Connected Business
6 Reviews 4.3/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★The Only Platform To Unify ERP, eCommerce, and Marketing.
About Connected Business
Connected Business is a unified business solution designed for Distribution, eCommerce, Retail, and other product related companies. Connected Business applications and modules include ERP, CRM, eCommerce, Warehouse Management, Shipping, Point of Sale, Business Intelligence, Digital Marketing, and more. Every piece of Connected Business is designed to work seamlessly together in real-time, sharing a common business logic and database.
Video Overview
With Connected Business all your order, customer, inventory, and supply-chain data and processes are centrally managed. This allows you to unify internal sales channels and execute an omni-channel approach to external sales channels such as Amazon, eBay, Faire, etc.
Highlights Include:
- Real-Time Data Across All Internal Sales Channels (i.e Stock Status)
- Common Set Of Business Logic Across All Internal Sales Channels (i.e Pricing rules)
- Supply Chain Integration Across All Internal Sales Channels (i.e Show The Date A Product Is Back In Stock)
- Streamline Internal Processes By Bringing Departments Under A Common Platform
- Fully Customizable. Available SDK / RESTful API.
- Support For On-Premises / Private Cloud Deployments
- Scalable N-Tier, .NET, Microsoft SQL Server Architecture
- Affordable. Costs A Fraction Of Similar Solutions
Discover The Power Of eBusiness With The Connected Business Ecommerce Module (CBE)
While Connected Business can connect with dozens of third-party shopping cart systems, it also includes its own ecommerce module - Connected Business eCommerce (CBE). CBE goes beyond eCommerce by giving you true ‘eBusiness’ capabilities. Whereas eCommerce is only designed to run your web store, Connected Business is designed to run your entire organization.
As an eBusiness, there is no separation between your web store and the rest of your company. As your company information changes, so does your website – in real-time. Your inventory is always accurate, price changes are immediate, and customer service always spot on.
Highlights Include:
- Shared Database And Business Logic With The ERP
- Multi-Store capable out of the box. Have as many websites as you want with one back-office database.
- Exceptional “Drag And Drop” Page Designer Simplifies Web Design.
- Designed To Work With Our Entice Digital Marketing Platform. Track, Sell, Remarket.
Connected Business Features
- Customer Management
- Order Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Inventory Management
- Price Management
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Warehouse Management
- Location Management
- Shipping Manager
- Banking Management
- Financial Management
- Sales Tax Compliance
- B2B And B2C eCommerce
- Multi-Store eCommerce
- “Drag & Drop” Page Designer
- Multi-Store Blog Engine
- Live Chat Module
- Marketplace Connectors
- Cart Connectors
- EDI / 3PL Connectors
- Customer Service Management
- Sales Force Management
- Sales / Email Campaigns
- Sales Rep Management
- Marketing Automation
- Personalized Campaigns
- Point Of Sale
- Report Designer
- Business Intelligence
- Dashboard Designer
- Data Dictionary
- Form Designer
- Search Screen Designer
- Task Automation Engine
Connected Business Target Market
Our solution is used by small and large businesses in:
- Distribution
- eCommerce
- Chain retail stores
Connected Business Pricing
The cost of Connected Business starts at $499/month for the unlimited user Professional version. The 10-user Enterprise version starts at $799/month. All plans are paid annually. There is no free trial available. There is a free version available.
Product Overview
Market Focus
Ratio of reviewers by organization size.
Industry Focus
Ratio of reviewers by sector.
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80%
80%
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Distribution |
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19%
19%
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Retail |
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1%
1%
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Hospitality |
User Reviews of Connected Business
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Powerful accounting and inventory management system for small businesses with a bookkeeper up to $100mm in sales
The Good…
The integration is great. Customers can see WHEN product will be back in stock on the integrated website, for example. Multi-city distribution centers can be managed and kept straight. Customizable to an extent. Super support once a good on-shore support team is contracted (additional cost).
The Bad…
I don’t use their offshore support anymore so it no longer bothers me, but it was not great when we did use it. It’s also not as fully customizable as I could like in terms of core functionality.
A Fully Customizable Business Package with excellent Web Portal options
The Good…
The ability to manage inventory and sales on a custom web platform
The Bad…
Templates for regional accounting should be available Integration with Australian banking standards
We use Connected Business to run our company and sell online. We like that we can self-host the solution, but they also offer a cloud version so I’m not sure what the previous reviewer is talking about.
The Good…
Before Connected Business we used different eCommerce and ERP packages. We found that to cause a lot of problems and the integration between the eCommerce and ERP has allowed us to solve those problems and grow the business. What we like the best about the solution is that is is totally customizable and the business intelligence tools
The Bad…
The package was a bit hard to learn at first. We hired one of their partners to be on site the first week we went live which worked out well. They wrote a few little custom add-ons to help some of our employees speed up routine tasks we had not considered prior to going live.
A sophisticated small-company ERP that is especially-suited for distribution companies that grow past the capabilities of Sage 50 or Quickbooks; handles inventory tracking at multiple ship-from locations and works with multiple currencies.
The Good…
The capabilities are strong for any company that finds the mainstream micro-business accounting packages to be too simple for their needs. Strong website integration makes operating a brand easier, no matter how orders come in.
The Bad…
Difficult to implement and buggy. Support is in Asia. Email marketing module is dated and unusable now. Annual support cost is high. More hours are spent tweaking the software than a small business can really afford without a specialist on staff.
Connected Business helps us manage our business and sell online
The Good…
We moved from Sage and we really like how everything is integrated. Our eCommerce sales have grown quite a bit over the past few years and CB has made that a painless experience. We also like how we can easily modify the menus and screens for each user role.
The Bad…
We started using the product 5 years ago and the initial experience was not good. The software was slow, buggy, not very intuitive, and we did not setup the system correctly in places causing more issues. They had us upgrade to version 15 which was a difficult upgrade, but solved most of the issues we had. We have since upgraded to version 18 which was a pretty smooth process. Version 18 has a auto update tool so I’m hoping future upgrades will be easy. The other issue we had is that there are not a lot of third party developers familiar with the solution and finding someone to customize your reports or website can sometimes be a challenge. This was a topic on their forum a few months back and I’ve seen where they have added some new partners so its nice to see that being addressed. The support is via a ticketing system but we rarely use support so that is not a issue for us. We prefer to use the forum as other users will voice their solutions as well.
An all inlcusive ERP with many features. The system has come a long way since i last looked at it and used it. It is a usable platform with lots of features but lacks stablity and compreheive support. Support takes a long time to reply and is out of the bases off shore.
The Good…
All the features.
The Bad…
the lack of mature of the platform and the instablity.
