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Special Discount for OU Credit Union Family Pass Members

Special discount for OUCU members.Are you an Ohio University Credit Union Family Pass holder? Want to save on your hosting, ecommerce work & computer repair? As an OUCU Business Member, we’re partnering with OUCU to offer a special discount on our hourly rate for OUCU members who have a valid Family Pass.

This free pass opens up the door to savings for members of Ohio University Credit Union, with offers from dozens of local Southeast Ohio businesses, including Cardinal Computing Consultants and our parent company, BCS Engineering! Right now, take advantage of these great deals:

Our Current Discount Offers:

  • Take 10% off first three months of hosting and 10% off normal hourly rate for all other services. We are a comprehensive hosting and IT service provider including set-up, graphic design, website design and online shopping cart implementation.
  • Take $5.00 off of Cardinal’s normal hourly rate, with no minimum required. Cardinal Computing services include graphic design as well as computer, laptop, smart phone and mobile device repair. On-site and drop-off service options available.

Save today! You can see a list every discount available to Family Pass members here: http://cufamilypass.org/cu-shop-local-directory/

Also, be sure to keep an eye out for a special special coming this July!

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Get our Authorize.net DPM Mod for Free!

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Authorize.net DPM & PCI Compliance

Authorize.net DPM will remove your worries of online shopping and credit card security. Sometimes PCI Compliance can seem so daunting and costly to address, but we’ve solved that problem for you with our Authorize.net DPM Mod! Use this module and your customers will see no difference in checkout. The beauty is, in the background, all Credit Card handling is done directly through Authorize.net & the customers never leave your site!

If you Sign Up for Authorize.net using our link, we will give you our Authorize.net DPM Mod for free! Simply register and then contact us and mention this special.  We will verify your registration and provide you with the coupon code for the free mod.

Already registered with Authorize.net but want to take advantage of this terrific offer? Contact us and we will work with you to fill out a transfer form and provide you with a coupon code for the free mod!

 

 

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Why YOU Need Point of Sale for X-cart 5 Now!

Unify In-Store, E-Commerce & Phone orders in a single system and maintain all inventory & orders in one place!  Sound like what you’ve been looking for?  If so, then read on for highlights of what Point of Sale for X-Cart 5 can do for you…

 

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The Point of Sale X-cart Add-on gives businesses the ability to unify E-commerce, In-Store, and Phone orders into a single X-cart system.  Once in X-cart, the orders appear with the E-commerce orders, to be monitored and managed in the existing business processes and with other X-cart components.

The Point of Sale system focuses on an intuitive and efficient interface to minimize the customer’s wait while the admin places the order.

This product will not affect your X-cart upgrades! There are no changes needed to x-cart, to install this mod!

Key Features of Point of Sale for X-Cart 5:

  • Discounts on the Fly (% or absolute)
  • Override product prices & shipping costs through on the fly order discounting
  • Includes all X-cart Shipping methods!
  • Simplifies use of SKU and bar code scanners through Flexible Product Search Function
  • Super fast order entry allows auto add items to order when product search returns only one product
  • Supports Product options and their price changes
  • Orders displayed in default currency
  • Supports all X-cart Tax methods
  • Specify payment methods you want to appear in the Point of Sale (separate from X-cart enabled payment methods).
  • Track orders by salesperson
  • Capture Order Notes when placing the order
  • Product Search by Category

As with all BCSE products, you are entitled to 3 months of upgrades!

Download Point of Sale X-Cart Add-On now and start taking advantage of these great features!

 

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PayPal PCI Deadline Extended to 6/30/17!!

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PayPal PCI Deadline

From PayPal regarding PayPal PCI Deadline: “Merchants and partners use HTTPS to securely connect with PayPal’s servers. We use the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to encrypt these communications. To ensure the security of our systems and adhere to industry best practices, PayPal is updating its services to require TLS 1.2 for all HTTPS connections. At this time, PayPal will also require HTTP/1.1 for all connections.

To avoid any disruption of service, you must verify that your systems are ready for this change by June 30, 2017.”

What Can You Do?

