Our latest edition of Lunch Bites features DCKAP, an APS Payments partner that specializes in creating the interfaces between eCommerce and ERPs systems. They help businesses undertake B2B integration for multiple platforms like eCommerce, ERP, and CRM as well as automate business processes all in one place.  In this installment of Lunch Bites, I sat down with Karthik Chidambaram, Chief Executive Officer of DCKAP to discuss how manufacturers and distributors can streamline purchasing and payments processes.

In an effort to bring you continued industry insights in an easy to digest manner, we started a series called Lunch Bites - short industry specific conversations served up in the time it takes you to make a sandwich. In this edition of Lunch Bites, we met with Simon Quinn, Director of Sales at CertiPro, to discuss the changing world of B2B eCommerce and tips to improve the customer expectations as sales shift between brick-and-mortar and online.

For many companies, selling online hasn’t been optional for a long time. The recent pandemic only accelerated the move to omni-channel sales for manufacturers and distributors. Using solutions that integrate with one another can help you streamline business processes and improve partner sales cycles, adding more value to your partner relationship.  

With all the in-person conferences being canceled due to COVID-19 it can be hard to make meaningful connections right now and to learn and connect in the eCommerce community. Miva has transitioned its annual MivaCon eCommerce conference (postponed to 2021) to the MivaCon Digital Day 2020 on Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

Join us online for MivaCon Digital Day 2020!

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST

The entire Magento community was excited to learn, network, and get inspired together for Adobe Summit and Magento Imagine 2020 in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, after evaluating the situation around COVID-19, aka “the coronavirus”, the conference organizers have decided to move this year’s summit online and cancel the live event. In addition to the now online Summit event, there are still MANY ways to engage with the Magento ecosystem and community outside of the Summit.

Firstly, if you have questions specifically related to the Summit, head over to the FAQ page at Adobe for more information.

Second, if you want to know how to get engaged in the online event, read here.

In this blog, we will provide you with three ways to maximize your ROI within the Magento ecosystem even though you can’t attend Adobe Summit in-person this year:

Many merchants are so focused on winning a sale — getting a customer to click “Buy” — that they don’t realize a transaction is not over when a browser has converted into a buyer. Not only are there multiple steps going on behind the scenes to successfully process a customer’s payment, but a sale is never truly won until the chargeback window has closed and the customer is satisfied with their purchase.

The more educated eCommerce retailers are about the payment process, the better prepared they will be to make sure every fraudulent order gets declined and every legitimate order gets approved. When this goes wrong, fraudulent orders turn into chargebacks, and legitimate orders can be falsely declined – both of which hurt the retailer’s revenue and aggravate the good customers.

APS Payments is a Magento Technology Partner with a flexible and robust Magento eCommerce card processing integration.  We will be a Silver Sponsor at Meet Magento New York 2019.  The event will take place September 5th-6th at the Edison Hotel in New York City.   We will have a $500 giveaway co-sponsored with our friends at Trustpilot. Make sure to schedule time to stop by APS Payments booth #6 to learn how to enter, and learn more about the best integrated payment solutions for your eCommerce business. 

APS Payments is seamlessly integrated with Magento to lower your transaction costs and increase your security.  The Magento eCommerce credit card integration is simple and free with the APS Payments Extension for Magento 2.  Merchants who install this extension will have the ability to enable the APS Payment Gateway as a payment method. This payment method can be used on Magento’s front-end checkout page as well as within the Magento 2 Customer Profile screen to accept administration level payments.  Schedule a meeting with our team in NYC to learn more, if you will be at the event:

Coming soon to a screen near you: watch the live stream on B2C and B2B eCommerce payments with Jeff Kohl from APS Payments this Friday, June 28th at 3pm EST

Opening an eCommerce business or online store is exciting; even more exciting is accepting the very first payment. The world of eCommerce credit card processing can be difficult for new merchants to navigate and even eCommerce experts can use a refresher on the best payment processing for their needs. 

Luckily, expert eCommerce advice with TJ Gamble just got even better! Coming up later this week, the eCommerceaholic himself and master of how to “get more from your eCommerce store” will be cohosting a livestream on ecommerce website payment options, best practices, and the best online payment methods for businesses of all sizes.