BizLand.com Launches Shopping & Online Transaction Suite for Small Business; Open Market, Signio and Heartland Payment Systems Partner with BizLand.com.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 BizLand.com(TM), the leading Internet hub for small business, today announced a powerful suite of e-commerce tools and services designed to help small businesses sell their specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. products and services online. "BizLand's e-commerce suite will do for our members what MP3 has done for the music industry," said Steve Sydness Steven "Steve" Sydness, born c. 1956, is a politician and businessman who was a North Dakota Republican Party candidate for one of North Dakota's United States Senate seats in 1992, and is the current CEO of the Endurance International Group in Massachusetts. , BizLand.com chief executive officer. "Our new e-commerce suite will enable BizLand members to realize the power and the potential the Internet presents to their small businesses." "BizLand.com's new e-commerce suite opens the doors of the New Economy to its nearly 200,000 members," said Keith Lietzke, vice president of product marketing at Open Market. "We're pleased that BizLand has chosen Open Market's ShopSite as the store-building tool of choice for this suite. Open Market's ShopSite(TM) is specifically designed to make setting up and maintaining a commerce Web site simple. It offers every small business the tools they need to be competitive in today's marketplace." By partnering with Open Market(TM), Signio(TM) and Heartland Payment Systems Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY) is a payroll service provider and the 6th largest credit card processor in the United States specializing in small to mid-sized restaurants and retail merchants. Founded by Robert O. (TM), Bizland.com can now offer to its 200,000 registered members a full suite of state of the art e-commerce tools and services. Bizland.com users can showcase their business offerings in a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. format and easily process transactions online. The new e-commerce suite offers business owners the ability to open "storefronts," develop online catalogs Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. , offer shopping carts and, securely and easily accept credit cards over the Internet. By completing simple forms, BizLand.com members are able to "open shop" quickly and begin transacting business immediately from their small business Web site. The suite will be offered at $99 for three months. "This pricing is testimony to our commitment to bringing the most cost effective products, services and solutions on the Internet to BizLand.com members," said Sydness. The suite elements are also being offered on an "a la carte" basis. Pricing options for the individual components are available at www.BizLand.com. Open Market & ShopSite Open Market, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :OMKT) offers an integrated set of open, scaleable applications that enable enterprises to move their businesses to the Web. Open Market's ShopSite is an easy-to-use online store creation system that allows merchants to build and maintain catalogs of products to sell over the Internet. With ShopSite, any merchant can create a professionally designed, fully commerce-enabled store in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Signio's Payment Platform Signio's payment platform harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver a robust, easy-to-deploy and low-cost e-commerce payment solution to on-line merchants, merchant aggregators, business exchanges and buyer and seller communities. Signio offers consolidated payment services for credit cards, debit cards debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. and Internet checks for a monthly flat fee. Automated clearinghouse (ACH (Automated Clearing House) A system of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank that provides electronic funds transfer (EFT) between banks. It is used for all kinds of fund transfer transactions, including direct deposit of paychecks and monthly debits for routine payments to ) transactions are also available through the Signio service. Unlike other HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. based payment solutions, Signio's TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. based service maintains the data during the entire process, guaranteeing a risk and trouble free transaction. Heartland Payment Systems Heartland Payment Systems is a member service provider for Heartland Bank, St. Louis, Missouri and Key Bank, National Association, Cleveland OH. Heartland Payment Systems is a full-service merchant card processor, offering merchants a comprehensive set of payment processing services. Heartland Payment Systems is located online at www.visa-mc.com About BizLand.com, Inc. BizLand.com (www.BizLand.com) is the leading Internet hub for small business, created to enable small companies to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the power of e-business. The Burlington, MA company provides its members with a complete array of free web-based services like Web site hosting, e-commerce storefronts, business promotional tools and other Internet services for the small business entrepreneur. BizLand.com also cultivates a strong small business community through its forums, articles, chat rooms, advice from industry experts, as well as discounts on business products and services. Since its launch in July 1999, BizLand.com's membership community has skyrocketed to over 200,000 members. BizLand.com is a private held company funded by Advanced Technology Ventures as well as a portfolio of private investors. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners |
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