Distributors

Lineson provides e-commerce solutions for distributors in the industrial, contractor and construction supply markets. 

Lineson e-commerce solutions provide traditional distributors with the tools to market their local service and support online.  Internet shoppers will be able to find your product lines and even check your inventory levels for pickup at your store. 

Whether you have an existing site and just want to add e-commerce capabilities or if you need development from scratch Lineson provides solutions, from turnkey e-commerce, with product catalogs populated and maintained by Lineson to enterprise class e-business.   

Each of our solutions is as unique as your business, contact us at 877-787-7171 to discuss your opportunity to increase sales online.    Or if you are ready click signup to the right or visit our getting started page. 

Comprehensive E-Commerce Services

Lineson provides the most cost effective solutions for industrial, contractor and construction supply distributors, from fully managed turnkey e-commerce sites; customized with your product lines to enterprise class e-business Lineson has a solution that fits your needs and your budget. 

With Lineson’s e-commerce solution, you will have your own fully functioning e-commerce site that can seamlessly and securely incorporate your catalog. You can set up and maintain your Lineson e-commerce site with specific pricing and you can add unlimited number of other product lines. The e-commerce store can be managed by you or Lineson can do it for you.

As your business needs grow, Linesons’ e-commerce grows, too. When you're ready to do more with your online store, you can quickly and easily move up to a higher level of Lineson e-commerce – Business, Advanced, or Enterprise Editions. Upgrading is as easy as clicking your mouse – your new features will automatically appear.  Rather than having to start over with a new solution, you can build on your previous work. All Lineson e-commerce packages include a domain name, a website with SSL encryption, email, and a fully functioning e-commerce site with

The Advanced Edition adds the ability to sell services, subscriptions and memberships and provide electronic product fulfillment. Inventory management is greatly enhanced and there are extensive merchandising options.  The Enterprise Edition completely automates your supply chain, allowing you to create a virtual inventory system. You can segment customers into groups and offer wholesale pricing. You can even create an affiliate program and assign online activity to your sales force.  

Catalog Management

We can load your product lines, maintain product pricing and descriptions, and anything else you can think of saving you a tremendous amount of time and resources by eliminating manual content updates to your e-commerce site every time information changes.

Lineson Capabilities

E-commerce services

Lineson has partnered with eBay to offer complete e-commerce software based on ProStores™.  

Catalog loading and populating

Lineson can help you get online quicker by preloading you store with selected manufacturers, or even loading your own catalog.   Current product lines. 

Complete e-commerce management

Too busy to manage your online store?  Let Lineson manage it for you.  We will run it all and just send you the orders.   Call 877-787-7171 for details. 

Website, email and ISP services

Need a website?  E-mail branded to your company?  Lineson provides addition services from co-located servers, websites and email.   

Merchant Account Services 

Lineson sells and manages merchant accounts and payment gateways allowing you to accept credit cards on the internet.  

E-commerce Partner

List all or only a selection of your products on ToolLines.com.  This is a pilot program to test the waters of internet marketing.  

Merchant Account Services

Merchant Account Services allow you to accept credit cards online and offline. 

SSL Certificates

SSL Certificates authenticate your identity to online shoppers.  Lineson offers a complete selection of certificates whatever your needs.   

Marketing and Advertising

Lineson can develop and manage effective online advertising designed to drive qualified visitors to your site.  Call Lineson at 877-787-7171 for details. 

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Why Sell Online? Why Lineson ProStores™?      

Online Stores are a Key Growth Tool for Distributors

E-Commerce presents the most significant growth opportunity for wide range of U.S. small businesses. The number of these companies selling goods and services online will grow from 850,000 at the end of 1999 to 2.9 million in 2003. 

In today's world, you need to sell online in order to stay competitive (IDC 2000).  Unfortunately, many e-commerce solutions are highly complex and expensive to set up. And if your storefront isn't sophisticated, it is difficult to attract and keep customers. Lineson ProStores™ is easy and provides customers with all the features they've come to expect from web stores.

You Can Be Selling Online Faster Than You Think

Lineson ProStores™ makes electronic commerce easier than ever. You can sign up on-line and quickly build your own online store. Lineson ProStores™ gives you all the tools you need to extend your business into the world of E-Business.

Lineson ProStores™ is available in Standard, Professional, and our new Site Edition versions, so it can grow as your online business grows. Site Edition allows merchants to build a traditional web site within a commerce application.  When they are ready to transition to full electronic commerce, merchants can go to their ISP's web site and upgrade seamlessly and instantaneously with the click of a button. Add additional modules (Supplier Connect, Sales Manager and Customer Plus) for even greater functionality, all without losing any of your original investment.

Sign Up Today! It's Quick and Easy

You can get started today for as little as $50 a month. We will bill your credit card monthly and you can cancel the service any time you like. If you want your own domain name, we can get that for you as well. If you already have a merchant account for processing credit card payments we can connect you with CyberCash, CyberSource, Authorize.net, Payflow, SurePay and QuickCommerce Pro for real-time transaction processing. If you need a merchant account, we can help you get one through our partners at Merchant Support Network, Virtual App from FDC’s Sure Pay, and Ecommerce Exchange.

Build Your Own Online Store

Once you've signed up, Lineson ProStores™is simple. There are wizards to get you started, and online context sensitive help throughout.

Lineson ProStores™ lets you quickly design your catalog and purchase pages exactly the way you like through an online web interface. You can manage your store, generate reports and view customer histories through a secure Internet connection. You can even instantly upgrade to add functionality online.

All The Features You Need

Why should you settle for an e-commerce application that forces you to change your business models or won't grow with you? Lineson ProStores™ can manage unlimited SKUs and provides real time, secure transaction processing so that credit card transactions don't waste your valuable time.

Make E-Commerce an Integral Part of Your Business.

Lineson ProStores™ is built entirely on open standards so it works with the tools you are already using to run your business. Lineson ProStores™ has sophisticated inventory, supplier and sales lead management tools that you can rely on to support and grow your business. You can create affiliate programs allowing other web sites to sell for you. Using the online Report Manager you can monitor all the vital statistics of your E-Business. So why wait? Get started today!

Information for Lineson ProStores™ V 3.1 and higher

Kurant, ProStores™ and ProStores™ ISP Advantage are trademarks of Kurant Corporation. Cobalt Networks and Cobalt RaQ are trademarks of Cobalt Networks, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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