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At Hara Partners, we have a boatload of solutions to offer—I mean, we wouldn’t be a real company if we didn’t.

Primarily, we are known for our NetSuite-Magento Connector, which integrates Magento with the NetSuite payment system.

Some of our other solutions include the Sales Tax Magento Module, the Magento BlueCherry Connector, Bill Me Later for Magento, and Magento Health Check.

Solutions are also offered by our clients, as you can see on International Checkout Solutions‘ websites.

You can also read our posts on Paypal. As part of its ongoing commitment to furthering merchant interests by improving the customer experience, Paypal has recently announced its plans to offer two new Magento apps to the e-Commerce platform’s users, “in-Aisle Ordering” and “Order Ahead”, each of which promises to alleviate a common consumer “pain point” (as PayPal has termed those event that lessen the customer experience).

The first Magento app offered by the online payments giant, “In-Aisle Selling”, allows store owners to connect their Magento sites to “Here”, PayPal’s mobile POS application, and is intended to combat the hassle of checking-out by allowing sales associates to accept payments anywhere via any smart phone or web-enabled device. The second Magento app, “Order Ahead” is, as the name suggests, a gateway for customers to place, and pay for, orders directly from the app via any smart phone or tablet thus bypassing any lines.

The In-Aisle Selling offering promises to connect your Magento store with PayPal’s mobile point-of-sale app “Here” so that any mobile device can be turned into what PayPal has termed a “concierge” sales tool. Now, sales associates can smoothly close sales right in the aisle, including accepting payments and the full array of shipping options, just like using a regular POS terminal.

With that said, check out our Solutions page whenever you have the free time.

Magento Rich Merchandising Suite

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What Magento Rich Merchandising Suite is

Magento Rich Merchandising Suite allows online retailers to put their customers into groups, so you can pitch directly to them and their interests. As a store owner, you will know exactly what your customer has bought or is thinking of buying, and you can see exactly what they are searching for; to this end, you will then be able to show them related products – for example, if a customer is searching for ‘laptops’, you will be able to show them specific products such as peripherals (external hard drives or mice).

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Magento PayPal Integration – Configuring PayPal API

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Magento Paypal Integration
Magento Paypal Integration

Ecommerce industry studies have shown that offering your customers more payment options directly leads to increased conversions. This makes sense when you analyze the current payment trends: In 2009 77% of online sales involved credit cards, down from 85% the prior year and experts have forecasted that they expect non-credit card payments to account for 30% of total sales by 2014. One easy way to increase your payment options is through Magento PayPal integration.

Utilizing PayPal on your Magento site adds multiple payment options in one fell swoop: Your customers now have many payment options from which to choose: credit cards, a bank account, their PayPal account and even financing via PayPal Bill Me Later. In this post I’ll walk you through what is involved in the standard Magento PayPal integration so you can decide if PayPal is right for you (hint: it is).

Magento PayPal Integration: What You Need to Know:

Most of the PayPal modules are already built right into the Magento platform so adding them to your store only requires enabling and configuring the modules you want – no coding is required.

In your Magento Admin panel choose system>configuration. Select the PayPal tab on the left.

Magento PayPal Integration
Magento PayPal Integration

A)      Link your PayPal account to your Magento store in the Merchant Account Panel by selecting the appropriate options.

B)      Choose which PayPal payment modules you want in the Select a PayPal Solution Panel:

  1. Express Checkout
  2. Website Payments Standard
  3. Website Payments Pro
  4. Website Payments Pro Payflow Edition (includes its own Express Checkout)
  5. Payflow Pro Gateway
  6. Express Checkout with Payflow Pro Gateway

C)      The configuration panel corresponding to the payment method you’ve chosen above will open.

  1. Enter the appropriate information and press the “save configuration” button in the upper right corner.

The process of configuring PayPal can be a bit tricky, you may want to consider getting a professional to handle the heavy lifting, especially where custom design work is involved – you don’t want to jeopardize your site performance. Please visit Magento PayPal Integration by Hara Partners; don’t wait until you’ve already lost sales – add more payment options to your Magento ecommerce store with Magento PayPal integration today.

Magento NetSuite Connector – by Hara Partners

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Magento NetSuite Connector

The only thing that could make Magento a better eCommerce solution is a robust and cloud-based ERP that integrates seamlessly. That’s why Hara Partners created the Magento NetSuite Connector. The connector allows necessary data to smoothly flow from one program to another, with no loss of efficiency. Created by the Magento experts at Hara Partners, our Magento NetSuite Connector features streamlined architecture, an intuitive user experience, and out-of-the-box functionality which make this the simplest Magento NetSuite integration and synchronization software available on the market.

Features of the Magento NetSuite Connector from Hara Partners

Improved Architecture
The Magento NetSuite Connector from Hara Partners is built directly into the current NetSuite interface so the all familiar NetSuite tools remain. All relevant activity can be accessed as you prefer, in NetSuite or Magento, or both.

