Language | Advanced Shipping Technology, GoShip, now integrated into Bondware V1.7.0 |
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. and LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., August 18, 2000 - EdgeNet, Inc., a leading developer of open-source software, and GoShip.com have formed a technology alliance that allows businesses using EdgeNet's Bondware™ software to offer GoShip.com's real-time parcel shipping rate and delivery information to online customers. Bondware, EdgeNet's premier e-business toolkit for small to midsize businesses, enables a business to quickly and easily create an e-commerce community website using any Internet browser. The Bondware software includes functions for online shopping, chat, discussions, article publishing, ad banner management, customer profiling, polling, and other needs related to the development and maintenance of online e-commerce communities. With the new GoShip service, Bondware users can allow their customers to choose their preferred method of shipping, including carrier and cost based on the delivery time needs and customer preferences. The GoShip service provides management tools that enable online merchants to control shipping operations and incorporate shipping into easily modified competitive strategies. "GoShip complements Bondware's philosophy perfectly," said, Tim Choate, chairman and chief executive officer of EdgeNet, Inc. "This new functionality adds yet another way that small and midsize merchants can use their online communities to build customer loyalty that drives repeat business." "Leveling the playing field is a common theme for both Bondware and GoShip," said Neal Anstadt, president and chief executive officer of GoShip.com. "In the same way that Bondware enables even the smallest merchants to build an affordable yet aggressive online presence, GoShip helps them level the playing field by offering shipping options that were once reserved for larger companies." About EdgeNet Inc. Nashville, Tenn.-based EdgeNet Inc. develops software tools for e-business. EdgeNet's Application Server Environment (EASE) is distributed freely and is one of the cornerstones of the patent-pending Application Value Chain (AVC). The AVC features software developed in an open-source developers network (www.easeforum.com), certified by EdgeNet, and distributed through an extensive network of resellers. EdgeNet's M2O (made-to-order) technology is a leader in the area of complex product configuration. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.edgenet.com. About GoShip.com Based in Laguna Niguel, California, GoShip.com, a division of Commerce Dynamics, Inc., was founded in 1999 to meet a need identified by its core team of e-Commerce and shipping industry experts: the need to offer choice in determining how goods travel the "last mile" from seller to buyer. With more than 20 years of front-line shipping savvy and a team of e-Commerce specialists, GoShip.com has created the next generation infrastructure for online shipping. The company's goal is to be the worldwide leader in e-Commerce shipment rating software and services for e-Merchants of all tangible goods sold via the Internet including value-added resellers and enterprise system designers. To learn more about GoShip.com and its online shipping services, visit the company's website at www.goship.com. |
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