December 19, 2007

Submerce On Target to Release Six88’s ShipCompliant Integration Module for eCommerce, POS, OMS and Wine Club Management

Submerce announced today that their development program for integration the ShipCompliant Services within the Submerce platform is head of schedule and will be released my the first week of October. Originally set to be released in late January, the integration will offer real-time compliance check across Submerce’s entire platform which includes Order Management System (OMS), Point of Sale (POS), eCommerce and Wine Club Management which will be unique to the wine industry market.

“We’ve stepped up the development plan and have allocated additional resources in order to get the integration ready for certification by Six88 so our clients can start using their system in the new year”, says Jonathan Elliman, Director of Product Development. “More and more wineries are getting serious about become compliant and streamlining their reporting processes by utilizing services such as ShipCompliant”, continues Elliman.

New tools and features will be introduced into the Submerce platform in order to meet the requirements for the ShipCompliant integration along with new features that the Submerce development team have been working on for months that will continue to provide a competitive advantage to the platform.

For more detailed information regarding the latest release, contact Submerce at (707) 255-4390. You can learn more about Six88’s ShipCompliant services by visiting www.shipcompliant.com

December 2, 2007

Blue Ribbon’s Juicys Brand Turns to Submerce for Content Management Solution

Submerce is pleased to announce that Juicys has selected the Submerce platform to allow their web team total control over their online content management without having to know or understand a line of HTML code. The Juicys brand is a widely known food concession stand management team and blazing new trails when it comes to marketing and brand recognition.

“We’re glad to become part of their technology solution and know that this is only one of the first steps in providing the ultimate marketing weapon”, says Bill Witt, CFO for Submerce. “We’ve got some big plans to introduce some of Submerce’s technology in the L.A. and Orange County Fairs that will knock the socks off of people and help instill the minds of their customers that Juicys offers superior quality foods and entertainment”, continues Witt.

As the technology solution is developed and matures for a wider market, Cephrus will be offering the platform to the general public. For more detailed information regarding the latest release, contact Submerce at (707) 255-4390.

November 27, 2007

Phipps Family Cellars Launches Submerce Powered Website

Phipps Family Cellars found at http://www.pfcwine.com has officially launched their brand new Submerce eCommerce website to manage their online sales. A boutique winery operation located in Napa Valley, California, they produce ultra-premium wines from some of the finest vineyards in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Utilizing the power of Submerce, PFC offers a unique contribution to the wine industry through their sponsorship of the Armed Forces Children's Education Fund (AFCEF) and in 2006-2007 alone, donated over $2,500 dollars from the sale of their Sonoma County Ranches Zinfandel. Now with a brand new website and eCommerce powered by Submerce, PFC has the opportunity to reach millions of people across the world that can not only buy their high-quality, cult wines but also contribute to an education fund for our fallen heroes.

For more detailed information regarding the latest release, contact Submerce at (707) 255-4390. Or visit their website at www.pfcwine.com

November 14, 2007

Submerce set to Showcase Submerce Platform at Wine-related Conventions

With a record number of clients switching to the Submerce eBusiness platform, Submerce announced today that they are doubling their marketing efforts to include the Washington and Oregon markets to wineries and wine merchants of all sizes to demonstrate the ease of use and power of the web-based solution. On schedule for January 22, Submerce will be attending the 4^th Annual Wine Club Summit which will be held in Marin followed by two days of live demonstrations at the Tasting Room Profitability convention held January 23^rd through the 24^th.

February 10^th through the 11^th, Submerce will be attending the Oregon Wine Symposium which will offer the opportunity for wineries in the Northwest to get a live demonstration of the platform. This event will be held in conjunction of the opening of the Submerce Northwest office which is located in Corvallis, Oregon.

“It’s time for people to see Submerce first hand and witness how easy it is to use while offering some of the most powerful features available that streamline wine club batch processing and point of sale transactions”, says Sarah Elliman, Director of Sales and Marketing. “We’ve spent a better part of three years perfecting the Submerce platform and introducing features that are not available in any other system which takes the pain and lengthy processing of signing people up for wine clubs and processing them”, continues Elliman. “We’ve got even bigger plans for 2008 and we’re looking forward to releasing more information regarding those plans in Q1 2008”, continues Sarah.

