Sawnet

Setup Instructions
The SawShop is designed for the business that requires a custom web site with flexible, easy to use, E-commerce capabilities. This solution provides the backend processing that would otherwise cost thousands of dollars to license or develop. Once the web site is completed, no HTML knowledge is required to maintain it. Simply change the product information and configuration settings via the password protected SawShop Maintenance pages. The Vendor web site will then be updated with the click of a button.

1. Register Vendor Store with SawNet

New vendor web sites registered with SAW.NET, are assigned a store ID and password. This provides protected access to the SawShop E-commerce setup features and maintenance area. The registration fee is a one-time fee of $350. A Saw.Net Database and SSL web hosting account will be setup for the vendor. See Saw.Net Database and SSL Web Hosting. Register Vendor Store Here.

2. Enter Vendor Product Information

The Vendor's SawShop site will be database-oriented. When changes need to be made, simply update the database with the new information, and the changes will be inserted into the pages of the web site. It is not required to make any changes to the HTML code. The information displayed in the shopping cart and order email are automatically retrieved from the database.

The product information can be entered into SawShop with the following three methods.

The vendor product information can stay on the SawShop Server Database. The vendor can easily enter and update the product information through the online, password protected Maintenance Area. This is preferred if the vendor does not have an existing database or computerized inventory.
Maintain an existing database at the vendor's office or warehouse. The information is updated on the SawShop webserver on a regular basis by exporting product information from the existing database or Excel files. This requires an export to a simple comma delimited file with the following product information:
1. product ID
2. description that goes in shopping cart and order email
3. retail price
4. wholesale price
5. image
6. long description
Connect vendor's ODBC inventory database to the SawShop web server. The vendor inventory database can be created and maintained by most popular database products, such as MS Access or Filemaker Pro, or larger databases such as Oracle or Informix.

3. Configure Vendor Store

The store is configured through the password protected Maintenance Area. Input sales tax, shipping specifications, and the email address to which the order information is to be sent. This email includes all information necessary for the vendor to complete the order.

4. Create or Modify Vendor Web Site

The primary goal of the SawShop is for it to be easily incorporated into custom web sites. Once a web site designer is enlisted to create or modify the vendor's web site, the designer will be given detailed information of how to incorporate the SawShop features.

Sample HTML code is provided for Web Site Developers. These samples demonstrate the format for inserting the SawShop features into a vendor's web site.