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Previously, you needed to list Free Shipping details within the description for Master/Slave items. Now your Superstore allows you to add an icon to these products drawing attention to them.

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This enhancement allows you to create Discount and Affiliate codes with specific discounts or dollar amounts.

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The website can now accept Gift Card payments.

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Streamline your Free Shipping strategy and indicate "Item never ships free" on designated products.

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If you price an item below MAP, the website will show an icon station "Too Low To Show". Once the item is added to the Shopping Cart, customers are able to see the price.

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An additional field has been added to the Add Products Tool allowing you to list the duration of the item's warranty.

This entry is viewable on the product detail page and provides your customers with instantly seen warranty duration details.

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Now you have the ability to add comments to your vendor and your own unique purchase order number when sending an order to the vendor for drop-shipping.

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You now have the ability to designate products as In Store, Online Only or both. This simple to use feature will eliminate your customer's confusion of where and how they can purchase products.

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Now you can create a discount schedule for repeat customers to receive deeper discounts. You set the thresholds and discount amounts. When the customer passes a threshold, the will automatically receive the discount on their orders. No need for special codes, your parameters make it simple!

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With the continued growth of our Video Tutorial Library, we've created a separate menu selection within the Help/FAQ website.

This will allow you to quickly browse all videos and easily select titles for viewing.

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This time saving enhancement automatically resizes your large image for thumbnail use.

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Now you have the ability to adjust your Gross Profit Margin for each specific product feed pushed to your website. This simplifies your pricing and eliminates the need for individual product or category adjustments.

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Now you are able to view any abandoned Shopping Carts complete with customer contact information. This will allow you to contact them to see why they did not complete the transaction.

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Dual purpose system allows customers to browse, view, purchase and print sheet music instantly either in your store or any place that have web access. We clear the credit card and you get a generous commission on every sale.

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Redesigned URL's are now better recognized by search engines. The name of the product is now included along with category details. This enhancement will have a big impact on your search rankings.

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You'll be notified when a customer submits a product review. Log in to your Control Panel and edit or delete the review prior to posting it to your website

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It's designed to entice customers to continue shopping until they reach your free shipping point. The Free Shipping module must be enabled.

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Currently our system now supports page title and meta tags per individual products.

Having custom meta tags/page titles for individual products should increase your rank with search engine companies if done properly.

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Currently our system now supports a In-Store Pickup/Online Only notification.

Now customers can see if you physically have the product in your store's stock or if it is an online only product.

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Dealers can now allow authorized teachers to list open lesson times and students can book the lessons online using the website.

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The Contest Manager has been enhanced to allow dealers to include more details about the promotion. A Rich Text Editor has been added that enables dealers to add graphics, pictures and enhanced text to better promote the give-away.

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The Contact Us page now has the SPAM inhibiting CAPTCHA tool. Customers must type words prior to sending messages to the website.

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Customers now have the ability to add a Gift Message within the shopping cart.

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Now customers who visit your Superstore website can easily share product or contest detail links with their friends on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and over 260 more websites.

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Your Superstore website now has the ability to accept 3 different types of PayPal payments. Depending on your choice, you can set your shopping cart to accept PayPal Standard, PayPal Express or PayPal Payments Pro. Please visit www.paypal.com for program details.

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Now your customers can make online payments for rentals, lessons or general payments. They simply select the type of payment, provide a few details and go through the shopping cart to make the payment. As with all other orders, you are notified once a payment is received.

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Dealers now are able to add multiple product view images for items sold within their Superstore websites. This is a tremendous new tool that will help increase sales.

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The way Bill Walzak sees it, music retailers are missing a boatload of sales - sales that don't require inventory or staff. Three years ago...

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Bill and David were invited to address NAMM-U attendees and discuss ideas and concepts for what makes a great website.

The highly-attended session offered insights regarding the advantages of turnkey websites and better ways to use their website to improve marketing to consumers.

NAMM invites Pro-Active's Bill Walzak and David Hall to give seminar at the Summer NAMM Show held in June 2008.

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Pro-Active Software sets the new standard for website creation, management and order fulfillment allowing music dealers to effectively compete on the Internet

Feb. 06, 2008 - Arlington Heights, IL. - Pro-Active Software Website Solution won a "Best in Show - Company to Watch" Award at the winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show 2008, the largest music products trade show in the United States. Pro-Active Software was chosen as one of the "hottest" companies because of its full-featured, turnkey website solution and the highly effective suite of sales and marketing tools included within the websites built for music retailers.

A music store owner herself, Liane Rockley, of Rockley Music selected Pro-Active Software because she was impressed with the feature-packed program and how it can effectively help music dealers even the playing field on the Internet. She said, "As a store owner and advisor to the music industry, I have the privilege to be on the panel that selects the products and companies for the 'Best in Show' honors that happens at every NAMM Trade Show. During my recent search for 5 of my favorite exciting new products and companies unveiled at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, I discovered Pro-Active Software and was extremely impressed with the bang for the buck this company provides music retailers.

She also commented on the built in Affiliate Program Manager that allows dealers to offer discounts to a wide range of groups. Liane said "for example, the Affiliate Program has the ability to allow the dealer to provide a discount to a local school music program and let the director stay in the loop by logging in to see what students have bought from the website. If a dealer provides a percentage of the sales to the school's music program, the directors can even see how much is in the account. What a great marketing tool and positive program for the community! "

Liane went on to say that "Pro-Active Software and their parent company, Mechanical Music have over 25 years experience in the music industry and understands what makes dealers successful. The websites they create for dealers are attractive, easy to manage, come pre-loaded with over 100,000 vendor drop-shippable products, and allow you to easily upload your own products. They even include a suite of powerful marketing tools to better help you integrate your brick and mortar business with your website."

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