AUSTRALIA's TONNEX & SALVATION ARMY TO RAISE $30,000 …….

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http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/tonnex/
AUSTRALIA’s TONNEX & SALVATION ARMY TO
RAISE $30,000 FOR CHARITY
Tonnex
Get Behind Salvation Army Christmas Appeal:
TOTTENHAM, VIC– Following on from their support of The
Salvation Army Bushfire Appeal, Tonnex International have again aligned
with The Salvation Army for their 2009 Christmas Appeal, pledging to
donate $5 from every sales invoice throughout November.

Tonnex
International Director, George Kozman commented that “we were pleased to
be able to raise much needed funds towards the Bushfire Appeal earlier
in the year and again encourage all our customers to help support this
truly great cause”

Major Neil Venables, Territorial Public
Relations Secretary of The Salvation Army, said that at Christmas time,
more than any other time of the year, people turn to The Salvation Army
for help. “During the Christmas & New Year period many people
struggle to make ends meet. 2009 has been a very unsettled and uncertain
year for many Australians. At this seasonal time of year there is an
increase in pressure on families.”

Tonnex, who celebrate their
11th Birthday in November are hoping to raise $30,000 towards this years
Christmas Appeal. To help reach a maximum donation, Tonnex will also be
providing a donation portal on their website at http://www.tonnex.com.au where
Resellers can donate directly to the Appeal. “With the support of the
Australian community, this Christmas The Salvation Army will provide
help in way of food vouchers, hampers and toys to people in need. This
will include the distribution of nearly a quarter of a million toys and
providing in excess of 100,000 food vouchers and hampers”, said Major
Venables.“We are passionate about supporting our community and as a
business we do all we can to support charities such as The Salvation
Army in the amazing work that they do for so many in need” said
Kozman.For information on how you can help, Freecall 1800 TONNEX (1800
866 639) or visit the Tonnex website at http://www.tonnex.com.au

Media
contact:
Tonnex International                        
Name:
George Kozman                    
Email: georgek@tonnex.com.au      
        
Phone: +613 9315 5333   

http://www.tonnex.com.au/beareseller.htm
Tonnex launch Reseller Webstore
Service:
TOTTENHAM, VIC — As online sales continue
to increase and consumer resistance to e-commerce continues to
decrease, more and more businesses are creating an on-line sales
presence.

Due to research undertaken by Tonnex International in
2008, they found that the consistently strong viewpoint from their
Resellers was that they would be interested in having their own webshop
if it didn’t come with the tedious administration and the technical
understanding that is typically required with e-commerce solutions.

According
to National Marketing Manager, James Rendell, the responses from this
research provided enough evidence for Tonnex to engage web developers
and e-marketers to build a fully automated webshop available for Tonnex
Resellers. “The overwhelming response indicated that Resellers wanted a
website that allowed them to sell on-line – however the monetary and
time costs to create and administer such a solution were the barriers
preventing them from doing so. Therefore, we decided that any solution
we provided would need to be fully automated, easy to use, customisable
and most importantly affordable. So that’s what we had built”.

The
solution termed; Instant Consumables Webshop will give Tonnex Resellers
access to this fully automated Webshop, pre-populated with all the
products from the Tonnex Pricelist and a fully integrated shopping cart
allowing the Reseller to conduct on-line sales virtually immediately.
Tonnex believe that providing Resellers with access to sell the full
range of products from the Tonnex pricelist gives them an ability to
promote and provide thousands of products to the market without having
to hold them all in stock. For those Resellers who want to add in other
products in addition to Genuine OEM consumables, the system also has the
functionality to add new categories and products.

Rendell
comments that the key with the system is in its automation and ease of
use for both the Reseller and the end-user. “The system has been
specifically built for non web developers. The setup wizard walks the
Reseller through each step of the setup process which will have them up
and running in around 30 minutes”. The Reseller has the ability to
easily customise settings on what profit margins they wish to apply to
different products and categories, what pricing structures they want to
make available to their different customers, what delivery charges to
apply based on state and order value and which payment methods they wish
to make available – including pay pal and a range of other on-line
credit card payment modules. From there the site will monitor any new
products any obsolete products and adjust the Resellers price in
accordance with any changes to the Tonnex price list, therefore
maintaining the Resellers pre-set margins.  

When asked about the
benefit for Tonnex, Rendell stated, “it’s simple, this system will
increase our sales; albeit indirectly, but working with our customers to
help them increase their sales without astronomically increasing their
costs will help us reach this objective and we believe this is the best
system available to achieve the desired result”.

Resellers do
not need an existing website to use this system as it is fully hosted
and provides Resellers the ability to add in information pages such as
‘about us’ and ‘contact us’ so they can use the webshop as their entire
company website. For those Resellers with an existing website, Tonnex
will assist them with linking the webshop into their existing website.
There is also a support team, video tutorials and a comprehensive list
of FAQ’s to assist Resellers in getting the most out of the system.

Rendell
also commented that the introduction of on-line webshops was expected
to drive greater in-store sales for Resellers. “Research shows that
approximately 1 in 3 consumers use multiple channels when shopping, but
most importantly these multi-channel shoppers spend up to 10 times more
and show greater loyalty than those single channel shoppers. Therefore
the introduction of an on-line webshop not only allows for an increase
in Reseller’s sales via the webshop, but provides for customers
searching for products on-line to then purchase those products from the
physical storefront, not to mention the value gained from Resellers
promoting their webshop in-store to drive greater on-line sales after
hours and in instances of time poor home and business users”.

With
trust a key element in buying on-line, Rendell believes that Resellers
will gain the majority of their sales from their local community. “We
envisage that the Resellers webshop will help them to expand their
geographical boundaries, no doubt, but essentially we expect them to
receive greater sales from their immediate suburbs and districts because
people prefer to buy from someone local they know and trust. Without a
webshop Resellers will never know how much business they are really
losing to those retailers with an on-line presence. That’s why we
encourage Resellers to promote their webshops through email newsletters,
in-store flyers and any available community notice boards to generate
immediate interest from both regular and irregular customers. The thing
to remember is that most business are open for 8-10 hours a day 5-6 days
a week, Resellers included, which is why we as a society are finding it
harder and harder to do our everyday shopping during these typical
business hours which is a key challenge that a webshop addresses”   

With
security always a key concern with buying over the internet, Tonnex
ensured that the developers used were proven in their knowledge and
expertise of on-line webshops. “The engine used to run the webshop is on
a server located in a secure data centre with multiple redundant power
supplies. It also runs off carrier grade internet connections for
maximum redundancy and uses 128-bit SSL security for the transmission of
sensitive data such as credit card details” said Rendell.

Instant
Consumables Webshop is now available to Resellers at a discount monthly
fee of $149 with $0 setup costs.For more details Freecall 1800 TONNEX
(1800 866 639) or visit the Tonnex website – http://www.tonnex.com.au

Media
Contact:
James Rendell                                    
http://www.tonnex.com.au/contactus.htm

Phone: +61 3 9315 5333

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November 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM