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Dan hacker: /* The Amazon Plugin (beta) */

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The Amazon Plugin (beta)

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 The module also offers the option of whether or not to set the orders as paid when imported. Technically you are not receiving payment with the order but we'd still suggest using the feature to set them as paid (using a user-defined payment type such as 'Amazon Paid'.) You can reconcile unpaid orders directly in Amazon's Seller Central interface.
 ====Amazon Phase II====
 The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS, CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files.  All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).

Dan hacker at 18:07, 22 June 2021

2021-06-22T18:07:41Z

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	CMS can also be configured to post order status files back to FTP either in CMS's XML format or use a local transform (as above) to convert to your site's expected format.		CMS can also be configured to post order status files back to FTP either in CMS's XML format or use a local transform (as above) to convert to your site's expected format.

	~~===Custom - CMS TEN+===~~
	If you wish to have your site connect to our API (Plug-in not listed above) you may pursue develop a Plug-in in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. This API is a published specification, really a programmer's guide, of how to design a Plug-in (.dll) to handle eCommerce communications with CMS via our eCMS module. This Plug-in sits between CMS and your site and manages not only URLs to connect to and logins but also translation of data to ensure both CMS and your cart are getting what they need and in the right format. Please contact your Account Manager for more details.

	From there you can assess whether the development of the Plug-in is something you would like to pursue in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. Please keep in the mind that our API specification was designed for a programmer, not a web developer. To clarify, the plug-in is a compiled .dll file used by CMS locally on the Windows operating system.

	===Amazon - CMS TEN+===		===Amazon - CMS TEN+===

Russ horton: /* Amazon Phase II */

2018-06-23T00:00:17Z

Amazon Phase II

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	====Amazon Phase II====		====Amazon Phase II====
	The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files. All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).		The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS, CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files. All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).

Russ horton: /* Intro */

2018-06-22T23:59:44Z

Intro

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	===Amazon - CMS TEN+===		===Amazon - CMS TEN+===
	====Intro====		====Intro====
	Working with Amazon and their Marketplace is a bit different than ~~interacting with~~ your own website and it will be helpful to articulate those differences up front to ensure you get off on the right foot.		Working with Amazon and their Marketplace is a bit different than orders from your own website and it will be helpful to articulate those differences up front to ensure you get off on the right foot.

	The main distinction is that the buyer is a customer of Amazon, not yours. This is evidenced in a few different ways. Effectively you are dropshipping for Amazon, and Amazon is your customer. As such, all orders imported from Amazon are attached to your Amazon customer record in CMS.		The main distinction is that the buyer is a customer of Amazon, not yours. This is evidenced in a few different ways.

			Effectively you are dropshipping for Amazon, and Amazon is your customer. As such, all orders imported from Amazon are attached to your Amazon customer record in CMS.

	You are also not receiving any payment with the order. The order has been prepaid by the customer to Amazon. The order comes into CMS, by default, unpaid. You may, however, opt to enable a setup option to automatically mark these orders as paid.		You are also not receiving any payment with the order. The order has been prepaid by the customer to Amazon. The order comes into CMS, by default, unpaid. You may, however, opt to enable a setup option to automatically mark these orders as paid.

Russ horton: /* The Amazon Plugin (beta) */

2018-06-22T23:57:15Z

The Amazon Plugin (beta)

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	The module we have in place for Amazon today facilitates the import of orders and upload of order status back to Amazon (needed to ensure you get paid.) If you're managing Amazon orders manually today this import/export tool will save you a great deal of time. To use this you'll need an Amazon Professional account (vs the Individual account) which is currently $39.99/mo. The Professional account allows you to import and export files, facilitating the order imports into CMS and the upload of order status back to Amazon.		The module we have in place for Amazon today facilitates the import of orders and upload of order status back to Amazon (needed to ensure you get paid.) If you're managing Amazon orders manually today this import/export tool will save you a great deal of time. To use this you'll need an Amazon Professional account (vs the Individual account) which is currently $39.99/mo. The Professional account allows you to import and export files, facilitating the order imports into CMS and the upload of order status back to Amazon.

	The module also offers the option of whether or not to set the orders as paid when imported. Technically you are not receiving payment with the order but we'd still suggest using the feature to set them as paid (using a user-defined payment type such as 'Amazon Paid'.)		The module also offers the option of whether or not to set the orders as paid when imported. Technically you are not receiving payment with the order but we'd still suggest using the feature to set them as paid (using a user-defined payment type such as 'Amazon Paid'.) You can reconcile unpaid orders directly in Amazon's Seller Central interface.

	====Amazon Phase II====		====Amazon Phase II====
	The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files. All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).		The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files. All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).

Russ horton: /* Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+ */

2018-06-22T23:56:07Z

Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+

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	From there you can assess whether the development of the Plug-in is something you would like to pursue in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. Please keep in the mind that our API specification was designed for a programmer, not a web developer. To clarify, the plug-in is a compiled .dll file used by CMS locally on the Windows operating system.		From there you can assess whether the development of the Plug-in is something you would like to pursue in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. Please keep in the mind that our API specification was designed for a programmer, not a web developer. To clarify, the plug-in is a compiled .dll file used by CMS locally on the Windows operating system.

	===Amazon ~~(beta)~~ - CMS TEN+===		===Amazon - CMS TEN+===
	====Intro====		====Intro====
	Working with Amazon and their Marketplace is a bit different than interacting with your own website and it will be helpful to articulate those differences up front to ensure you get off on the right foot.		Working with Amazon and their Marketplace is a bit different than interacting with your own website and it will be helpful to articulate those differences up front to ensure you get off on the right foot.

Russ horton: /* Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+ */

2018-06-22T23:55:26Z

Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+

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	===Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+===		===Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+===
			====Intro====
			Working with Amazon and their Marketplace is a bit different than interacting with your own website and it will be helpful to articulate those differences up front to ensure you get off on the right foot.

			The main distinction is that the buyer is a customer of Amazon, not yours. This is evidenced in a few different ways. Effectively you are dropshipping for Amazon, and Amazon is your customer. As such, all orders imported from Amazon are attached to your Amazon customer record in CMS.

			You are also not receiving any payment with the order. The order has been prepaid by the customer to Amazon. The order comes into CMS, by default, unpaid. You may, however, opt to enable a setup option to automatically mark these orders as paid.

			Orders are Multiships - In CMS terms this means that the recipient is not the same as the buyer (Amazon is your buyer). You have related options in CMS to determine:
			*if you want to create customer records for these recipients (see the option)
			*if you never want to treat these orders as multiship (see the option)
			*tag recipients with a recipient code so you may include or exclude them from mail list filters (see the option)
			Note that these options are system-wide and not specific to Amazon.

			You’ll want to be clear on what your arrangement is with Amazon and if you are allowed to market to those customers as your own. It appears not all of our Amazon merchants have the same arrangement. Knowing this will likely govern if you’ll want CMS to create customer records for these recipients.

			====The Amazon Plugin (beta)====
			The module we have in place for Amazon today facilitates the import of orders and upload of order status back to Amazon (needed to ensure you get paid.) If you're managing Amazon orders manually today this import/export tool will save you a great deal of time. To use this you'll need an Amazon Professional account (vs the Individual account) which is currently $39.99/mo. The Professional account allows you to import and export files, facilitating the order imports into CMS and the upload of order status back to Amazon.

			The module also offers the option of whether or not to set the orders as paid when imported. Technically you are not receiving payment with the order but we'd still suggest using the feature to set them as paid (using a user-defined payment type such as 'Amazon Paid'.)

			====Amazon Phase II====
			The reason we're still in beta on the above module is that we view it as a stepping stone to the ideal solution. That solution is the use of Marketplace Web Service (MWS). With MWS CMS will be able to communicate directly with Amazon to upload and download data, instead of importing/exporting files. All of what was covered above still applies under the MWS solution, it will just be that more efficient. It also opens the door for us to pursue additional levels of integration including inventory management and shipments to Amazon for Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).

Russ horton: /* Supported Plug-In's */

2017-11-09T21:21:33Z

Supported Plug-In's

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	==Supported Plug-In's==		==Supported Plug-In's==
	===[http://www.commercev3.com/ CommerceV3] (CV3)===		===[http://www.commercev3.com/ CommerceV3] (CV3) - All versions of CMS===
	This was the first plug-in built for eCMS and we have a long-standing relationship with CV3 and were their first integration partner. This CommerceV3 Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your store on order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and [http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Order_Status_Uploads_-_CV3 order status uploads].		This was the first plug-in built for eCMS and we have a long-standing relationship with CV3 and were their first integration partner. This CommerceV3 Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your store on order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and [http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Order_Status_Uploads_-_CV3 order status uploads].

	===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] ===		===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] - CMS 9+===
	We have also written a Plug-in for Magento 1.x that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)		We have also written a Plug-in for Magento 1.x that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)

	Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. Whichever edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in, working with our Magento extension, will handle the communications with your Magento site.		Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. Whichever edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in, working with our Magento extension, will handle the communications with your Magento site.

	Magento 2.x is not yet supported but we are currently researching our integration options with the intent of supporting it in the future. As of now there is no end of life date on Magento 1.x and they say they will give at least 18 months lead time on the end of life.		[http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Magento_Integration#Magento_2.x_.28Work_in_Progress.29 Magento 2.x] is not yet supported but we are currently researching our integration options with the intent of supporting it in the future. As of now there is no end of life date on Magento 1.x and they say they will give at least 18 months lead time on the end of life. See [http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Magento_Integration#Magento_2.x_.28Work_in_Progress.29 this page] for more info.

