The first of the new services, bCentral Commerce Manager, will debut in early November, and will allow small businesses to submit products to multiple online marketplaces. It provides a lot of the core applications that small businesses need, while eliminating the need for complex back-end infrastructure. This makes it a powerful offering. Commerce Manager helps business owners manage catalogs, orders and credit card processing.
Small businesses can list once and sell everywhere.
Using marketplace manager, businesses can move their merchandise and services into another online marketplace with a simple point and click of a mouse. A consolidated view of orders gives small businesses one view of the entire scope of their e-commerce activity. Microsoft bCentral Customer Manager, launching later this fall, provides small businesses with one centralized place for managing leads, customers and partners efficiently in the Internet-driven business world. Microsoft bCentral Finance Manager, launching in early 2001, is a Web-based application that small businesses can use to manage their finances and accounting. Finance Manager manages accounts, receivables and payables.