Volusion Adds Customer Experience Expert to Executive Team.

COO and CMO of Volusion, Clay Olivier, gives expert advice in StartupNation's
" Trends in Search
Engine Optimization."

Volusion is nominated as a 2009 CODiE award finalist for Best Ecommerce Solution.

Volusion is featured in Austin.com’s article Another great startup with an Austin presence, which highlights Volusion’s start, product and service offering, and the one-one-one program in which Volusion gives back to the community.

Volusion’s CEO and founder, Kevin Sproles, is chosen as a finalist in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s
40 Under 40 Leadership Award.

Volusion is featured in San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s, Evolution + Fusion.

Volusion is featured in Practical eCommerce, Quick Query: Volusion CEO on Factors that Create Ecommerce Success.

Volusion’s Sales Department is chosen as a 2009 finalist for The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service as Sales Department of the Year - Computer Software.

Volusion’s SEO specialist offers advice in the article Techniques That Stand the Test of Time published in the January 2009 edition of Online Strategies.

Volusion Supports Local Charities for the 2008 Holiday Season.

Volusion's COO offers social network marketing tips for ecommerce sites in Small Business IT World, Social Networks Change the Online Retail Game.

Volusion Search Marketing Manager Offers Tips on Holiday Sales in E-CommerceGuide.com Biggest Online Sales Day Near.

Volusion's featured in Internet Retailer's, The Social Side of Shopping.

Volusion survey and Social Store Builder featured in Website Magazine's Interactive E-Commerce on Social Networks.

Volusion's COO, Clay Olivier, talks about the social network opportunity in Network World's podcast, Making Money on Social Networking.

Volusion's CEO and founder, Kevin Sproles, provides insight on what makes a good shopping cart application, the importance of business intelligence, and what is ahead for this technology in Enterprise System’s Business Intelligence article BI and Your Shopping Cart

Volusion commissioned survey reveals attention for interactive e-commerce on social networks.

Volusion becomes the 6th Fastest-Growing Valley-Area Company as ranked by Revenue growth from 2005-2007.

Volusion is ranked as one of the Top 10 Software Companies in the 5-10 million dollar range in The 26th Annual Ranking of the World's Largest Software and Service Providers.

Volusion COO offers SEO tips in Ecommerce Bytes How to Optimize Your Ecommerce Store for Search Enigines

Volusion multiplies office space and ramps up service and support to better accommodate the growing need for its ecommerce solution.

Volusion Case Study featured in the Retail Technology magazine article, "Fusion Hobbies Uses E-commerce Technology to Boost Sales".

Volusion now ranks number five in the Top 100 Inc. 5000 Software companies for 2008.

Volusion named Pacific Coast Business Times' 2nd Fastest Growing Company in the Tri-County area.

Volusion's CEO and founder, Kevin Sproles, is chosen as one of five finalists for Entrepreneur Magazine's "2008 Entrepreneur of the Year".

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Volusion’s Social Store Builder featured in Website Magazine.

Volusion is featured an the Austin American Statesman article. Volusion Review.

Volusion's CEO discusses the advantages that social networking sites provide online business owners in the Small Biz Technology article, The New Platform for Ecommerce.

Volusion releases Social Store Builder ™,a tool that allows store owners to feature products directly on their social networking profiles.

Volusion's COO offers Expert Advice in Ecommerce Times: Is Social Marketing Your Online Store's Top Friend?

Volusion wins The American Business Awards: The Stevies 2008 for Best Customer Service Team.

Volusion CEO chosen as a finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Volusion chosen as a finalist for The American Business Awards: The Stevies 2008 for Best Overall Company and Best Customer Service Team.

Volusion releases vZoom! ™, an enhanced merchandizing feature that lets client’s customers instantly view enlarged product images.

Volusion launches "Stores to Change the World", offering free Platinum stores to ten new non-profits every month.

Volusion awards the March winner of The Ultimate Sellers Contest with free setup and a featured article.

Volusion sponsors BarCamp Austin III.

Volusion releases the new Green Page, which highlights the company's fight against global climate change in being a carbon negative business.

