Website: http://www.freebears.com/
Description: Freebears.com offers over 900 different teddy bears and stuffed animals. Their selection is one of the best on the web and they strive to have the most outstanding customer service you can find anywhere on the internet. The website is named freebears.com because they give away free bears. For every purchase of $50 or more, freebears.com will donate a free bear to a local children’s charity or send a free Cushy Critter teddy bear to you with your order.
Focus of newsletter: ShopSite 8.1 – This month’s newsletter talks about the ShopSite ecommerce product, specifically version 8.1. The freebears.com website has been using ShopSite Pro for over three 3 years, and is running the latest version (8.1). The site has incorporated many of the features offered by ShopSite, including gift certificates, coupons, mini shopping cart that appears on all site pages, and several features that are only possible through custom programming of ShopSite templates. To date, they have not found anything that could not be done to customize the store using ShopSite templates.
Technologies used: The website is built using ShopSite Pro, version 8.1. Several LexiConn add-on modules for ShopSite are also being used, including the Order Status Module, the FedEx/USPS Shipping Module, the Cart Abandonment Module, and the Customer Loyalty Coupon Module. ScanAlert’s Hackersafe program provides the site’s monitoring services. The website also employs the use of a blog, which can be seen at: http://www.freebears.com/stuffed-animals/