of iScripts eSwap &#8211; Virtual Swap Meet Software</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/08/iscripts-com-releases-new-version-of-iscripts-eswap-virtual-swap-meet-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Versions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago, IL, Aug. 18 -- iScripts.com today announced the general availability of the newest version 2.1 for the iScripts eSwap Virtual Swapmeet Software solution beginning August 18, 2010. This comprehensive, fully integrated on-demand swap business management suite is now available for instant download and implementation.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Version 2.1 for iScripts eSwap barter network solution Generally Available; </strong></p>
<p>Chicago, IL, Aug. 18 &#8212; iScripts.com today announced the general availability of the newest version 2.1 for the <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap">iScripts eSwap Virtual Swapmeet Software </a>solution beginning August 18, 2010. This comprehensive, fully integrated on-demand swap business management suite is now available for instant download and implementation.</p>
<p>For customers who purchased the iScripts eSwap software within the last 12 months, the upgrade is free of charge at iscripts.com/eSwap through the service agreement that is included with purchase. Additionally, current users outside of 12months of use willing to renew their support agreement for a nominal fee of $49.95 may access the upgrade for free as well. iScripts eSwap software retails to new customers for $147 complete with one full year of technical support. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"><a href="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap"><img title="iScripts eSwap - barter software" src="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap/images/virtual_swapmeet_software.jpg" alt="iScripts eSwap - barter software" width="240" height="290" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">iScripts eSwap - barter software</p></div> The general availability of the version 2.1 for iScripts.com eSwap delivers significant customer-centric innovations including a real-time, web-based point system(virtual currency) with custom conversion ratio change, professional looking customizable themes, additional monetization options including listing fees, success fees, legacy subscription fees and increased flexibility thereof. This increases the number of business models that can be used with this innovative <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap">barter software</a><br />
The new version provides the administrator with increased options to harness the ongoing activity necessary to support any profitable business plan with staffing solution and reduce overall site maintenance. In addition to being fully engineered to provide multi-gateway payment capability, it has been engineered for customer- and referral-specific business extensions, and provides flexibility to easily make changes to the default user interface, reports and forms. It also leverages the proven life cycle of a business plan management system from proven successes from the previous version.</p>
<p>Referral business continues to be a core part of the proactive market strategy for any ecommerce solution as well as solution resellers and developers leverage the new business model and opportunities to the advantage of entrepreneurs.</p>
<p>Fully Functional Software Suite Increases Opportunity for Immediate Profitability Standard package includes predefined, focused categories with sub-section capability as well as numerous other stability and functionality improvements over last version, starting at $147. A dedicated installation folder, as well as embedded visuals and graphics, enables these packages to be implemented quickly, in as little as ten to fifteen minutes depending on hosting requirements. As business grows, administrators can expand the scope and turn on additional functionality that is already built into the solution.</p>
<p>Available immediately, the standard packages currently available include:<br />
• Multiple Voluntary Monetization Options – Administrators of sites equipped with the newest version have access to many options to additionally monetize their site.</p>
<p>• Recurring Subscription fees<br />
• Listing fees per item<br />
• Success fees once a listing results in a transaction<br />
Available now, additional fees can be placed on premium listings to increase traffic to certain swappable items and increase exposure, much like traditional advertising space. Listing fees can be arranged based on listing price similar to ebay listing fees. Another option is to have a recurring subscription fee for your members. Success fees allow for the administrator to capture additional revenue that would offset site maintenance. Fees for timeframe subscriptions have been requested and allow sites with high-in-demand swappable products to harness repeat customers. Each of these fees are customizable and optional. So if you want to operate your barter network as a free site, you can do that as well.</p>
<p>• Point System Implementation – With regards to the most profitable business plans, an optional points system has been utilized to allow for an instant ability to manipulate transactions. A custom conversion field allows administrators to change the dollar amount per point. Points allow for funds to be kept under control of the site and can be added and subtracted by the webmaster. Administrator can name this points/virtual currency any name. This point system enables more transactions as members can trade with others even if there is only a single transaction is happening any given time. Administrator can also choose if members can monetize their point and if they can transfer points between users.</p>
<p>• Visual Graphic Design Customization – Administrators looking to further brand their site can add a visual look representative of their products or company culture. Additional customization allows for user-friendly .CSS code to be used directly with the administrators’ interface and greatly change the look and feel of their site. As many niche markets emerge with custom-tailored solutions, an end-user visual style continues to be among the most important factors in generating significant traffic.</p>
