Drop-shipping and integrated payment processing come with a new ecommerce store platform from Polyconcept North America, or PCNA, the ecommerce subsidiary of promotional products supplier Polyconcept.

PCNA is making the e-stores available through its Givee Select ecommerce platform. It says client distributors use a “set-up wizard” to launch one or more stores “within minutes” with customized product selections from PCNA’s curated catalog of such product categories as apparel, backpacks and water bottles that their customers can personalize with their imprinted names and by color and size. It also provides technical site set-up assistance at no charge, PCNA says.

PCNA ecommerce store platform

Distributors that sell through the e-stores can send store links to invited guests, such as a company’s employees, to either ecommerce “gifting stores,” where guests choose products to receive as gifts without making a payment, or to more traditional stores where guests pay the list product prices.

For both types of shopping experiences, the ecommerce store operator pays a flat shipping and fulfillment fee of $9.95 per order, regardless of size. PCNA lists no additional website deployment or operating fees, though it notes that site operators “only pay for items ordered in the store” by invited store guests. To process customer payment transactions, the Givee Select platform uses its integration with the Stripe payment system.

Neil Ringle, CEO, PCNA

“With the launch of our e-commerce capabilities and flat rate shipping for orders of any size, we are devoted to providing distributors with the tools they need,” says Neil Ringel, CEO of PCNA. “This approach enables the easy creation of versatile stores that cater to diverse customer needs, foster pride and ownership, and reduce overproduction.”

A PCNA spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for more information on the Givee Select platform’s technology infrastructure and any additional operating costs or revenue-generating opportunities for distributors.

PCNA says other e-store operating features include:

• The ability to manage multiple stores from a single platform.
• No minimum product order quantities.
• The ability to set custom product selling prices.
• Accept secure credit card payments via Stripe and receive funds when guests place their orders.
• Print-on-demand product personalization by each store customer.
• Orders drop-shipped within four to seven business days.

Paul Demery is a Digital Commerce 360 contributing editor covering B2B digital commerce technology and strategy. paul@digitalcommerce360.com.

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