For more detailed information regarding the latest release, contact Submerce at (707) 255-4390. Or visit their website at www.submerce.com

November 07, 2007

Submerce Continues to Add New Security Features to Keep Customer Data Safe

Submerce announced today that their latest version of the Submerce eBusiness platform has been enhanced with increased security measures to continue to offer a safe, secure, and worry-free enterprise solution. With the latest security update, Submerce has added new configurable features that allow administrators the ability to delegate specific employee access to their unencrypted credit card data, which adds an additional level of security to the Submerce program.

“We take data security and integrity very seriously at Submerce,”says Jonathan Elliman, Chief Technology Officer at Cephrus. “We have made a commitment to our clients to continue the development of the Submerce platform and respond to their feedback,” continues Elliman. “Instead of meeting the minimum requirements to be PCI compliant, we have gone above and beyond by offering security customization to our administrators.”

The latest release of the Submerce platform continues to offer more standard features than any other enterprise-level eBusiness solution on the market today. With no limits to the number of products, categories, shipping options, web pages, and customers to name a few, Submerce will not only meet your expectations but exceed it by offering opportunities for growth and effective tools for streamlining work processes.

For more detailed information regarding the latest release, contact Submerce at (707) 255-4390.
 

November 05, 2007

Submerce Hires Bill Witt as Chief Financial Officer

Submerce is proud to announce the addition of a new Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Bill Witt, co-founder of Witt Consulting, joined the Submerce team after serving 10 years as an audit and tax professional for a national accounting firm. In 2002, Bill co-founded Witt Consulting, which, under his leadership, has been successful in handling a wide array of responsibilities for start up and mature companies. Currently, Mr. Witt serves as CFO and general counsel for two other companies in Southern California. In 2005, under Mr. Witt’s leadership, one of Submerce’ existing clients, GenRight, achieved overnight success, in part due to Mr. Witt’s ability to effectively lead multiple disciplines. Bill’s legal and financial background coupled with his knowledge of technology provides unique synergistic qualities with the rest of our management team to deploy state-of-the-art POS systems and other wireless platforms. Mr. Witt will be working out of Submerce’s Corvallis office which is set to be opened in February.

Bill received a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and a law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. Bill is also credentialed as a Certified Investment Management Analyst and Investment Strategist, both programs sponsored through the Wharton School of Business. Bill Witt is a certified public accountant and attorney licensed in the state of California and Oregon and is member of the American Bar Association and the California and Oregon Bar Associations.

November 02, 2007

Paige Poulos Communications Chooses Submerce

Paige Poulos Communications is a public relations agency that is unique in outlook and approach. Capitalizing on a comprehensive range of professional services, Paige Poulos has built brands and enhanced the reputations of a diversity of companies in the wine, spirits, food, and hospitality industries. Demonstrating the unique ability to truly customize each eBusiness installation with Submerce, Paige Poulos has chosen to utilize specific functionality within Submerce to manage Customer Relationships, sell event tickets online, and manage their own website design through Submerce’s user friendly Content Manager. Submerce and Paige Poulos together provide the customer-driven communications that highlight the strengths of expertise, experience, and visionary outlook of modern day media.

November 02, 2007

Pennyweight Napa Valley Readies New eCommerce Website Powered by Submerce

Pennyweight Napa Valley, a premier stationary and specialty gifts store located in the historic downtown Saint Helena, has chosen Submerce to power their brand new eCommerce website. The first online presence for Pennyweight, the Submerce platform is providing a single database to manage multiple areas of sales, Customer Relationship management, and inventory control. With the ability to log into their site from any internet connection, Pennyweight is thrilled to have an easy to use content management system and online order processing system to showcase their fine stationary and unique gifts to the world. Submerce makes creating and processing orders a breeze with an easy to use interface and sophisticated order management tools along with the ability to quickly create discounts, sales, and change site design without requiring HTML or a designer. How can Submerce help your business sell online? Call us at 888-963-3006 to find out!

