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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Activant B2B Seller Version 5.5 is Now Available

Activant Solutions Inc. announces the availability of Activant B2B Seller version 5.5, an integrated Web-based storefront solution.

"The new version of B2B Seller is remarkably stable and reliable," said Shelby Scanlan, IT manager for Cascade Orthopedic Supply, an early adopter of B2B Seller 5.5. "The feedback we have received from customers is extremely positive."

Activant analyzed users’ specific needs and market trends to determine which features to include in B2B Seller 5.5. The result: a product release designed to help distributors further increase sales, improve customer service and reduce operating costs.

B2B Seller offers distributors the tools they need to service customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. B2B Seller allows them to extend their geographic reach and increase market share, without hiring dozens of additional employees or building new warehouses.

New Features Include

* Search Engine Optimization (SEO) -- Customize meta-tags and titles of specific HTML pages to allow the user's desired site page to have a better chance of being returned in Internet searches triggered through Google and other search engines. Available in B2B Advanced and above.

* Admin users may make changes to the site -- When any setting changes are made, the Web site will be immediately updated with the changes. The areas that can now be configured by the user are: e-mail recipients; feature enablement for certain features; screen configuration for category search results, contact us, item detail, item search; and my account report configuration. Available in B2B Advanced and above.

Special Functionality for Activant Prophet 21 Users

Prophet 21, the leading enterprise software solution for distributors, combines the familiarity of Windows with the power of SQL Server to help distributors increase sales, improve customer service, and reduce operating costs. B2B Seller fully integrates with Prophet 21 and acts as an additional customer support representative 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

* Shopping Carts and Shopping Lists -- Automatically recognize Item ID/Item Code changes in the backend system to allow existing data to continue to work without updating when Item ID/Item Code changes are implemented. Also available to Activant Acclaim users; B2B Advanced and above.

* Select contracts at the line-item level -- Shoppers can choose from a list of contracts associated with a given item; the selected contract will then be used to calculate pricing for that item. Available in B2B Advanced and above.

* Open Quotations can be viewed in the My Account Open Quote section -- View and print quotations stored in their system. This feature adds the capability to select those quotes to be converted to orders. When selected, the shopper will go through the typical checkout process and the quote converted to an order in Prophet 21. Available in B2B Premier and above.

* Distributors with multiple Prophet 21 Companies can now share a single B2B Seller site -- B2B Seller will set the proper Prophet 21 Company ID based on Customer associated with the Shopper. Available in B2B Premier and above.

* Shoppers may apply Merchandise Credits to orders -- Customers can cover a part of the order by using a Merchandise Credit and cover the rest of the order by either invoice or using a credit card. Available in B2B and B2C.

About Activant Solutions Inc.

Activant Solutions Inc. ("Activant") is a leading technology provider of business management solutions serving retail and wholesale distribution businesses in three primary vertical markets: hardlines and lumber; wholesale distribution; and the automotive parts aftermarket. Founded in 1972, Activant provides customers with tailored proprietary software, professional services, content, supply chain connectivity, and analytics. More than 30,000 customer locations use an Activant solution to manage their day-to-day operations. Activant has operations throughout the United States and Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

For more information, please visit distribution.activant.com.

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