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Is UltraCart right for my business?
If you ask us for our opinion, we'll tell you that UltraCart is the
greatest thing since sliced bread. We are a bit biased though, since we did create it. So
we asked some of our merchants what they thought. Here's what they said.
Goal: Service and Dependability |
UltraCart Team,
My company used many different shopping cart solutions over the years, until UltraCart was recommend to me. Since switching to UltraCart, the service has been top-notch. UltraCart has provided a one stop solution to all my needs, and the service and dependability are the best I've seen. UltraCart provides unparalleled support that allows me to focus my time on running my business.
CJ Montgomery
President
www.vasacor.com
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Goal: Stable System with excellent customer Support |
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On behalf of an important client we've been very pleased with UltraCart. The system has been very stable and the technical support is excellent. Useful new features get added all the time. Highly recommended!
Bruce Hart,
Co-owner
www.Crendo.com
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Goal: Easy
to use and great support |
Hello UltraCart,
"As my business outgrew PayPal, I quickly needed to upgrade to a full-function shopping cart, and chose UltraCart. Simply put, UltraCart does everything I need it to, and the
company has met (if not exceeded) every expectation that they have set. I'd recommend
UltraCart to anyone!"
Steve Carr,
www.norcalnutrition.com
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Goal: Easy
to use and great support
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Hello UltraCart Staff,
I have just completed my second full-scale retail website using Ultracart. A year and a
half ago, I designed an on-line shopping website which was difficult to navigate, slow
to download and would not appear on search engines. The reason for not showing on searches
was partly due to the integrated shopping cart system that was in place. It actually interfered
with the way the engines spider websites. It seems the nature of the coding which created
URLs with complex extensions the searches would not recognize or would ignore, even on
pages without shopping cart information. The result was that website was ignored by the
major search engines as "Yahoo", "Google" and "MSN". I was brought on board to re-design
the website and create an on-line experience that was "user friendly", more attractive
and could be found on the net by shoppers. This new re-design included the creation of
a new and "easy-to-use" shopping cart system which permitted the use of HTML pages which
would allow logical URL addresses and important meta tagging the search engines would recognize,
and a cart system that would integrate with the HTML pages of the website.
I knew what I wanted a proven professional cart system and spent a few days worth of research
on the internet comparing features, value and (very importantly) service. I chose Ultracart
and it has turned out to be one of the smartest decisions I made. Your staff was very helpful
and patient answering my questions and concerns, from the the very beginning, to the present.
The Ultracart system is highly intuitive and easy to understand. I purchased your manual,
which is well-written and so easy to refer to. Sales reporting is far better than we anticipated
and the client is now able to track every aspect of a sale now, which saves a lot of time,
and of course, time is money. That site now appears on all major search engines.
I just completed my second website using Ultracart and it is now operatonal and works beautifully.
The Ultracart pages work seemlessly with the site pages and security is marvelous. Your
staff has also consistantly treated me in a friendly and highly professional manner, which
is so rare in any large company today and it's so appreciated.
Thanks again for the making my shopping cart tasks so much easier!
Kindest regards,
R. Christian Anderson
Anything RV, Inc.
1-800-816-5188
http://www.anythingrv.com |
Goal: Easy
to use and great support
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Ultracart Team,
I just wanted to let you know how happy we are with the service
you've
provided from the beginning. Not only is your support staff
extremely
knowledgeable and courteous but your product is also far superior
to any
we've used in the past or researched. It's so simple to set
up that we
have over 400 products now and growing.
The hosted solution was perfect for us because we had a specific
design
goal in mind for our store and your cart allows us to brand
everything,
even the secure URLs! Most shopping carts are conatined entirely
in
databases which results in a completely restrictive design
and "cookie
cutter" look. Most also rely on code that mangles the
web addresses
making it more difficult for search engines to index them,
but Ultracart
has none of those issues.
We genuinely want to thank you for all your hard work and
we can't say
enough about your product and it's wealth of features.
Thanks for your support!
