Name: Octopus
Price: 125 USD
Rating: 9.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Omnichannel Commerce

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Version Control

Development

Alumni Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Management

Enterprise Legal Management

Policy Management

Project Portfolio Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

HR Service Delivery

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Storage

Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)

Data Catalog

Data Center Networking

Data Integration

Database Load Balancing

Density-Optimized Servers

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed DNS

Managed File Transfer (MFT)

Managed Hosting

Mobile Application Performance Monitoring  (APM)

Mobile Device Management (MDM)

Network Diagnostics

Network Performance Monitoring

NoSQL Databases

Observability

Server Management

Time Series Databases

Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Audio Editing

Content Management

Contest Management

Customer Journey Analytics

Digital Asset Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Analytics

Marketing Automation

Mobile Advertising

Mobile Analytics

Press Release Management

Product Information Management (PIM)

Social Media Analytics

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Video Collaboration

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Wireframing

Professional Services

Call Recording

Customer Communication Management

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Presales

Sales

Civil Engineering

Construction Workforce Management

Dental

Loan Servicing

Patient Engagement

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)

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Octopus is a cloud-based middleware platform provided by Digital Retail Consultants, LLC dba 24Seven Commerce. According to the vendor, Octopus is designed to offer seamless integration solutions for Point of Sale (POS) systems and eCommerce platforms. It acts as a bridge between different systems, facilitating smooth data synchronization and communication. Octopus caters to businesses of all sizes, including retailers, eCommerce businesses, multi-channel retailers, POS system providers, brick-and-mortar stores, online marketplaces, and the fashion and apparel industry.

## Key Features

**QuickBooks NopCommerce integration**: Octopus provides QuickBooks NopCommerce integration, allowing the synchronization of price, inventory, orders, and customers between NopCommerce and QuickBooks POS system. This integration aims to enable seamless management of in-store and online business as one, automatically updating product information and web order details.

**Windward NopCommerce Integration**: Octopus offers Windward NopCommerce Integration, enabling the transfer of POS inventory online and the downloading of NopCommerce orders into Windward System Five POS. This integration provides a seamless link between online and offline operations, automatically updating stock levels and facilitating efficient distribution of customer details.

**RMS NopCommerce Integration**: Octopus enables full-fledged integration between RMS and NopCommerce store, allowing two-way synchronization of items and orders. This integration leverages the power of eCommerce for global brand establishment in a cost-effective manner.

**NCR Counterpoint NopCommerce Integration**: Octopus supports NCR Counterpoint NopCommerce Integration, empowering retailers to manage prices, inventory, web orders, and customer information automatically. This integration maps simple items and categories in Counterpoint with NopCommerce's bundled products and categories, enhancing efficiency.

**TallyERP NopCommerce integration**: Octopus ensures TallyERP 9 compatibility with NopCommerce, enhancing product information and automating the download of web orders into Tally. It updates stocks and prices automatically, providing a multi-language integration solution for retailers in different regions.

**Hassle-Free Omnichannel POS eCommerce Integration**: Octopus seamlessly integrates physical and digital stores, enabling retailers to manage their brick-and-mortar stores, marketplace listings, and eCommerce stores from a single platform. This integration ensures accurate inventory levels and a consistent shopping experience for customers.

**Scheduler-based Automation**: Octopus offers scheduler-based automation for automatic updates of stocks, prices, and web orders between the POS system and the eCommerce store. This automation saves time, reduces manual data entry, and streamlines the order fulfillment process.

**Truly Omnichannel Commerce**: Octopus empowers retailers to sell across multiple channels, including online platforms and in-store POS systems. It integrates with popular marketplaces, expanding reach and providing a seamless shopping experience for customers.

**Data Synchronization**: Octopus facilitates automatic synchronization of product and order details between all sales channels, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information. This synchronization reduces errors and improves operational efficiency.

**Sell Everywhere**: Octopus enables retailers to sell across all channels, including brick-and-mortar stores, online eCommerce stores, and marketplaces. This flexibility simplifies inventory and order management, allowing retailers to reach a wider customer base and accelerate business growth.