Volusion adds Al Franken's Online Store to Client List.

Volusion announces its 2007 charity contributions through the Volusion Foundation, which donated $100,000 to entrepreneurs, farmers, and families in African nations.

Volusion releases its revised About Us page, giving a further glimpse into how the independently held company grew from the ground up..

Volusion Wins the 2008 Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Award for Best Ecommerce Storefront.

Volusion introduces My.Volusion.com, Volusion's Application Exchange and Volusion's Developer Wiki with its December Newswire.

Volusion Supports Local Charities for the Holidays.

Volusion releases its new Application Exchange - free applications built by the Volusion community that communicate directly with a client's store.

Volusion releases its new API which allows Volusion store owners to import/export useful data in XML format.

Volusion releases its new Developer Wiki , a community generated resource for documentation relating to developing on the Volusion platform.

Volusion releases My.Volusion.Com , which houses all of the useful tools needed to manage a client's entire online business.

Volusion Chosen as Finalist for Two 2007 Selling Power Sales Excellence Stevie Awards for "Computer Software SalesOrganization of the Year" and "Highest Sales Growth Rate"

Dimensional Shipping Now Available with Volusion's Advanced Shopping Cart Software.

Ecommerce-Guide Reviews Volusion's V5.

Stone Edge Order Manager Integration Available with Latest Version of Volusion Ecommerce Solutions.

Volusion Offers Merchants a Peek at 2007's Biggest Online Shopping Day.

Volusion Unveils Powerful New Features and Integrations with V5, the Latest Version of Its All in One Ecommerce Solution

New V5 Features Include:

• Abandoned/Live Cart Section to View Cart Contacts in Real-Time
• Advanced Newsletter System for Higher Deliverability and Open Rates
• Easy "Drag and Drop" Category Management
• Advanced Related Product Functionality
• Google Base Integration with Tracking Links Included
• Easy Loading Free Templates
• Ability to Preview Design Templates before They Are Published
• Advanced, Easy to Change Image Gallery
• Simplified Graphics Upload Process
• Supports Google Checkout UK
• Extended Google Checkout Functionality
• Full Featured Reporting Section- Generate Custom Reports and Graphs, also Includes Built-In SQL Editor
• Faster Admin Interface with Faster Page Load Times
• 301 Redirects- Add and Manage True 301 Redirects from a Single Page
• Ability to Input Orders Directly Into
• Point System in CRM for Staff Performance Tracking
• CRM Now Supports Ability to Log and Track Phone Calls
• Phone Order Page Supports Anonymous Checkout
• Syntax Highlighting for HTML
• Easily Create "Free Shipping" Coupons for Customers
• Google "Map It" Link on Order Page
• Specify Maximum Text Length on Options
• Customer Can Now Receive "Back in Stock" Emails
• Advanced Label Printing- Print USPS, DHL WorldWide and FedEx Labels Directly From Admin Area
• Faster Live Shipping Rates
• Live Rates with Canada Post
• Dimensional Shipping Support for UPS
• Shipping Support for Multiple Warehouses
• Live Search Hints to Easily Find Customers and Products
• Volusion SSL Security Seal- Displays Security Seal on Order Page w/Volusion SSL Certificate
• Captcha-Type Image Validation Support for All Form Submissions

Additional Integrations (on Select Plans)

• Stone Edge Order Manager Integration
• Endicia/Dazzle Integration
• Direct QuickBooks Integration
• Receive XML Datasets

Volusion adds Ed Hardy's Online Store to Client List

Volusion adds Omni Hotel's Business to Business Online Store to Client List

Volusion Begins to Reveal Features to be released with New Version of Its Ecommerce Solution

Due to Popular Demand, Volusion Releases More New Free Ecommerce Templates

Volusion adds Barack Obama's
Online Store to Client List

Volusion adds Lisa Rinna's Belle Grey Online Store to Client List

In keeping up with modern online business design, Volusion Releases New Free Ecommerce Template- "Zen"

Volusion Wins Two 2007 SmallBusinessComputing Excellence in Technology Awards- Best E-Commerce Store Front and Best Customer Service with Volusion Live Chat Premium Edition

Volusion Nominated as Best E-Commerce Solution by SIIA for Third Consecutive Year.