<p>• Reports &#8211; We have added enhanced reports for sales, members, transactions etc.. These reports can be exported to other applications</p>
<p>• Payment Gateways – We have added new payment gateways like BluePay, Google Checkout, 2Checkout in addition to existing Autorize.net , Worldpay and Paypal.</p>
<p>Many additional features are being added to the software. Whether you’re looking to add a new feature to your existing site our capture a niche market with this software, it has the power and capability to handle any type of trade traffic on the internet. If there are additional features that your niche requires, contact us for a fixed-price quote on customization.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap">iScripts.com/eSwap</a> for more information and a <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/eswap/beforedemo.php">live demo</a>.</p>
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		<title>Tips for Managing Your Website with Web Hosting Software</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/07/tips-for-managing-your-website-with-web-hosting-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahprais</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[autohoster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domain registration software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web hosting manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A website is an integral part of any business and/or organizations success. A business without a website is really unimaginable in today&#8217;s world. Various organizations have their own websites to enhance their online identity and presence. Now they are available to anyone that has an internet connection. Usually if a business/organization doesn’t possess their own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A website is an integral part of any business and/or organizations success. A business without a website is really unimaginable in today&#8217;s world. Various organizations have their own websites to enhance their online identity and presence. Now they are available to anyone that has an internet connection. Usually if a business/organization doesn’t possess their own webpage, they are often deemed as unreliable and not trustworthy. To avoid adjectives like that and maintain high viewer traffic, it is a great idea to create a website for your company and your clients.<br />
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Website design, development, and hosting require a lot of technical knowledge and resources. As a result the majority of us must rely on a web management company with very expensive fees. This can be simplified with the use of web hosting software available at reasonable prices.</p>
<p>Research is an important factor in deciding what web hosting software works for you and your business. Web hosting software will give your website viewer traffic and popularity in search engines everywhere. If someone so much as types in your domain name, your website should be the first one on the list. The right web hosting software can help you to achieve this.</p>
<p>If you are not tech savvy here are a few simple suggestions you might want to consider when it comes to managing your web hosting software. Many web hosting software today comes with an integrated website builder to create and manage professional looking websites.  Think about: web design, web space, promotion, and maintenance.  When it comes to web design you should ask yourself what is the feel of my website? How do I want it to look? It is important to keep your website organized and easy for the viewer to access.</p>
<p>Try to estimate the web space you will need. Think about the traffic your site might receive. The more viewer traffic will require more web space, and obviously the less viewer traffic will require less. Obviously, you should keep your web space large and open to any/all viewers. This will bring your website to the very top of the search engine lists.</p>
<p>How can you promote your site? Advertising is key when it comes to managing your web hosting software. Think about what you want to advertise. Use advertising that relates directly to your business, your products, and your overall business goals.</p>
<p>Maintenance is a necessity for all websites. Think about traffic analysis, web site performance, link testing, and popularity testing to make your site the most successful it can be. When a potential client searches for your website in the search engine directory, the last thing they want to see is a 404 error page staring them in the face. You want to keep your website fresh and running all day, every day.</p>
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		<title>Advantages of Open Source Billing Software</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/07/advantages-of-open-source-billing-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahprais</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[invoice billing software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main advantage of open source billing software is that it can help your business succeed. Open source billing software has the ability to adapt to your business. Basically, you, as the administrator of the site can control how/when everything is done. Open source gives your company the ability to change the overall look and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The main advantage of open source billing software is that it can help your business succeed. Open source billing software has the ability to adapt to your business. Basically, you, as the administrator of the site can control how/when everything is done. Open source gives your company the ability to change the overall look and feel of the site. You also have the opportunity to change how your business runs. Businesses change over time, sometimes they blossom, sometimes they falter, although no one wants the latter it is a smart idea to have software that is agreeable to your financial needs.<br />