Brian Gogol
Owner
Rabid Creations
http://www.rabidteddies.com |
Goal: Integration
and Automation
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Hi Folks,
We have been using UltraCart now for about a month, and I
must say this
is the smartest move we have made. I can't say enough good
things about
the support we received during our setup process. Your team
worked ceaselessly on getting all the settings
correct and our computers set up to use UltraCart and UltraBooks
with
QuickBooks, WorldShip and Endicia Dazzle. These efforts were
an
outstanding addition to our business. It has saved us countless
hours.
We used to do all manual entry for USPS, UPS and Quickbooks.
Now,
with the click of a button, all our orders are processed automatically
to all three programs, all shipping lables are printed immediately
on
our Eltron Zebra Printer, all orders entered into QuickBooks,
and all of
this with nothing more than a few mouse clicks.
And this is not to mention the other benefits, such as accurate
Shipping comparative costs for the customer, an "on-site" look
with your
Screen Branding, and even the automatic processing when a PayPal E-Check clears.
It's absolutely amazing!
We couldn't have made a smarter business decision.
Thank you,
Robert Krueger
President
http://www.innovativebalancing.com
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Goal: Replace
failing in-house solution
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Custom Database Solutions for ecommerce
is what companies with too much
money and not enough time to do research have developed only
to find they don't work right and then they find that UltraCart
does it all and more,
simpler, cheaper, faster and with better support. At least that
was our
experience. We spent $7,000 on a custom database solution and
after months of shipping and QuickBooks download problems, we
scrapped it, took the loss
and went with UltraCart. We use UltraCart on 2 of our other sites,
but
someone in IT got a hair in his nose about wanting a custom dbase
and now him and the dbase are both gone.
UltraCart and their support team have been through development
of 3 website
ecommerce solutions. We are a $7,000,000+ company and growing
by the day and volume is no problem for UltraCart and neither
is customizations to fit our
business model. They instituted certain and quick customizations
of the cart to fit what WE needed and they did it FAST. That
is something you can't put
a price on. One think I like is they don't say they can do
something they can't and do everything they say they will
do, which is unusual in the world
of programming. UltraCart also interacts with QuickBooks
like it is an Intuit module, which is a great help with our
bookkeeping functions.
We would highly recommend UltraCart as a fully scalable solution
and welcome
any contact by potential customers for more detail. All I can
say is they saved us untold thousands of dollars a year in
maintenance and downtime associated costs and we appreciate
them.
If you do nothing else right on your website, at least with
UltraCart, your
customers will be able to order easily and intuitively and
that is
ultimately what website conversion is all about. Our online
orders increased
by 75% when we started using UltraCart instead of our other
cart because
UltraCart is USER FRIENDLY and our other one wasn't, so that
meant a lot
more phone in orders, which adds to overhead. It's great to
see a majority
of our customers happily and easily ordering online and we
attribute our
success online to UltraCart's ease of use, scalability and
customization.
Bottom line is - don't think, get it. Worry about something
else, because
your shopping cart will work if it's an Ultra Cart!
- Marvin
Moore, VP
Industry Development
Commercial Thermal Solutions, Inc.
http://www.tigerfoam.com
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Goal: Direct
answers to questions
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UltraCart,
I have to tell you this is some of the best support I've ever received.
Your answers are direct and you give me the information I'm looking for
with every reply. I've worked with Yahoo Shopping cart in the past and
it usually took 4 or 5 emails and then they never answered the questions
properly.
Your help is much appreciated.
Greg Derbas
CaddyDaddy Golf
www.caddydaddygolf.com
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Goal: Easy
to configure and supports eBay auction payments
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Dear Ultra Cart Team,
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that I am glad I
chose Ultra Cart to host my business. I spent countless hours testing out
"free" trials of other shopping cart systems and was unable to find one I
was happy with. They were either to difficult to configure or were missing
important features or the customer service was very poor. Thankfully, I
signed up for your "free" trial and was able to end my search for the
perfect shopping cart system.
The Ultra Cart was easy to setup and implement. As a matter of fact, the web
programmer I decided to use told me I made a great choice selecting ultra
cart as it was (in his opinion) the best shopping cart out there.