Improved User Experience
Real-time event-triggered reporting, driven by customer activity displays errors and metrics where and when they occur. As a result you’re more informed and better able to take action if it be required. By integrating your Magento front-end directly into NetSuite we can noticeably raise performance and improve responsiveness, bypassing difficulties that leave other Magento API based solutions foundering.

Developer-Friendly
To aid development and customization our developers maintained the core NetSuite and Magneto competencies by working within their native environments, so there’s no need to learn third-party technologies, or juggle multiple platforms. As one of the original Magento development companies we are intimately familiar with both platforms and our developers took pains not to impede or impair any core functionalities.

How Does It Work?
The NetSuite Magento Connector features a centralized dashboard so most tasks and reports can be accessed in one location, saving you significant time and effort. Included features:

  • Daily inventory synchronization (full NetSuite Magento Synchronization).
  • Real-time monitoring automatically imports new orders into NetSuite at your your specified intervals. New orders are transferred with no information loss, all relevant product and customer data is passed along.
  • All product configurations and fields from both platforms remain to ensure no loss of functionality.

To begin your conquest please visit Magento NetSuite Connector from Hara Partners.

Magento Managed Support Services

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In general, the day to day activities associated with running a retail operation don’t leave e-tailers and their employees with much free time. Unfortunately, that means when something crops up that must be taken care of someone has to stop their normal responsibilities to take care of it. Often this task falls outside of the normal job description and area of expertise of the poor soul whose responsibility this has now become. The upshot is that fixing said issue takes far longer than it needs to, and during that time something that should be getting done is being neglected. And when your business is built upon a platform as intricate and complex as Magento is, a small issue can turn into a major disaster quite quickly. Large companies have teams of employees just for these such occasions but what are small- and midsize-business owners to do? The answer is Magento Managed Support Services from Hara Partners

Magento Managed Support Services – By Hara Partners

With Magento Managed Support from Hara Partners you’ll have a team Magento experts on your side. From prophylactic measures like site auditing with our proprietary HealthCheck software and quarterly strategic planning sessions, to a 24/7 helpdesk with phone support and uptime guarantees – worrying about the back-end of your company will be a thing of the past.

Magento Managed Support Services – what’s included?

Our Magento Managed Support Services packages cover three distinct arenas: Set-up/Optimization assistance, issue prevention, and strategic planning, and issue management.

Set-up/Optimization Services:

Hara Partners team of Magento experts will make sure that you are getting the absolute maximum from Magento. Starting with the internal – we’ll review your core architecture and configuration settings – through to your back-end – importing and exporting and getting your reporting set-up – to the external – with branding and design assistance and SEO services – we’ll get your store in tip-top shape.

Issue Prevention and Strategic Planning:

Once your store is up and running in peak condition we can assess your risk factors and start taking measures to mitigate or prevent any issues. We’ll monitor your site’s uptime and performance so any issues are addressed promptly as well as using our proprietary site–auditing software HealthCheck to unearth any underlying issues with your site’s code so they can be addressed before any harm is caused.

Issue Management:

Included with Hara Partners Magento Managed Support services is a 24/7/365 Help desk with phone, email and ticket support, so we are never out of reach. Additionally, we provide a daily report outlining any issues that have occurred or might occur so your always informed and part of the decision making process.

When you use Magento Managed Support Services from Hara Partners we’ll take care of your Magento store so you can take care of business. This list is just the tip of the iceberg, to see the full array of features and options please visit Magento Managed Support Services from Hara Partners.

Magento Apps: PayPal’s In-aisle Selling and Order Ahead Now Available.

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PayPal, as part of its ongoing commitment to furthering merchant interests by improving the customer experience, has recently announced its plans to offer two new Magento apps to the e-Commerce platform’s users, “in-Aisle Ordering” and “Order Ahead”, each of which promises to alleviate a common consumer “pain point” (as PayPal has termed those event that lessen the customer experience). The first Magento app offered by the online payments giant, “In-Aisle Selling”, allows store owners to connect their Magento sites to “Here”, PayPal’s mobile POS application, and is intended to combat the hassle of checking-out by allowing sales associates to accept payments anywhere via any smart phone or web-enabled device. The second Magento app, “Order Ahead” is, as the name suggests, a gateway for customers to place, and pay for, orders directly from the app via any smart phone or tablet thus bypassing any lines.

In-Aisle Ordering

Magento AppsThe In-Aisle Selling offering promises to connect your Magento store with PayPal’s mobile point-of-sale app “Here” so that any mobile device can be turned into what PayPal has termed a “concierge” sales tool. Now, sales associates can smoothly close sales right in the aisle, including accepting payments and the full array of shipping options, just like using a regular POS terminal.