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eCommerce  is short for "electronic commerce." eCommerce software comprises electronic storefronts that provide an eCommerce solution for merchants hosting a website on which consumer transactions are generated online, and have many features ancillary to this purpose.

eCommerce

Omnichannel Commerce

Online Storefront

Features for creating an online storefront with a browse-able product catalog.

Product catalog & listings

Products are easy to browse; listings include descriptions, photos, 360-degree views, and/or videos.

Product management

Bulk product upload

Admins can upload products in bulk using spreadsheets.

Branding

Storefront is part of a unified customer experience of the brand across channels (social media, physical store, website, etc.)

Search & filter

Visitors can easily search for products and filter products based on criteria like type, size, color, etc.

Mobile storefront

Customers can easily shop on mobile devices; storefront is responsive or mobile optimized.

Product variations

Products with variations or configurable options are easy to list and easy to browse.

Subscriptions & downloads

Accommodates intangible “softgood” products like subscriptions, downloads, and free trials.

Website integration

Integrates with an existing company website or blog.

Visual customization

Users can customize the look & feel of the storefront; storefront is visually attractive.

Beyond product catalog, includes basic content creation and management features such as blogging capabilities.

Customer service tools

Includes tools like live chat for providing customer service to eCommerce website visitors.

Online Shopping Cart

Features that facilitate the collection of items so that customers can purchase them as a group.

Abandoned cart recovery

Saves contents of abandoned carts and allows customers to purchase on a future visit; may send a reminder email to the customer and/or a report to the merchant to help convert abandoned carts into sales.

Tax calculator

Shopping cart calculates tax and may also process tax or integrate to 3rd party tax handling solutions.

Shipping calculator

Shopping cart calculates and displays cost of shipping or shipping estimates.

Integration with Amazon

Syncs product catalog to Amazon; customers can find, collect and purchase products on Amazon.

Integration with eBay

Syncs product catalog to eBay; customers can find, collect, and purchase products on eBay.

Checkout user experience

Easy for customers to view shopping cart and checkout; maintains a consistent, trusted look & feel.

Online Payment System

Features related to processing online payment for eCommerce purchases.

PayPal integration

Integrates with PayPal’s online payment system.

Returns & refunds

Includes tools for managing product returns, exchanges, and refunds.

Single-click checkout

Returning customers can checkout, using their registered payment and shipping information, with one click.

eCommerce security

Security measures are in place to prevent a breach of sensitive payment information.

Credit card transaction fee

eCommerce vendor charges a payment processing fee (fixed or percentage) for credit card transactions.

B2B features

Includes features that that are valuable to B2B transactions, such as contract negotiation, pricing, invoicing, etc.

eCommerce Marketing

Features related to marketing for eCommerce websites

Promotions & discounts

Includes tools for offering and redeeming coupons, promotional codes, and time-based discounts.

Personalized recommendations

Display or recommend certain products depending on the customer’s identity or shopping/browsing history.

The platform & templates help users create the right website infrastructure (pagination, page headers, titles, meta tags, url structure, etc.) to increase the site’s visibility in search engine results.

Product reviews

Allows customers to post ratings and reviews for individual products.

Social commerce integration

Integrates with social media to allow customers to share products, shop for products, and view ads within their social media networks.

Customer registration

Customers can register for an account with their email address, saving their contact, shipping and payment information.

eCommerce Business Management

Features related to business management and administration of eCommerce operations

Multi-site management

Administrators can manage multiple storefronts or websites under one umbrella.

Order processing

Includes tools or integrations for order processing.

Inventory management

Includes tools or integrations for managing inventory.

Includes tools or integrations for managing or even automating accounting records related to eCommerce.

Shipping

Includes tools or integrations for order fulfillment of physical products.

Custom functionality

Users are able to customize the functionality of their eCommerce operation with custom code or add-ons.

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Octopus

Overview

What is Octopus?