Everything went together surprisingly smooth and any issues I had or changes
I requested were responded to very quickly (often almost instantly). You
won't find that level of customer service anywhere else.
In my business, I list a lot of items but they are all unique and once I
sell an item I rarely see one like it again. This is not your normal
shopping cart business and even though they had never hosted a business like
mine, they were able to step-up and adjust their systems to better
accommodate my type of business.
Lastly, I sell on eBay a bit and Ultra Cart has a great option to allow me
to create a link for my customers that loads all their eBay item information
into the Ultra Cart. Some of my eBay customers do not want to bother with
creating a Paypal account but want to pay via credit card. They simply
follow the link I send them and can check out on the Ultra Cart secure
server and pay via my merchant account.
Keep up the great work.
Michael Hoppe
Owner
www.worldofautographs.com
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Goal: Integration, real-time freight calculation, and flexibility
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I didn't want a hosted shopping cart solution. I was concerned that it wouldn't look professional
to have the URL read different than "mydomain.com" when adding items to the basket. Then I saw
that some Microsoft divisions sold items that take you from Microsoft.com to.yes a hosted solution
with a different domain. I gave UltraCart a shot, and I am so glad I did!
For starters they offered a free fully functional trial, where they would help you get set up. I
was surprised to find that my UltraCart salesperson was very helpful, and knowledgeable. I spent
hours in emails and phone calls, getting all of the details ironed out (I'm sort of a perfectionist).
I was sold in about 2 days. I've been using UltraCart for about 6 months now, and I've never had a
problem that wasn't addressed within minutes of calling or emailing.
The main benefits for my company to use UltraCart are:
- Integration - orders transfer to my fulfillment facility via XML automatically, and in
real-time. Also, they integrate directly with my existing credit card processor, and Paypal.
- Flexibility - I love the shipping and handling options, it's almost limitless! Also like
the direct access to sales receipt pages for implementing conversion tracking code. The
screen formatting is totally customizable too - you can map to your style sheet, etc.
- Cost - my company is a discounter of popular board games, so it was important to keep recurring costs low.
- Reliability - I've moved my regular site to 3 different hosts this year before finding a stable one. I'm
glad to say that I have never known UltraCart to be down.
- Self Serve - I really like the fact that I can set anything I want, how I want, when I want.
- Reporting - Great order reporting, including sources (fully customizable, which I like). Great tools for financial reconciliations too.
I'm convinced that UltraCart is the most valuable shopping cart system considering the features, customer support,
and low cost.
Ken Hunt
Games-for-less.com
Discount Board Games
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Goal: Lower
Total Cost of Ownership. Increased Functionality.
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Dear UltraCart,
We would like to thank everyone there for all your work in helping us
implement UltraCart with our existing web site. It was so incredibly
easy, quick, and cheap!!
We have now been using UltraCart for over two months and it has been
working perfect! Our sales have increased (due in a big part to the
great placement your have for the of up-sale of additional products);
while our customer service inquires regarding checkout problems have
all but disappeared.
Prior to finding your company we had spent over $6,500 on a custom-made
shopping cart for our personalized books that was so complicated we had
to hire our very expensive web developer every time we wanted to make
the slightest change. With UltraCart we can now add options and new
products very easily and within minutes.
Please feel free to use our testimonial on your web site - you have really
earned it and deserve one. We highly recommend your company to any online
business. The UltraCart shopping cart and customer service has by far
exceeded our expectations.
Sincerely,
Jason Kyte
President - When You Were Born
www.whenyouwereborn.com
www.whenweweremarried.com
www.whenwefirstmet.com
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Goal: Excellent
Customer Service
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I have been working with UltraCart for the past six months and I am ecstatic.
It is such a drastic improvement from the system we had before.
What I most appreciate about UltraCart is that they listen to what you
are
asking for and are always working to incorporate customer suggestions
into
the e-commerce program. It is refreshing to work with a company that
truly
cares about its customers and their specific needs. Moreover, UltraCart's
customer service is second to none.
Emily McHugh
CEO/Creative Director - Casauri
www.casauri.com - Where Style and Technology Click!