Volusion Supports Local Charities for the Holidays.

Volusion Chosen as Finalist in Two Categories for 2007 SmallBusinessComputing Excellence in Technology Awards.

Volusion Increases Technical Support Staff, Servers & Bandwidth.

Volusion adds Crutchfield Online Store to Client List

Volusion Releases First Installment of Volusion Templates.

Softpedia Features Volusion Live Chat as a 100% Clean Download.

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Ecommerce Guide features Volusion and our customers with Google Checkout   read more ...

Volusion teams up with Google to introduce Google Checkout™ read more ...

Volusion launches Ecommerce 101, a site dedicated to helping merchants succeed online.

Austin Business Journal - E-commerce services help businesses track marketing read more ...

InternetRetailer.com - TheFedoraStore.com upgrades from ProStores to Volusion read more ...

EcommerceGuide.com - Volusion Streamlines Checkout Process read more ...

EcommerceTrends.com - Eliminate Extra Steps And Get The Sale read more ...

Internet Retailer Helps Introduce Volusion's One Page Checkout.

Volusion releases version 4 with One-Page Checkout. See full features list

Volusion eCommerce Software is nominated as a finalist for the 2006 CODiE Awards in the Best eCommerce Solution category.

Volusion annouces new Google Adwords coupon partnership

Volusion partners with ScanAlert to offer free scanning and PCI compliance

Volusion speaks at the Austin XL SEO eCommerce Conference.

Version 3.0 Released.

• Re-designed Admin Area Navigation Bar
• New Admin Home Page - Customizable Real-Time Executive Dashboard
• New Financials / Report Generator with complete Drilldown all the way down to each individual order.
• Redesigned import / export system backend for increased performance and reliability. Plus this page is now compatible with Firefox and other non-ie browsers.
• New Tax Calculation System now supports tax rates all the way down to the zip code. Plus international tax support including (VAT, GST, HST, PST, for the UK, Canada, and more).
• Support for additional international PayPal currencies.
• Batch Order Printing - print packing slips for multiple orders with one click.
• MinOrderWeight and MaxOrderWeight fields added to shipping methods table for more flexibility on methods.
• Integrated IP Blocking Security feature to block IP's or IP Ranges from accessing your website
• Improved SmartMatch Inventory Control Grid Algorithms.
• Improved ClearHelp documentation. If you click on any field name on the page while editing records (such as products), it will popup a new window displaying up-to-date documentation about that field.

Volusion eCommerce Software is nominated as a finalist for the CODiE Awards in the Best eCommerce Solution category.

"The 20th annual CODiE Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a CODiE Awards finalist is a significant achievement."

EcommerceGuide.com reviews Volusion eCommerce Software read more ...

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Network World Fusion talks about Volusion's feature rich software.read more ...

New version 2.01.00 of Volusion Ecommerce released.

• Added Integrated Currency Conversion to allow customer's to choose their local currency as they shop.
• "Config_EnableDifferentShipToAddress" allows you to disallow the "ShipTo" and "BillTo" addresses to be different. For added security, disabling this variable will allow only one single address to be used.
• Improved Phone Order screen to be simpler, more intuitive.
• Added ability to import customers including BillTo and ShipTo addresses.
• Greatly improved speed and reliability of exporting data.
• Added ability to re-order options "Inventory Control" grids.
• Improved shopping cart save functionality to eliminate any chance of miscellaneous items appearing in cart.
• Improved database query speeds and increased page load time over 200% in many places.
• Deletes any CVV2 credit card data immediately after payment is collected, or if payment is never collected then after 30 days time.
• Canceling an order in admin area no longer deletes the line items associated with that order.
• Plus MANY improvements throughout.

Web Host Magazine speaks about Volusion's growth. read more ...

Skates.com uses Volusion Ecommerce Software to grow their ecommerce presence and integrate their retail business with POS functionality. Read more at Internet Retailer

Volusion chooses industry leading Rack Space for their data center services.