	===Volusion===		===Volusion (beta) - CMS TEN+===

	===Generic File Based===
			===Generic File Based - CMS TEN+===
	If your eCommerce solution does not provide a web service that CMS can connect to, you may still have automation options available to you. With our generic file based plug-in, CMS can connect to FTP to download a file of your orders and import them if they are in our XML format. If they are not in our XML format, a custom transform (XSL) can be written to convert your site's XML into ours and it will work in conjunction with the plug-in so the import is a one step process (and can be scheduled). Likewise, the same can be done for posting order status updates back to FTP, for example.		If your eCommerce solution does not provide a web service that CMS can connect to, you may still have automation options available to you. With our generic file based plug-in, CMS can connect to FTP to download a file of your orders and import them if they are in our XML format. If they are not in our XML format, a custom transform (XSL) can be written to convert your site's XML into ours and it will work in conjunction with the plug-in so the import is a one step process (and can be scheduled). Likewise, the same can be done for posting order status updates back to FTP, for example.

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	CMS can also be configured to post order status files back to FTP either in CMS's XML format or use a local transform (as above) to convert to your site's expected format.		CMS can also be configured to post order status files back to FTP either in CMS's XML format or use a local transform (as above) to convert to your site's expected format.

	===Custom===		===Custom - CMS TEN+===
	If you wish to have your site connect to our API (Plug-in not listed above) you may pursue develop a Plug-in in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. This API is a published specification, really a programmer's guide, of how to design a Plug-in (.dll) to handle eCommerce communications with CMS via our eCMS module. This Plug-in sits between CMS and your site and manages not only URLs to connect to and logins but also translation of data to ensure both CMS and your cart are getting what they need and in the right format. Please contact your Account Manager for more details.		If you wish to have your site connect to our API (Plug-in not listed above) you may pursue develop a Plug-in in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. This API is a published specification, really a programmer's guide, of how to design a Plug-in (.dll) to handle eCommerce communications with CMS via our eCMS module. This Plug-in sits between CMS and your site and manages not only URLs to connect to and logins but also translation of data to ensure both CMS and your cart are getting what they need and in the right format. Please contact your Account Manager for more details.

	From there you can assess whether the development of the Plug-in is something you would like to pursue in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. Please keep in the mind that our API specification was designed for a programmer, not a web developer. To clarify, the plug-in is a compiled .dll file used by CMS locally on the Windows operating system.		From there you can assess whether the development of the Plug-in is something you would like to pursue in-house, with your own contractor, or contract with us. Please keep in the mind that our API specification was designed for a programmer, not a web developer. To clarify, the plug-in is a compiled .dll file used by CMS locally on the Windows operating system.

	===~~Beta~~===		===Amazon (beta) - CMS TEN+===
	*Amazon
	*Volusion

Russ horton at 20:12, 27 October 2017

2017-10-27T20:12:35Z

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	===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] ===		===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] ===
	We have also written a Plug-in for Magento that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)		We have also written a Plug-in for Magento 1.x that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)

	Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. Whichever edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in will handle the communications with your Magento site. ~~NewHaven Software~~ is ~~a Bronze~~ Magento ~~partner~~.		Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. Whichever edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in, working with our Magento extension, will handle the communications with your Magento site.

			Magento 2.x is not yet supported but we are currently researching our integration options with the intent of supporting it in the future. As of now there is no end of life date on Magento 1.x and they say they will give at least 18 months lead time on the end of life.

	===Volusion===		===Volusion===

Russ horton: /* Supported Plug-In's */

2016-09-27T01:29:50Z

Supported Plug-In's

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	==Supported Plug-In's==		==Supported Plug-In's==
	===[http://www.commercev3.com/ CommerceV3] (CV3)===		===[http://www.commercev3.com/ CommerceV3] (CV3)===
	This was the first plug-in built for eCMS and we have a long standing relationship with CV3 and were their first integration partner. This CommerceV3 Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your store on order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and [http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Order_Status_Uploads_-_CV3 order status uploads].		This was the first plug-in built for eCMS and we have a long-standing relationship with CV3 and were their first integration partner. This CommerceV3 Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your store on order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and [http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Order_Status_Uploads_-_CV3 order status uploads].

	===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] ===		===[http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Magento] ===
	We have also written a Plug-in for Magento that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)		We have also written a Plug-in for Magento that works with our eCMS module. This Magento Plug-in allows CMS to communicate with your Magento store for order downloads, product/inventory uploads, and order status uploads. (Catalog requests do require that a third party extension be added to Magento.)

	Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. ~~Which ever~~ edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in will handle the communications with your Magento site. NewHaven Software is a Bronze Magento partner.		Magento is an open source solution available in [http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare different editions] to suit your needs and budget. You can host it on your own web server and use the free Community edition or use their more expensive Enterprise hosted edition. Whichever edition you choose, the CMS Magento Plug-in will handle the communications with your Magento site. NewHaven Software is a Bronze Magento partner.

			===Volusion===

	===Generic File Based===		===Generic File Based===