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After you have selected the right vendor for your business needs, keep in mind that our economy isn’t in the best shape right now. In the worst case scenario, your vendor might not be able to support your business any longer. If this happens, nothing will happen to you and you are not affected in any way, shape, or form. This is because you aren’t tied to the software provider. That’s why choosing the very best open source billing software can protect your business needs. This type of software is geared to protecting your company’s clientele. It is a security measure that you simply can’t afford to be without. Now, you don’t have to risk losing important company/consumer data if things don’t pan out the way you need them to. Life is unpredictable, but protecting your business needs shouldn’t have to be.</p>
<p>With commercial open source billing software you will receive more support than that of GPL providers. You have the right to make sure your software is your own, only you have the ability to modify and customize it to your needs. No one else will be able to hone in on your ideas. As the site administrator, you can copyright your own material. GPL providers do the exact opposite. They allow you to copy, distribute, and modify the material, but at a personal cost. None of the work goes to you or your company. Your name and your company’s name are unprotected after you submit the software online.</p>
<p>Although GPL providers may seem like a good idea, with further research you will see they are not. You need to take control of your own business, copyright your material, and make sure no one infringes on any of your online property. This is why open source billing software is the best idea. It is the best solution for your business and with careful consideration aside, it will make everything easier for you and your clients alike.</p>
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		<title>iScripts Vistacart, Shopping cart for retail stores is released.</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/06/iscripts-vistacart-shopping-cart-for-retail-stores-is-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many shopping cart software products in the market today. Most of them are designed for online only businesses. iScripts just released iScripts Vistacart, an open source shopping cart software designed for brick and mortar retail stores.
When you have a brick and mortar retail business, you need to expand your market using online stores. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many shopping cart software products in the market today. Most of them are designed for online only businesses. iScripts just released iScripts Vistacart, an <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/vistacart">open source shopping cart</a> software designed for brick and mortar retail stores.</p>
<p>When you have a brick and mortar retail business, you need to expand your market using online stores. On that same token, you don’t want to spend all your time managing the online business.  If you are like most retail operations, you don’t have the ability to  watch your online store for new orders all the time. You have to take care of live customers in the store. We added features like fax orders which will send you a fax when there is a new order. You can easily set it up to send the order slip by fax so it can be shipped out without losing time. You can also have multiple online store managers with different rights and access levels for your employees.<br />
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You can configure the online store easily using the browser. You can select different themes, which are included free of cost. Then, drag and drop the home page to change the look and feel of the website.  Your website can look anyway you want it to. The appearance of your website can definitely affect your business. If your website appears disorganized, or has a confusing color scheme, it will be difficult for potential consumers to take you seriously. Think about how you want to express your product to the worldwide customers  then, just design it around that idea. If you don’t like any of the layouts provided for you,  just contact us to help you modify it.</p>
<p>You can manage your inventory and sync with your retail store sales.  It supports products with different product parameters like size, color etc.. This allows you to manage each type of inventory independently.<br />
The store is designed with Search Engine Optimization in mind.  This allows your website to have higher search engine rankings and  hence you will obtain increased business. Therefore this feature will make sure you appear in the search engine results well ahead of your competition.  Software supports versatile promo codes to test your marketing campaigns and bring in new customers.</p>
<p>Product returns are a huge headache when  managing an online store. With an intuitive Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process you can help turn a negative experience into a positive one. Sometimes things just don’t work out the way your customer or even how your business wants them to. The RMA process is here to help you retrieve the information on the ‘returned’ product so you can give your customer the proper refund, credit, or exchange and neither party has unnecessary stress.</p>
<p>You can add products in a bulk format from an Excel sheet if you have large quantities of products. You can view different reports about your online business. These reports can be exported to Excel to further data management.</p>
<p>As with our other products like the <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/multicart">multi seller shopping cart</a>, and <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/gostores">online store builder software</a>, <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/vistacart">iScripts VistaCart</a> supports payment gateways like Paypal, Google Checkout, World pay, YourPay, and Authorize.net.This software allows an offline credit card payment option where you can charge credit cards using your existing POS.</p>
