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Commerce Server Solutions

Extentia has more than 10 years of experience in building e-commerce solutions. As a certified Microsoft Gold Partner, Extentia has expertise in the entire Microsoft stack including Commerce Server, a powerful and flexible platform ideal for both B2B and B2C e-commerce applications.

Because Commerce Server provides so much functionality ‘out of the box’, the development time required to build an e-commerce website is significantly reduced. Other key benefits include:

  • Reduced costs in site development and deployment
  • Customized user experience
  • Greater reach, better shopping experience
  • Extensive support services
  • Flexibility and extensibility

Depending on specific project requirements, Extentia offers highly customized enterprise-level solutions, or configuration and setup support for eStores using standard Commerce Server features – ideal for launching secure, powerful sites while requiring less setup time.

Extentia’s Commerce Server solutions provide several core system components as standard, including:

  • Orders & Inventory
  • Catalog (including configurable metadata for every product)
  • Marketing management
  • Profiles (content can be personalized for individual shoppers, e.g. for targeted offers)

Extentia can also rapidly create microsites (e.g. for specific marketing campaigns, trade shows and consumer expos) using the main commerce site as a basis.

Additional components include Data Warehouse Analytics and Commerce Server Staging. Commerce Server also connects with Windows Live Services, including the Bing Maps Platform (formerly Microsoft Virtual Earth).

Extentia can also connect Commerce Server with other Microsoft products including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), as well as third party solutions including secure payment gateways, CRM solutions, email services, and logistics systems.


What does Extentia offer?

Extentia’s Commerce Server team is experienced in the following service areas:
  • Commerce Server consulting
  • Project management and technical assistance in deploying Commerce Server solutions
  • Development and customization of eStores
  • Integration between Commerce Server and third party systems
  • Change Management
  • User interface design, configuration and customization
  • Business analysis
  • Training
  • Support and administration
Recent commerce projects include:
  • B2C customized printing website (greetings cards, stationery, accessories etc.)
  • Online pet boutique store

Extentia’s SharePoint application development team has a strong experience using MOSS as a platform to create customized sharepoint portal solutions. Our graphics team creates site templates to maintain attractive branding and ensure a consistent look and feel for all portal users.

SharePoint supports many web features ‘out of the box’, significantly reducing the time required to get sites up and running. SharePoint also:
  • Vessel and asset management system
  • Improves organizational efficiency
  • Provides comprehensive content management and enterprise search features
  • Accelerates shared business processes
  • Facilitates information sharing across geographical boundaries


Case Study – e-commerce solution: customized printing

A US company decided to develop a new website for their online custom printing business, specializing in print-on-demand stationary products for consumers, SMEs and small office/home office customers.

Extentia was chosen to develop a new website along with supporting applications including a web-based administration module and an order management system. The client also asked Extentia to handle integration with several third party systems (including SugarCRM).

Prajakta Mahajan (Engineering Manager, Extentia) describes the rationale behind the chosen technology solution: “It was clear that Commerce Server was the ideal basis upon which to build the new B2C site. Aside from providing lots of functionality out of the box, we were able to integrate Commerce Server with the third party systems already used by the customer.”

The Microsoft Commerce Server platform enabled Extentia to deliver a feature-rich commerce website, with the following core functionality:

  • Product browsing in different categories
  • Enhanced product customization capabilities
  • Shopping cart / checkout
  • Cross selling / up selling support
  • Dynamic previews of customized products

An onsite-offshore hybrid development model was used to help meet the aggressive timelines of the customer. Extentia’s onsite team in the US ensured strong project coordination and technical support, while the development work was undertaken at Extentia’s development center in India.