October 29, 2007

Race Prep Hobbies Launches eCommerce Website Powered by Submerce

Submerce is pleased to announce the official launch of www.raceprephobbies.com powered exclusively by the Submerce eBusiness platform. Race Prep Hobbies celebrates 25 years of bringing Remote Controlled Hobby cars and trucks to Southern California, and now with their Submerce website, to the world! With a competitive history, Race Prep Hobbies strives to keep up to date with the latest and greatest in radio controlled hobbies as well as technology and to maintain their competitive edge in their industry chose Submerce to power online sales, manage inventory, and control their website design. With a powerful and effective method for inventory control, eCommerce, and ease of design change through Submerce’s user friendly WYSIWYG editor, Race Prep Hobbies has demonstrated their leading edge with a fresh design and solid website.

October 27, 2007

Phipps Family Cellars Chooses Submerce

PFC.com has officially launched their brand new Submerce eCommerce website to manage their online sales. A boutique winery operation located in Napa Valley, California, they produce ultra-premium wines from some of the finest vineyards in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Utilizing the power of Submerce, PFC offers a unique contribution to the wine industry through their sponsorship of the Armed Forces Children's Education Fund (AFCEF) and in 2006-2007 alone, donated over $2,500 dollars from the sale of their Sonoma County Ranches Zinfandel. Now with a brand new website and eCommerce powered by Submerce, PFC has the opportunity to reach millions of people across the world that can not only buy their high-quality, cult wines but also contribute to an education fund for our fallen heroes.

October 25, 2007

Insect Detection Dogs Selects Submerce

In 2007 Shay Cook and Caroline Upton recognized a need in the agricultural community for more effective insect infestation detection methods. Combining Shay's scientific background with Caroline's experience as a third generation vineyard owner, they created Insect Detection Dogs. The Vine Mealybug was chosen as the first target because it is so difficult to detect early on using traditional methods. Their current focus is on working with growers and the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office to minimize the impact of the Vine Mealybug on vineyards by detecting the pests earlier and more precisely than previously possible. This will help reduce remediation costs, both organic and non-organic, while combating the spread of the Vine Mealybug.

Submerce will offer IDD an easy interface for content management. To schedule a demo of Submerce today, please call us at 888-963-3006. You can visit the Insect Detection Dog’s website by going to www.iddogs.com

October 21, 2007

Saint Helena Wine Center contracts Submerce for Wine Merchant POS System, Wine Club, and eCommerce

A leading wine purveyor, the St. Helena Wine Center (SHWC) offers the essence of California wines. With a store in Saint Helena, California and an online eCommerce presence, wine lovers can always learn about exceptional wines produced all over the Golden State and beyond. Unlike many wine merchants, SHWC only offers wines that they have personally tasted and carefully chosen to reflect the very best wine they find at the moment.

Because of the growth within their business, SHWC needed a dependable software provider to ensure swift accuracy when creating and designing their website. They presented Submerce with specific requests concerning their unique eBusiness and Customer Service requirements.

Submerce is the best direct-to-consumer application on the market that provides customizations to further integrate online data management. Designed exclusively for the wine industry, Submerce™ offers Powerful Point of Sale, eCommerce and Wine Club Management tools safely and securely all in one simple easy-to-use web-based application. Stay tuned for more news on the upcoming new eCommerce website for Saint Helena Wine Center.

To discuss opportunities to power your business with Submerce, please call us today at 888-963-3006.

October 19, 2007

Submerce Joins Forces with Ship Compliant

Continuing their commitment to provide powerful eBusiness solutions with the most features for the greatest value, Submerce is pleased to announce their newest strategic partnership with Ship Compliant. Providing software solutions for complex business problems in the wine industry, Six88’s ShipCompliant offers a comprehensive rules engine of over 10,000 direct shipping rules that are updated continuously by a full-time research staff and interpreted by industry experts and gives step by step instructions for becoming compliant in each state that allows direct shipping.

Knowing of Ship Compliant’s reputation for being a leader in providing compliance support to wineries and wine merchants, it is exciting to offer more and more priceless benefits to our Submerce customers,” explains Isaac Herrera, Submerce Launch manager. “Considering the complexity and never ending scenarios involved in shipping direct to consumers, Ship Compliant offers a peace of mind to wineries that when combined with the power of Submerce, creates an invaluable partnership that will support and assist our customers with this frequently confusing and critical issue,” she says.

Joining forces, the partnership between Submerce and Ship Compliant is another reason to take advantage of the industry-leading eBusiness solutions offered in Submerce. Please call us at 888-963-3006 to discuss how Submerce can take your business to the next level.