<p>For real-time shipping calculation the software supports shipping options like UPS, USPS, FedEx, Canada Post, and Australia Post etc. Multiple flat rate shipping is also supported for simplifying the shipping process. Your customers need to know that they can rely on you. The previously mentioned payment gateways keep their personal information safe and secure. Since there are many payment gateways to choose from, even international clients can benefit from your business. It is always a good idea to be one step ahead of the competition, so instead of only relying on two payment gateways; this product offers five. If you need to add a different gateway, we can customize that for you.</p>
<p>Other features include:<br />
•	Multiple payment options for flexibility.<br />
•	Cart support multiple currency types.<br />
•	Multiple photo options per product, letting the site become as interactive as possible.<br />
•	Supports Digital products like eBooks, pictures, videos, software, templates etc.<br />
•	Automatic photo resizing, eliminating the know how to use other photo editing programs.<br />
•	Supports custom form fields for products and categories.<br />
•	Unlimited products, categories supported.</p>
<p>This feature rich <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/vistacart">open source ecommerce software</a> is available for immediate download for $67. As with our other software products, this product is delivered as open source. Open source software is perfect because it lets you customize  anything you need to meet your specific requirements. iScripts VistaCart works with you to maximize your businesses income and keep a successful relationship with your colleagues, customers, and future clientele. We work with you to further your business goals.</p>
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		<title>iScripts EasyBiller 1.1 is released</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/02/iscripts-easybiller-1-1-is-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2010/02/iscripts-easybiller-1-1-is-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Versions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just released a new version of the recurring billing script.  iScripts EasyBiller 1.1 is designed to meet online customer management and billing of service businesses. A new or existing service business can use this open source PHP software for online customer management and billing.

This software works great with service businesses like child care centers, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We just released a new version of the recurring <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/easybiller">billing script</a>.  <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/easybiller">iScripts EasyBiller</a> 1.1 is designed to meet online customer management and billing of service businesses. A new or existing service business can use this open source PHP software for online customer management and billing.<br />
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This software works great with service businesses like child care centers, music schools, dance studios, martial arts training centers, accountants, answering services , IT or Network companies etc.. It is perfect for any business that needs to bill a customer on recurring periods.  End users can sign up for online or offline for your services. Or it can be created by business owner and given to clients. Users can create their profile payment methods etc.. This can work as an exclusive invoicing system or as an <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/easybiller">online billing</a> portion along with your existing invoicing and collection.</p>
<p>In the new version we have added a number of payment gateways like Paypal, Worldpay, Yourpay etc.. in addition to existing Authorize.net and its simulators. It can also support offline payment options like cash, check , money order etc..Another improvement is the flexibility in billing and services. Now you can add multiple plans into a combo plan, customer specific plans etc.. Wouldn’t it make sense to create a custom plan if your customer is buying 3 services instead of one.  We understand even when your invoices are fairly fixed every month, things change. It can support one time credits and one time charges as well. Previous versions have been US centric. We made improvements to make the software applicable for different countries.</p>
<p>As with all our software products you will receive full source code when you buy the software. It means you can customize it anyway you want to meet your business requirements. We also added few new themes as part of the software package which is available at no extra cost. You can also modify the look and feel of the site by editing the style sheets and html pages. Unlike most online invoicing services, you have your entire sensitive, confidential customer data resides within your control.  It is never in our servers or our control.</p>
<p>Customer service is becoming more and more important to the core business. However it comes at a cost. Random phone calls from existing customer could be very disruptive to the operations. Best way to stream line customer support is to use help desk application where you can spend few minutes every day or so to respond customer queries. It helps you organize customer queries and create knowledge base articles for self help. We have integrated <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk">iScripts SupportDesk</a> (priced $147) within the software free of cost. You can enable the help desk or disable it. You do not need to buy another license for the help desk.</p>
<p>Also one of the proven ways for new customer acquisition is affiliate or referral programs. We have included an affiliate program built in the software. You can enable them or disable it.</p>
<p>Overall theme of the new version has been increasing flexibility so that you can use this <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/easybiller">online billing software</a> as it fits your business. iScripts EasyBiller is available for immediate download for $147.00</p>