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Goal: Better
Shipping Calculation
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Hi UltraCart,
Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I am officially
an UltraCart Flag Bearer! I've tried several Shopping Carts
over the past 6 years and while all served the purpose - none
were as comprehensive AND easy to implement as UltraCart. Setting
up any Shopping Cart is tedious and can be a little complicated
- UltraCart makes it easy, if you have a problem that can't
be solved by reading the comprehensive Users Manual - the Tech
support guys at UltraCart will help solve the problem quickly!
UltraCart allows me to easily configure my Shipping Methods,
which was lacking in the other carts I've tried. The backend
operations are wonderful. In general, UltraCart is the most "User
Friendly" system that I have found. The Dynamic Pricing
option is invaluable. The support level that you guys provide
is unequaled - anywhere! I highly recommend that anyone setting
up an e-commerce site take a serious look at UltraCart.
Thanks for offering a great product and more importantly, supporting
that product!
Thank you,
Bill Neupert
CAJUN PEN SHOP
http://www.cajunpen.com |
Goal: Difficult Shipping
Estimation |
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UltraCart was the 7th shopping cart we tried. The technical and customer
support at UltraCart were exemplary. We had custom freight charges using
multiple carriers and they were able to customize the shipping functions
within the cart to meet our needs. This was very unusual as most carts are
what they are and the companies are unwilling or unable to customize their
carts to fit OUR needs. UltraCart made their cart what WE needed, did some
redesign of our website so it better facilitated the cart and they did all
this BEFORE we paid any money. Truly a cart and service worthy of a growing,
progressive company like ours. I am certain they will be able to scale their
cart as we grow into different industries and our shipping and billing
requirements get even more complicated. Billing options were very
comprehensive. It really helps our company to be able to take purchase
orders online. Save us a phone call, as well as our customers. We are more
than satisfied with the UltraCart Company and Product and especially their
dedication to providing whatever solution we need. Highly recommended.
Marvin Moore
Commercial Thermal Solutions, Inc.
http://www.fomofoam.com
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Goal: Search Engine
Page Ranking |
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After spending several months searching for better solution
to our shopping cart, luckily we found UltraCart. With over 40,000
products in our website, it was very important to keep our
existing
pages and search
engine rankings, that we had worked so hard to achieve. No
one but UltraCart gave us the ability to do this using a database
driven shopping cart. We have never
had better customer service from ANY company we have ever dealt
with. They were the only solution we could find that gave us
the ability to run
our site seamlessly with over 40,000 products and keep our
existing
pages. With features like inventory control, dynamic pricing
and bulk item upload,
they stay at the top of the industry. I could not possibly
list all of the help they have given us to make our store better.
Take it from me, you
will not find a better shopping cart or customer service anywhere!
Jim Barry
J & M Hunting Supplies and Marine
http://www.shootnhunt.com |
Goal: Inventory Controls |
Many times testimonials are hard to write; however, this one was easy!
As Vice President of Operations for a new company that planned to sell residential garbage
cans regionally on the Internet and via direct mail, we had a lot to do from idea (August 1, 2003)
to launch (October 20, 2003.)
We needed a:
- Supplier
- Merchant Services Company with gateway and shopping cart
- Web developer
- Graphics
- Printing company
- Phone system
- Etc.
Once we selected our Merchant Services Company, we had many shopping cart questions - especially
how we would maintain our inventory. Their gateway vendor did the research on our behalf and
UltraCart was the perfect fit.
The integration of the shopping cart with our website was flawless. We were able to maintain our
branding on all web pages - an important marketing desire.
As we were building our site, unique requirements emerged and UltraCart developers were able to
accommodate them all - sometimes within hours!
On going support has been excellent. I am not a technical person and dealing with UltraCart has
been a pleasure. They are always available and have the answers - I wonder if they ever sleep!
We want to thank everyone at UltraCart for helping us.
Laura Sikorski
Vice President - Operations
www.4garbagecans.com
customerservice@4garbagecans.com
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Goal: Never lose money on shipping charges |
"With our old shopping cart, ccnow, we had to guess shipping charges and set them
in a very complicated set of configuration screens. We set shipping charges low to
avoid burning some customers, but were losing about a hundred dollars a month on
undercharged shipping on other customers. For some exotic locations we'd lose more
on shipping than we'd make on the product!
