New Feature: More Easily Place Wholesale Orders

We have made it easier to place wholesale orders. A retailer can now start the process on their e-receipt page. 

In the example shown, Babcock Gifts, a retailer in Memphis, Tennessee, is viewing an order for Costa Nova product. Next to the product that was sold, Babcock Gifts is shown a link  "Place Wholesale Order."  When it clicks this, it is taken to the brand's website and to the specific product. Our software automatically logs the retailer in.  ...
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New Feature: More Easily Share Products

Your Bridge has a new feature. You can now more easily share products.

We have added a "Copy link" feature. This feature saves you time by allowing you to quickly copy the page's URL (website address) and share it to email or social media.  We have even added this feature to the registry software. You can share links to specific items on a registry. 

On each item's Details page, there is a "Share" area. In that Share area, you'll see a ...
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New Feature: More Easily See Your Savings

Your Bridge has a new feature: it now outputs the savings on sale items. When an item is on sale, it will automatically calculate the percent off the list price and output the savings. 

In this example, we see the tray was $170 and is on sale for $119. That is a 29% savings.

 

New Feature: Control Backorders and Sharing Stock

FOR RETAILERS

Your Bridge has a new feature: you can choose if you wish to allow customers to order products that are out of stock. In the past, if the item was on your Bridge Store, it was assumed that the item was in stock. This made managing stock simple. On site: in stock. Not on site: out of stock. 

This updated stock sharing system is helpful for brands and indie stores because it allows them show and control behavior based upon real-time stock informatio...
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Universal Domain Service: What Does It "Do"?

We offer a universal domain service (UDS) to retailers, brands, and sales reps. What does this service do? The universal domain service elevates your business' brand and may increase your Google ranking. Specifically, the service hides ("masks") the 'bridgecatalog' part of the website URL. 

In the example shown, we Google two stores' names in Texas. The two stores both use Bridge Store to power their online business.  The Ivy House does not use the universal do...
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New Feature: More Easily View a Registry's Product Pictures

Bridge has updated your gift registry software to make it easier for registrants and their friends to view product pictures. When a product displays more images, shoppers are more likely to purchase it. With this updated feature, your registries should convince more shoppers to make purchases.

Here is how the feature works:  When a product has more than one photograph, a link will appear over the product's picture displaying the number of photographs available. In the example...
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New Feature: Wholesale Order Alerts

FOR SALES REPS

Bridge has created a new feature that helps sales reps stay up-to-date with wholesale orders. At the end of each day, at 5 pm EST, your Bridge will email you a summary of wholesale orders placed over the Bridge network.   The email bundles together orders from different brands and inputs them into one email. If you would like to see an order's details, there is a link to each respective order. 

You often do not need to take action on th...
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New Feature: More Easily Access Your Wholesale Orders

FOR RETAILERS:

You can now more quickly view your wholesale orders.  When you are on a brand's page on your Bridge account, you can get to your past wholesale orders with one click.

Steps: 
1. Visit a brand's page on your account.
2. Roll over the brand's "Corporate" link.
3. From the drop down, please click on "Your Wholesale Orders." This will take you to your Orders page on the brand's Bridge account. You will se...
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Updated Feature: Your Join Bridge Page Now Shows Cost Savings Benefits Tailored to Your Brand(s)

FOR BRANDS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND SALES REPS

We have updated your 'Join Us On Bridge' page. The page now outputs how much time and money a store will save by joining you on Bridge.

In the example shown, we see Juliska's Join Bridge page. The page shares that a store would normally spend $518 to add Juliska's products to its website and pay $130 over the course of a year to maintain those products. Using Br...
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Place Wholesale Orders Via Bridge

We have exciting news: Retailers can now place wholesale orders via Bridge.  If you are an authorized dealer, you can purchase from these participating brands:

• Anna Weatherley
• Beatriz Ball
• Calaisio
• Casafina
• Costa Nova
• Couzon
• Herdmar
• Kim Seybert
• Mario Luca Giusti
• Medard de Noblat
• Meissen
• Pickard China
• Pickard Crystal
• Pinto Paris
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Promoting Your Website’s Accessibility

Your Bridge Store now more clearly welcomes visitors with disabilities.

• On the left-hand side of your home page, there is an accessibility notice with a link to a new Accessibility page. 
• In the footer of most pages, there is a link to the new Accessibility page.

New Feature: Update Expected Delivery Dates

New feature: you can now control expected delivery dates for products.

On your Details pages, your software outputs a date by which a customer can expect a product. Showing this date is a compelling strategy to get customers to order. As a reference, Amazon offers these expected delivery dates.

You can now change that date. For example, if today's date is May 1st, you can set the date to May 5th or May 15th.

You can edit this setting on the "Gene...
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New Feature: Promote How Many Brands You Offer from a Department

Online selection is very important. This leads one to ask: from how many dining and entertaining brands can your customers shop?  How many bedding brands? 

Your Bridge now quickly tells you and your customers this information.  Please:

1. Visit your Designers page.
2. Look to the right of the department name. You will see a dynamic brand count. e.g. "Decorating & Accessories: 44 Brands"

At the top of the page, your...
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Two Updated Features: Gift Alert and Gift Wrapping Promotion

We're updated two features on your gift registry lists:

• On a gift registry, customers buy gifts and a threshold may be met for gifts desired. When this occurs, no more gifts for the item are needed. When this occurs, the software needs to visually alert other customers to choose other gifts.  With our update, purchased items now show a gray, translucent screen over them with a blue ribbon "Gifting Completed."  Previously, we simp...
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