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		<title>New website content management software</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2009/12/new-website-content-management-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iscripts.com/blog/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there are a number of great content management software solutions out there. But have you tried one to set up a website for an small business website. Most content management software packages are so complex it takes programmers to make minor changes. When we tried to find a simple content management solution for some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, there are a number of great content management software solutions out there. But have you tried one to set up a website for an small business website. Most content management software packages are so complex it takes programmers to make minor changes. When we tried to find a simple content management solution for some of our small business customers, who just wanted to have a website to get more business, we couldn’t find anything suitable. So we created a new <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/easycontents">website content management software</a>.<br />
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<a href="../../easycontents">iScripts EasyContents</a> is a website content management software designed specifically for small businesses. This software can be used to create websites for brick and mortar websites. We have integrated a mini CRM to manage existing customers. Also a way of managing customer leads and request for proposals is included as part of the software.  A number of templates in different industries are already included in the software. Each can be customized by modifying the css.  This <a href="../../easycontents">simple CMS</a> software also includes the ability to send out newsletters to potential customers and customers. Other features include resume and job postings module, news management module etc.. This software is distributed free of cost with full source code.</p>
<p>Installing the software and customizing need some basic web skills. However end users can manage and maintain the website by themselves. So this software is perfect for web designers for small business customers. Check it out.</p>
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		<title>iScripts SupportDesk 4.0 &#8211; help desk software with live chat and remote desktop sharing released</title>
		<link>http://www.iscripts.com/blog/2009/07/iscripts-supportdesk-40-help-desk-software-with-live-chat-and-remote-desktop-sharing-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This version of iScripts SupportDesk 4.0 is finally released. It has been under development for almost 9 months now. I am sure you would agree it was worth the wait. We have included two new features that will change the way you support your clients and improve customer satisfaction multifold.
In today’s environment customers are impatient. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This version of <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk"><strong>iScripts</strong> SupportDesk 4.0 </a>is finally released. It has been under development for almost 9 months now. I am sure you would agree it was worth the wait. We have included two new features that will change the way you support your clients and improve customer satisfaction multifold.</p>
<p>In today’s environment customers are impatient. Few years back waiting for couple days for support request from your bank, ISP etc. seemed reasonable. Now we are getting me and more impatient. Response in one business day is too long. Even promise of a response in 30 minutes seems too long. As a result more and more service providers and website owners moved to live chat as a means to provide instant gratification to customers. There a number of providers supplying the software for these live chat services like Liveperson . In most cases live chat cannot operate in vacuum to provide support. It’s just one piece in a multi channel support system. Inability to access previous history of customer can lead to very unpleasant customer service. Another drawback of standalone hosting is the fact that it is painstaking to explain issues and solutions over a chat. New <strong>iScripts</strong> SupportDesk 4.0 addresses these issues to take your customer service experience to brand new level.</p>
<p>First of all we have added multiple channels where your customer s can communicate with you. They can email you with customer service support issues. With an automated email piping technique the software will parse the email and include it in the  helpdesk . Your customers can also submit trouble tickets through web based forms, which will force them to provide sufficient information for you to address the issue. Your customers can also communicate with your customer support staff through live chat. Your techs will have all the information they need including past history of the client, issues and tickets and resolutions to better assist your customers.</p>
<p>The very unique feature included in <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk"><strong>iScripts</strong> SupportDesk 4.0</a> to further improve instant resolution to customer issues is the remote desktop. This allows you or your support staff to view and control your client’s helpdesk. You will be able to see what your client sees. This is similar to GotoMeeting or Webex, but you don’t need to schedule anything, download anything. You are chatting with your customer, and she is having some problem with your site, or product. What’s easier than taking a peek at what she is seeing in her desktop. That’s instant gratification. This <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk">open source helpdesk software</a> is very unique with these unmatched features. Can you imagine how happy your customer will be, getting her questions answered in just a few minutes?</p>
<p>All these features are fully hosted in your server, in your location. No information is in any third party server. The customer data never leaves your server. As always you get the full source code for the software. You can customize the <a href="http://www.iscripts.com/supportdesk">PHP helpdesk script</a> as you see fit. We do customize the software. Its implemented using PHP and Flex with a MySQL backend.</p>
<p><strong>iScripts</strong> SupportDesk 4.0 is priced at $147 , a onetime fee. There are no monthly fees, no annual fees, no plug-in, what you see is what you get.</p>
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