QuickBooks' user base puts Intuit in the pole position to become the leader in small business e-commerce. Intuit's innovation in small business financial software paves the way for every small business to leverage the Internet with added convenience and confidence. The new purchasing service takes advantage of the e-commerce functionality of Metiom's ConnectTrade for electronic marketplaces. From within QuickBooks or QuickBooks Pro 2000, users can search multiple vendor catalogs simultaneously, and quickly view products, prices, availability and shipping charges. The QuickBooks Shopping Source compares information from different vendors on one convenient display, making buying decisions easier and faster.
Users can purchase products from different vendors at the same time with just a credit card.
Because the QuickBooks Shopping Source uses Metiom Supplier-Managed Catalogs, vendors control their catalog content and branding. QuickBooks Shopping Source provides Lexmark with incremental awareness and consideration in the small business space, the fastest growing market segment, and one that is traditionally expensive to reach. Most importantly, the Metiom formula makes it painless for the small business user to procure Lexmark printers, services and supplies. The Metiom ConnectTrade product suite enables electronic inter-networking of buyers and suppliers by allowing purchasers to order goods and services online directly from suppliers' electronic catalogs. Metiom ConnectTrade products fully support leading Internet commerce standards and are easily integrated into a buying organization's existing systems.