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[jb5ep]

verbic,

Any news on a preview/release date for this yet? Are you thinking of offering a (30 day?) trial version at all?

JB

[verbic]

Any news on a preview/release date for this yet? Are you thinking of offering a (30 day?) trial version at all?

The software is very close to release. We planning to start sales in a couple of weeks.
At the moment of release there will be no downloadable trial however there will be uncoditional 30 days moneback. Trial will also will be available some time later. Product web site is ready but it will be publicly available at the day of release, product manulas will also be available for public download (currently it is a 300 pages PDF document).

[cotc2001]

Out comes the wallet!!!

Pity no trial seeing as I just spent out for my new live help system (ok I know sales n stats is more than just live help) but I would of liked to compare them before I decide to purchse

Have you got any ideas on price yet?

EDIT: ooops didn't read the 30 day money back thing so a sort of trial is possible

[snorocket]

Originally Posted by cotc2001

the premium is but you have to pay a annual fee of $79.97

I never had to pay an annual fee for phplive though I did buy it years ago, maybe its something they started doing, either way one way to tick off a customer and get'em to leave your site immediatly is to install phplive and push'em a page.

[cotc2001]

What I have found usefull is that if i can see a customer in difficulty i.e multiple wrong logins etc (obviously i check them out first) i can just pop up and offer assistance. Havent had anyone tell me to p** off yet

[jb5ep]

Verbic,

Any news yet? Will SnS also come with documentation explaining the XC template dependencies? (e.g. "You need to ensure this code is included in templates X,Y and Z for SnS to work).

Thanks,
JB

[Tuner]

Verbic Said in his original post

The software is integrated out of the box with X-Cart and LiteCommerce software.

When you say integrated does that mean X-cart will now come with Sales n Stats.
Is their a cost ballpark?

Id love to have a cost ballpark so I can budget.

[verbic]

When you say integrated does that mean X-cart will now come with Sales n Stats. Is their a cost ballpark?

Sales-n-Stats is completely idependent software and will not be bundled with X-Cart package, however current X-Cart customers will get a discount for the product.

Sales-n-Stats Live will cost $345 (lifetime license)
For X-Cart, LiteCommerce customers there will be a special offer - ($299 for a lifetime license)

Will SnS also come with documentation explaining the XC template dependencies? (e.g. "You need to ensure this code is included in templates X,Y and Z for SnS to work).

Not quite so. With Sales-n-Stats you will get a free module for X-Cart called Sales-n-Stats connector. All you need to do is just to install this module (as you install X-AOM or X-Affliate) and start using Sales-n-Stats software with your X-cart (the same is for the LiteCommerce software).
This does not mean that SnS can be used only with X-Cart or LiteCommerce it can be integrated almost with every web application.

Yesterday there was internal presentaton of Sales-n-Stats release candidate. In whole the software was approved for release however several minor drawbacks were pointed out that should be corrected before the software will be released to public. It will take few days so the release is on the way.

[jb5ep]

Hi Verbic,

Sounds great. One more follow-on question:

Quote:

Not quite so. With Sales-n-Stats you will get a free module for X-Cart called Sales-n-Stats connector. All you need to do is just to install this module (as you install X-AOM or X-Affliate)

Makes sense, - but will it be clear what the template dependencies are for the Sales-n-Stats connector to function correctly? The reason I ask is that i'm guessing some of us here are template developers...and some of us (like me ) have hacked the default XC template to oblivion.

For example, is this all I'd need to include in my templates to ensure the SnS connector functions correctly?:


In customer/home.tpl

{if $active_modules.SnS_connector}
{include file="modules/SnS_connector/header.tpl"}
{/if}
....
....
{if $active_modules.SnS_connector}
{include file="modules/SnS_connector/button.tpl"}



{/if}

This is picky stuff, I know...but for me personally, knowing this information is readily available would certainly help influence a purchase decision. Maybe this would be covered in the documentation anyway?

Thanks,

[verbic]

For example, is this all I'd need to include in my templates to ensure the SnS connector functions correctly?:

Yes. All required templates are bundled with the connector and will be placed in modules/SnS_connector directory.

Even more, you can leave completely without them. Below is also an example of calling tracking script and "Live Help" buttons directly that can be placed in any HTML page.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Quick start. Sales-n-stats: web control and communication center</TITLE>
<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="conf.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bottomargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<SCRIPT src="../tracker.js.php"></SCRIPT>

<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
Б─╕

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The visitor himself can ask for help clicking on the Live Help button located on your site.

<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="15" width="100%">
<TR align="center">
	<TD>
	<SCRIPT src="../operatorButton.js.php"></SCRIPT>
	</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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For more infromation you should refer to "Integrating With Your Site" chapter of SnS manual that will be available at Sales-n-Stats website by the time of release.