E-Commi’s
online ‘Business Ready’ Specialty Grocery Store is now
available. We call it ‘Business Ready’, because It comes
pre-equipped with all features and essentials for Distributors,
Retailers, Business Owners (Re-sellers / Franchisees) and Consumers.
This portal services all aspects of the business process with little
or no supervision.
ONLINE
GROCERY STORE is designed with North American Asian Grocery Distributors,
wholesalers and retailers in mind. This, quick to deploy solution,
is the MOST ECONOMIC business opportunity on market today for all
existing business owners who wish to expand their business, start-up
virtual franchises or cross-sell.
ONLINE
GROCERY STORE enables the consumers to place orders from any internet
enabled device to order their delivery or pick-up orders to save
time in today’s fast moving lifestyle. Distributors enjoy
the convenience of servicing orders in an organized fashion with
better utilization of their resources. |
| WHY
GO ONLINE : |
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To
Grow the Business : Growth of the business is directly proportional
to the number of customers and efficient means to manage them. Customers
in certain geographic boundaries rely on the competition outlets
closer to them.
ONLINE
GROCERY STORE enables customer acquisition and retention outside
the geographic limitations by innovative servicing of these customers,
including real time promotion offerings and incentives. |
| To
Lower Overheads Costs : |
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In
traditional business model, increase in customer requires additional
manpower, floor space and resources. This results in additional
overhead costs.
ONLINE
GROCERY STORE offers options to service customers through appointed
franchisees / resellers, who work on fixed margins. This enables
Franchisees / Resellers to work harder for their business while
keeping costs under control. |
| To
Provide Efficient Service : |
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Each
in-store customer requires pre and post-purchase processing. More
customers, will also require additional floor space, manpower &
display area. Perishable products reduce their life when placed
in retail shelf as compared to warehousing and storage.
ONLINE
GROCERY STORE will reduce the overheads and wastage with increase
efficiency and sales. |
| WHAT
IS OGS |
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OGS is a virtual grocery store, which offers the convenience of online
shopping to consumers and presents a great opportunity for potential
entrepreneurs. The OGS comprises of a
front- end customer display (Store Front) and a back-end ‘Management
Console’. Each consists of industry standard interfaces and
functionalities. Salient features are: |
| Front-end
[Store Front]: |
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Easy navigation and display of products. |
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Display
of products in categories/sub-categories (Multiple sub-levels). |
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Display
of product description & pictures. |
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‘Consumer
Reviews’ are available for review by other consumers.
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Store
specials and promotions. |
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Powerful
search capability by manufacturer, category or keyword. |
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Introduction of upcoming products and availability. |
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Easy
one time sign-up. |
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Instant order acknowledgement & confirmation. |
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Spontaneous and fast promotion of products and specials. |
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Order
delivery / Pick-up options.
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Multiple
payment options. |
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| Back-end
‘Management Console’: |
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Easy
Order Management. |
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View/Accept/Release/Cancel
orders. |
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Update
order status. |
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Multiple
payment options. |
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Catalog
Management. |
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Add/Delete/Modify
Categories/Products/images. |
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Add/Delete/Modify
Manufacturer’s Information, including logo/website etc. |
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View
new/old consumers. |
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View
reviews. |
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Multiple
Franchisees/Resellers. |
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Supply
Chain and Service ready. |
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| OPPORTUNITIES
PRESENTED BY ONLINE GROCERY STORE : |
|
| Operation
of OGS entails additional logistics, particularly in the areas of
DELIVERY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ORDER MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING. After
a careful market study, Ecommi has determined following options for
the business owners to choose from. |
| Business
Only Model: |
This
opportunity extends for a single site for the business, where
business owner shoulders all the responsibilities of logistics,
support and promotion.
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| Franchisee
Model: |
A business owner can appoint franchisees for various geographic
districts, operated by Independent Business Owners (IBOs).
IBO’s assume all additional responsibilities and overheads
in exchange for owning and operating a business at very nominal
cost. |
| Reseller
Model: |
Independent OGS are provided to the resellers under their own
name but the order management is processed to one store owner
who becomes a whole seller to these resellers. This model gives
all the responsibility to the resellers. The detail comparison
is provided below. |
| B2B
Interface: |
Option. B2B interface is available for those customers who have
their own independent stores and are purchasing in Bulk, to
automate the order management. |
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| BENEFITS: |
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Increase
revenue |
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Low risk and low cost start-up. |
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No
risk business expansion potential |
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Consolidated
Business Promotion & Marketing [Franchisee Option]. |
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Increased
Efficiency. |
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Convenient
billing & Account Consolidation. |
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Affordable
monthly maintenance. |
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Low
or no additional overheads. |
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Unlimited
business potential. |
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| What
does it take to start? |
As
discussed earlier it requires consolidation of few resources to
start this business. Ecommi.com has come up with certain options,
which includes:
E-commi will provide a standard web page with Grocery Catalogue
to its BOs. The web store will have all the functionality needed
to conduct the business. E-commi’s development team can build
web images from standard to any upward level to enhance & promote
the web image (not recommended for new start-ups)
After
signing up with E-commi, the store will be ready and functional
within 3-5 business days.
E-commi will maintain the catalogues and BO will have full access
to his store to specify his terms, charges rates and his policies
etc. For the convenience of the business owners, site catalogue
comes ready with most customizable standard policies, terms and
conditions pages. |