Michigan State University chooses Volusion for their ecommerce solution.

New manual for version 2.00.00 available online

Volusion announces their new affiliate and reseller program.

Volusion increases its support team and extends hours of availablity.

Skates.com chooses Volusion for their ecommerce solution.

New version 2.00.00 of Volusion Ecommerce released. A realm of new features and improvements provide powerful new enhancements to the existing ecommerce platform.

• Improved Security:
• Advanced Inventory Management:
• Product Option combinations (size + color + material, etc.)
• Added Additional Shipping Rates "Extra Cost" options, great for offering "insured" shipping rates
• Added one-click ability to print USPS Priority labels
• Ordering Features
• Ability to "Authorize" funds at time of sale, then "capture" while processing the order via the admin area... plus ability to "void" & "credit" via admin area. (feature only available to select gateways)
• "How to get sale price" field in Products table solves the issues imposed by your vendors who don't allow you to advertise the low price you'd like to offer.
• Added "Related Products / Accessories" up sell to shopping cart page
• Other
• Improved Navigation Menu Load Time
• Added support for "/" and "&" in ProductCodes.
• Added ability to drop ship partial order after it's been placed if necessary.
• QuickEdit Toolbar™ makes it easier to customize the customer-side of your website
• ...and MANY MANY more new features and improvements as always!!!

Volusion's growth brings 4 more employees to the team, from dev / support to sales & marketing, Volusion software and services will be continually enhanced to lead the ecommerce software industry.

Volusion, Inc. launches new website & a new corporate identity. Previous corporate name, Website Designers 2000, Inc., is now Volusion, Inc. Previous ecommerce software name of "Store 2003" is now "Volusion Ecommerce Software"

Version 1.00.39 Released

• Phone Order System to allow sales reps to quickly take orders from customers when they call in to place an order.
• ROI Tracker is an excellent new feature integrated throughout the system to track ALL clicks to your site, where the clicks came from, and how many of those clicks became SALES.
• Updated Process Order page to allow complete editing of an existing orders, including much new functionality of this page.
• Ability to run your entire store on STATIC HTML pages, rather than ".asp" querystring pages... another excellent search engine optimization benefit! Plus the ".htm" pages lose NO functionality, and everything remains completely automatic.
• Vastly improved Newsletter system - New features include: (a) integrated ROI Tracking, (b) Reporting of how many emails have been opened, (c) Reporting of how many emails were returned / bounced + complete handling of bounced email (d) Ability to track how many sales were generated from each email campaign. (e) Ability to resume sending of emails in the event of any error, and the system would never send a duplicate to the same customer.
• New QueryBank feature - an excellent personalization ability to remember & store search queries& views, data update queries, and sorting, for QUICK access.
• Added capabilities to allow for export to 3rd party applications including Froogle, BizRate, NexTag, UPS Worldship,
• Dealtime / Epinions / Shopping.com, and more to come!
• New Membership-Only site benefit: Ability to allow browsing of site while not showing pricing until they register as a member.
• Previous shipping calculation systems have been consolidated into ONE system, losing NO features, only gaining NEW features.
• New HELP system to provide quick answers to your questions about all the tables fields, by simply clicking on a field name.
• And many more upgrades, new capabilities & improvements!
• Minor updates & fixes

Version 1.00.38 Released with a new re-designed Data Import + Data Export systems, complete with progress bars and more!

• Improved Order Management page
• Optional "Order Comments" text field available on Place Order page.
• Pre-fills answers to your "help" and "terms" pages if you haven't already.
• Pre-fills Shipping Methods "apply to" and "do not apply to" tables to provide a default backup shipping rates system.
• Affiliate System variable now allows you to specify the number of days your system should track affiliate referrals.
• Built-in "Protect Images" javascript option to help prevent competitors from stealing your photos.
• Ability to specify messages on each checkout page including Email / Ship / Bill / Payment pages.
• Ability to "Share Stock Status" among items, for example if you sell a battery for a SONY XG1, and a SONY XG2, but they are actually the same inventory item.
• Minor updates & fixes