October 13, 2007

Submerce Launches Multi-Location Wine Merchant Powered by Submerce POS, Wine Club Management and eCommerce Platform.

Submerce is pleased to announce the official launch of www.tastemonterey.com powered exclusively by the Submerce eBusiness platform. Utilizing the Submerce POS, Wine Club Management and eCommece solution, A Taste of Monterey is poised to become one of the most successful wine merchants in Monterey County.

“Submerce is going to change the way A Taste of Monterey does business for the better”, says Sarah Elliman, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Submerce provides the inventory and product management tools that wine merchants need and no other system comes close with the amount of features and industry experience”, she says. “Submerce is the backbone to some of the most successful wine merchants in California and our clients love the fact that it’s affordable, easy to use and streamlines their work processes resulting in less stress and guesswork”, continues Elliman.

A Taste of Monterey (ATOM) takes advantage of Submerce’s recently released Multi-Location Inventory Management system that offers seamless product inventory management and depletion in multiple locations based on order source and type. With rollover product depletion and automated transfer requests, ATOM will save hours of product management work on a daily basis. New inventory depletion reports will provide detailed product sales information that will help their management team make educated business decisions based on their customer purchasing trends that were never before available in an affordable and easy-to-manage platform.

Your customers deserve better service and by switching to Submerce will not only convert browsers into buyers, but it will also reduce your reliance on paperwork, data reentry and worker frustration that will also make your company a greener place to work. You can see Submerce in action by visting ATOM's website at www.tastemonterey.com

October 8, 2007

Submerce Readies Update to Wine Club Management Software With New Reports and Tools to Boost Sales and Streamline Order Fulfillment

Submerce is known for setting the benchmark for eBusiness solutions announced today that they are ready to release an update to their already industry-leading Wine Club Management Software. New tools such as Wine Club Rewards programs and 50+ more reports to their already 400 available, Submerce’s update to their Wine Club Management takes managing multiple wine clubs and providing exclusive benefits to a new level.

“To this day, our tools continue to be copied by our competition which only tells us that our teams of industry experts design and build the tools that the wine club managers need today not yesterday,” says Jonathan Elliman, Director of Product Development for Submerce. “While others occasionally update their tools every year or so, the team at Submerce is hard at work at staying ahead of what the industry needs,” he says. “We’re looking out the windshield when it comes to software development by working with the industry’s top wine club and sales managers while other companies are limited by their programming resources and fixing software that just plain doesn’t work”, continues Elliman. “Our philosophy is never to release software until it’s been thoroughly tested in-house on tens of thousands of transactions so when our customers need it, Submerce provides results, not headaches. Our support teams are readily available and there’s never a wait to talk to someone when assistance is needed.”

In addition to the new reports are new migration tools that will help bring over legacy data into Submerce from other eCommerce and POS providers such as MicroWorks, Inertia Beverage, eWinery Solutions and Nexternal. The updated tools will import information with regards to customer order history, customer account status, past shipments information and detailed customer account information to offer a seamless transition when your company needs a more scalable and robust solution.
 

October 1, 2007

Submerce Offers Quick Launch Strategy to Meet Holiday Sales Rush

With the holiday season upon us, Submerce is excited to announce their new quick launch program for retailers who want to add eCommerce to help boost upcoming holiday sales. The Submerce quick eCommerce launch program is designed to add Submerce eCommerce to any existing site in 15 days or less, something that is often advertised in the industry, but rarely achieved. In order to meet the expedited schedule, Submerce has several launch teams in place ready to meet the demand while providing the hands-on support needed to get sites launched quickly. Also unprecedented in the industry is the Submerce 30-day launch guarantee that rewards all clients who launch in less than 30 days with their first month of hosting for free.

“Over the course of the last 5-6 months, we’ve been busy bringing on new team members while cross training every staff member in order for each of them to become Submerce experts,” says Sarah Elliman, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Every member is expected to become a Submerce expert, knowing every facet of the software and what it takes to launch new websites quickly without sacrificing the quality of the website or the brand,” she explains.

To see how your business can benefit from online Holiday Sales with an affordable and easy to use online system, please contact Sarah Elliman, Director of Sales and Marketing at (888) 963-3006 and visit www.submerce.com for additional information and to view our portfolio.