Articles 2003
Nicom develops custom e-Commerce system
september 9 , 2003 Halifax, Nova Scotia
First Choice Contacts Inc. is a new, privately owned, online contact lens distributor. As a new "on line" business, First Choice Contacts had a number of very specific requirements that included a corporate identity, logo creation, website, and back-end databases, to name a few.
Nicom's personalized approach, expertise and experience led to their choosing us to develop the system they required for their new venture.
The first step in this process was the design of a corporate logo followed by the definition of the website's requirements (e.g., colour schemes, layout, design, content, etc.). As well, while defining the online store functionality requirements, it was decided that a custom online store and backend database/catalogue would be the ideal solution to meet their requirements, versus using a commercial solution that has less flexibility.
First Choice Contacts had some very specific, and important, requirements for their website such as a customer login for existing customers, order history, product feature selection (e.g., type, base curve, power, etc.) and order tracking. To meet this specific functionality requirement, Nicom custom developed a backend database/cattalo and online store that was tailored specifically to First Choice Contacts.
The online store includes product images, product descriptions, pricing, shopping cart, etc. When consumers purchase items through the online store, the orders are processed automatically online through a payment gateway system. First Choice Contacts' automatically receives an electronic mail message that includes the buyer's name, billing/shipping information, products purchased and prescription information. Also, all of the buyer's order information is automatically entered into the live backend database/cattalo for order history.
Overall, this proved to be a very rewarding project for Nicom. It allowed us to utilize and merge a number of our key skills and technologies into one powerful web solution - in this case, an online company. We worked with First Choice Contacts' personnel to develop this company from the "ground up". It provided an excellent example of how a company can directly benefit from these skills and technologies.
As a result of providing First Choice Contacts with a professional, fully functioning, and eye catching website, that was fully optimized for search engines; they reached their six month sales projection - in just over two months.
TopNicom ltd. launches brand new online identity
september 16 , 2003 Halifax, Nova Scotia
The ongoing growth of the Internet is outstanding. To strive for success, companies need to move with the market, not watch it stroll by. The main purpose of a website is to not only demonstrate artistic and creative ability, but it is also used to effectively and accurately market a company's product(s) and/or service(s) in the most attractive way one knows how.
Nicom Ltd., as an information technology consulting company, strives to effectively and accurately promote our services on an ongoing basis. We now have a new focus to our offerings. This new focus needs to be promoted to the entire market; therefore, our web development team redesigned our website to creatively demonstrate this new focus and ultimately facilitate online collaboration with existing and potential clients.
Our new website includes many new additions such as new sections, more screen shots and more useful information. It provides more thorough information on our partners, clients and what Nicom did for our clients. It also includes a secure log in for our clients to monitor the progress of work-in-progress projects and ensure that we are meeting the exact expectations of the client. The Services section demonstrates our company's new focus to our offerings of Information Technology, Technical Support, Software Development and Web Development. The new Portfolio and Profile sections highlight featured projects and sample past web development and e-business sites through screen shots and brief descriptions.
Nicom, as a gold level business partner with Multiactive Software Inc., promotes their customer relationship management package, Maximizer, on our website. However, the new website not only describes the software package, but also includes additional information and marketing tools related to Maximizer. You can also download software updates and even request Maximizer support through our site.
Nicom's new website demonstrates that we are not just standing in the corporate crowd watching the market move, we are continuously moving with the market. This revamped communications tool is one of many actions that Nicom will perform to exceed customer satisfaction. The additional new features are one of many stages of our new site. We strive to continuously ensure that our site not only represents our company, but takes advantage of the most up-to-date Internet technologies available.
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