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I'm looking for sales tracking software for my new business.  My business is unique in that it kind of has two different customer bases.  We're a manufacturers' rep firm.  If you’re not familiar with the model, a manufacturer will outsource their sales efforts to us.  We represent their product lines and sell them to retailers.  The manufacturer then pays us commission on everything we sell.  What's unique about us is that we only sell to internet retailers.  So, when I get a retailer to agree to carry a product line, all they do is put the images up on their site.  No actual sale is made until a consumer actually purchases one of my clients' items on a site.  So I never know when a sale is going to happen as they trickle in a few at a time.

I'm looking for software or a spreadsheet that will allow me to easily keep track of my sales activity.  I need to record what item was purchased on what site from what manufacturer, the details of the purchase, and then record when the item actually ships from the manufacturer.  Finally I need to keep track of what outstanding commissions are in my A/R and when they're received.  I'd like to be able to sort the data by manufacturer or retailer.  Perhaps my manufacturers would be my clients and retailers would be considered vendors...I'm open for ideas.

I know that there are plenty of great systems available for purchase but I've just started out ad would like to know if anyone can recommend any free systems that might accommodate my needs.  Thanks so much

 

Rand Koryga

etaiSales Associates

etailsales.com 

 

Greetings,

I do not personally use it but I hear good things from ZOHO.com.  They offer a free CRM web based software program for free (up to 3 users).  They also have several other free applications you can tie into it.  Maybe this will help.  Cheers, Gary

Hi Rand,

Zoho is a nice program. You may also want to try AppShore (my product) as well. We are similar in functionality and price but many of our customers and prospects prefer our ease of use and superior customer service and support.

Fishbowl is $1,000 cheap and its works great if you want choices... the I suggest you go to this website http://software4distributors.com/resource/distribution_software_guide.aspx

it's a guide to software worth having... I have researched many of these softwares if you decide to get the packet of top software's sent to you and still can't decide I would be glad to help you and send reports I did on a few of them...

Way better than a spreadsheet.  There's even a free version.

 

http://www.simplesalestracking.com

 

Have a look and get in touch with them if you have any questions or feedback.

 

ps.  a disclaimer, I work with the team over at Simple Sales Tracking, so I'm biased.

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A part of the team over at Simple Sales Tracking. http://www.simplesalestracking.com
Easy, Web-Based Sales Tracking and CRM Software.

Hi,if you are looking for some sales tracking softwares,you can check it out here, I hope it can help you!

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