 

Order Ahead

Magento AppsAfter a successful run of Beta testing at Jamba Juice, where the app has been in use since January 2013, PayPal is now making Order Ahead available to all Magneto users. The Order Ahead which is completely “turn-key” – it’s actually part of the PayPal app – places the full menu and ordering experience including payment in the hands of the consumer, so their order is filled and ready when they arrive at your store thus eliminating any time wasted in line.

Whether these apps revolutionize the shopper experience or not remains to be seen, however, it seems fairly certain that they capable of driving some sales your way at little to no cost to you and are, therefore, well worth a look.

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All images courtesy of www.magentocommerce.com

Magento Sales Tax Office Module for Skullcandy

Magento Sales Tax Office

Skullcandy takes pride in applying the latest technology to its consumer listening experience. At Hara Partners we share this passion for technology and implement the most advanced business systems like the Magento Sales Tax Office Module so that our clients can concentrate on selling great products.

Skullcandy has customers from all over the world coming from thousands of different tax regions. It desperately needed an automatic way to keep track of them and charge its customers accordingly. The main challenge for Skullcandy was implementing an automatic system that would not interfere with their existing Magento store.

Hara Partners set Skullcandy up with the advanced Magento Sales Tax Office Module (STO) and worked with the Skullcandy staff to modify their tax rate functionality according to their needs. Hara Partners also load-tested the Sales Tax Office – Magento connection for high-volume cases.

The Magento Sales Tax Office Module is able to synchronize order information, tax lookup queries, and transaction details. Not only did we make it easier for them to conduct business but Hara Partners also provides Skullcandy with ongoing technical consultation, support, and training.

Keep rockin’ Skullcandy, we’ll handle the rest.

If your Magento business can benefit from the Sales Tax Module integration visit harapartners.com.

Magento Sales Tax Module – Navigating Taxes with Rand McNally

Magento Sales Tax Module

Dealing with tax rates is by far one of the most tedious parts of running a store. Thanks to Hara Partners, Rand McNally can no longer punish its employees by making them research and implement tax policy manually  By setting up a connection to their staging environment and installing the Magento Sales Tax module, created by CCH (Salestax.com), directly into the Rand McNally Magento store we have proudly eliminated that form of torture.

Rand McNally has been in the navigation business for over one hundred years. In the last decade they have established themselves as the premier navigation tool in the commercial industry. Their Magento based store at RandMcNally.com is a major destination for companies and consumers looking to improve their navigating capabilities. Since Rand McNally customers come from all corners of the United States a simple and automatic sales tax calculation software is a crucial tool for streamlining the Rand McNally business model. The Magento Sales Tax Module is the ideal tool. Utilizing an extensive and constantly updated system of sales taxes from all over the country, the Sales Tax Module is able to appropriately obtain and implement sales tax figures from every region automatically.

Automating the sales tax was no easy task. Testing various case scenarios was an essential part of our integration. Because tax rates vary wildly based on geographic location it was very important to make sure that business would go smoothly for Rand McNally with no interference from a particularly complicated tax. Finally we were able to implement all this complexity into the Magento configuration parameters so that Rand McNally can easily adjust to any situation without having to hire additional people to change the code.

If you are interested in eliminating your sales tax headaches and would like to know more about Magento Sales Tax Module integration for your Magento store contact us at harapartners.com!

Magento BlueCherry ERP Integration

Magento BlueCherry ERP Integration

Hara Partners developed a streamlined Magento BlueCherry ERP Integration. BlueCherry is a comprehensive enterprise solution purpose built for the fashion and apparel marketplace which allows clients to manage their product lifecycles from concept to consumer. Created by soft-goods pioneer and industry leader CGS, Blue Cherry includes a vast list of functionalities including ERP, PLM, BI, and EDI capabilities in a comfortable “Microsoft Office-like environment”, and the software touts itself as having the lowest total cost of ownership in its class. The program also includes membership in the BlueCherry User Community for hive mind solutions and real-life experience.

There are ample reasons for any Magento user in the soft-goods industry to make the move to the far more robust BlueCherry system. One benefit of using BlueCherry over the stock Magento interface is increased “speed to market”. Achieved chiefly via a mix of financial and communication planning apps soft-goods retailers will appreciate alleviating one of their major headaches: misforecasting stock orders.

A second benefit of making the upgrade is distribution simplification. The supply chains of today stretch across continents so any delays or snags get magnified as they move through the process, BlueCherry integrates the warehouse directly into the supply chain thus streamlining the entire order-to-cash process.

Moreover, the process of integrating Blue Cherry into your Magento store is quite painless. Using our Magento Bluecherry ERP Integration to export product, inventory, tracking and return management data from the BlueCherry interface into your Magento back-end and return requests and order information the other way.

While the stock Magento interface is capable of handling the needs of those in the soft-goods industries, there comes a point in time at which the limitations of the program will start to negatively impact your company’s growth at that point it’s time to make the move to Blue Cherry.

Read more about the Magento Bluecherry ERP Integration.