UltraCart calculates real shipping charges by itself, and we add a small surcharge
to cover our fulfillment house costs. Our customers all pay fairly (i.e., very
close to the actual cost of shipping their order), and we're no longer losing money
on shipping."
-- Art Ludwig,
Oasis Design |
Goal: Flexibility,
simple to use, and extremely feature rich |
Dear UltraCart,
I wanted to write you a note and let you know that I feel you have one of
the best products on the internet for merchants. When the time came to replace
our antiquated shopping cart, we did a month long comprehensive study of every
shopping cart we could find. We literally looked at 50-75 carts in detail.
Many were quickly eliminated, and of those we put on the final list, we carefully
compared feature and prices, and we did several trial downloads etc.
When all the dust settled, Ultracart was the only shopping cart left standing.
It is VERY flexible, simple to use, and yet extremely feature rich. We don't
have to program, and we don't have to create a whole web site and still we did
not lose the functionality we required.
Perhaps what we did not expect is to find a company that actually listens to
and cares about the needs of a merchant! Boy were we pleasantly surprised!
Your support teams is top notch, quick to reply, and courteous.
We only wish we had found Ultracart years ago.
Sincerely,
Ray Hewitt
Owner
Dayspring Pen Shop
www.engravedpens.com
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Goal: Customer retention |
UltraCart not only provides a professional and excellent online checkout process, but also easy
to use customer retention tools. Being able to email customers who have made certain types of
purchases in the past has helped bring customers back to the store and make sure we send them
relevant information, and not junk. Ultimately, the best part about being an UltraCart merchant
is the great support and service.
Jonathan Matlock,
WisdomWorks Ministries |
Goal: Shopping Cart
suitable for professional web designers |
Dear UltraCart,
Recently, I had the opportunity as a Webmaster, to completely re-design a
preexisting e-commerce website. The website had serious design flaws, poor
handling of ASP programming and lack of general architectural structure.
When I first approached the project, I analyzed and critiqued the former
webmasters choice for a shopping cart program. After extensive deliberation
with my hosting company technician, it seems we both were extremely
impressed with it versatility.
My client needed to ship internationally. Within minutes, the techs at
UltraCart programmed our detailed and complex international shipping needs.
My client needed USPS shipping arrangements to Alaska, Hawaii and P.O. Boxes.
Again, the techs at UltraCart satisfied our needs. My client needed a
password protected directory. Once again, the techs at UltraCart jumped
at the opportunity to serve us.
I highly recommend this shopping cart program as well as the friendly techs
that fixed my ignorance along the way.
Respectfully,
Don Chlysta
DC Multimedia Design
Designer http://www.thermofit.com
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Goal: Simple and
reasonably priced |
Dear Ultracart:
Wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your product and support.
I have tried several vendors in trying to set up my e-commerce system,
and all were overly-complicated or too expensive to deploy. Yours is
perfect. Scalable, easy to use and low cost. I am most impressed with
your level of support Your technical staff has been extremely patient
with me, ensuring all my concerns are met. Please keep up the good work,
and I look forward to sending you many referrals.
Best Wishes,
Ian White
Founder
Urban Mapping LLC |
Goal: Integratable
with our other systems |
Dear UltraCart:
When it came time to upgrade our old shopping cart program I spent a considerable
amount of time evaluating the available options. My criteria were as follows:
1. Easy to integrate into my existing website.
2. Works with my current ISP with which I am very happy with.
3. Works with my current Credit Card Processing system.
4. Supports sophisticated shipping options for domestic and International shipping.
5. Fast and responsive page displays.
6. Tight integration with my database and accounting programs.
Fortunately I found UltraCart, which has met and exceeded all my requirements
and expectations. Not only is UltraCart the most feature rich and flexible
shopping cart program I found but the technical support made the set up and
integration far easier, faster, and less expensive than I had imagined. I
would recommend UltraCart to any online business large or small.
Sincerely,
Dave Gallo
http://www.sinucleanse.com
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