The first step is to verify with your hosting company that your server is ready for these changes. However, please feel free to Contact Us if you’d like assistance or if you have any questions or concerns.

If you are hosted with us, we will be taking care of this for you & will be contacting you with more details in the near future.

 

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BCS Engineering Tips for Success in 2016

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BCSE’s own Carrie Saunders has  been featured in a blog for X-Cart offering her Tips for Success in 2016!  It’s great read with some really valuable suggestions.  Follow the links below to check it out:

Is Your Checkout Harming Your Business Worse Than Poor SEO??

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Read the entire blog here and feel free to Contact Us with any questions that you may have!

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Is Your Business Outgrowing Your Shopping Cart?

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Online shopping carts tend to happen on the fly.  We start our businesses and have an idea of what we think we need online to meet our sales demands.  Then, orders start flying in and before we know it… we are BUSY.  So busy pleasing the customer and launching new ideas that our shopping carts aren’t the top priority anymore.  Before long, we’re “making do” with a cart that was actually created for a start up company and not a flourishing business.  We want options & features beyond what we ever imagined that we might need. It can all seem very overwhelming, time consuming & costly!

If all of this sounds too familiar, it’s time for you to let us put our nearly 14 years of ecommerce experience to work for you!  We know the struggles you are dealing with and can help you figure out where you want your shopping cart to take your business.  Whether you want to expand your existing cart & add more features or move to an entirely new cart, we can help you!  Our knowledge of  best practices, data manipulation, SEO & ecommerce success helps us solve the issues you are already experiencing as well as foresee issues that could arise in the future. Contact Us today for a free quote!

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BCSE Has Moved!!

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Thank you for all of your patience and support as we moved to our new Business home several weeks ago!  We are now happily moved into our new office space at 486 Richland Ave. Athens OH 45701.

Overall, the move went very well! We had a total of 7 staff members moving equipment and taking great care of our servers to ensure minimal downtime.  They started working Friday at 9pm after a full day’s work (although a few never stopped working) and continued through about 2pm on Saturday.  The rest of the staff members, spouses, and family members joined us at 9am on Saturday to move our desks, work computers, supplies, etc. so we were ready to work and fully support your businesses on Monday!

We’ve settled in nicely and we are looking forward to the new opportunities and efficiency of our ‘forever’ home. We have a few more construction items to be completed before we can utilize our space to it’s maximum potential and hope to have that work completed in the near future.

We really appreciate your patience and support during this big transition.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to Contact Us!

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BCS Engineering Acquires Cardinal Computing

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BCS Engineering is thrilled to announce that we have acquired Cardinal Computing!  This business expansion allows us to now offer graphic design as well as computer, laptop, smartphone & mobile device repair.

Cardinal Computing is an Athens, OH based business that was founded in 2014 and has serviced many area businesses in computer repair and graphic design.  BCSE has wanted to expand into this arena for sometime so this was a perfect fit for both businesses.

If your interested in graphic design or repair of your computer or mobile devices, don’t hesitate to contact us!  We offer on-sight and drop off options for repair.  Contact Us for more information!

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We Will Miss You Joel!

Friday, 2/12/16 is Joel’s last day with us.  While we are all sad to see him go, we are excited for him and also his wife Jia as they set off on this new adventure!

We want to thank Joel for his nearly 9 years of dedicated service to BCSE.  He’s been a terrific employee and co-worker that will be difficult to replace.  We will miss his commitment, expertise and fun personality around the office…and also his homemade beer.

Best of luck to you Joel!  Oh, and if you’re ever back in town don’t forget to drop by to visit and bring us some of your home brew.  You will be missed.

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New BCSE Location!

Carrie & Brandon have been working hard this year to find the right spot for a permanent location for BCS Engineering. We have been leasing our current location for almost 8 years now and we were in need of finding a permanent home. After almost a year of searching and months of closing work, we have officially purchased 2,000 sq ft of office space on Richland Avenue! We are super excited for this opportunity. We will update clients when the move will take place. It will likely be in a few months, after we finish up preparations of the new space!

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