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Porter’s Office Products is a fasting growing and trend conscious office products dealer with a long-standing reputation of bridging the gap between high quality office essentials/furniture and customers who needs such services to effectively and efficiently run their businesses.
With many years of dedicated services and experience in the business of office products and essentials since 1915, it won’t be surprising that Porter’s Office Product made the list as one of the top 10 office supply websites in the recent study conducted by credit network Apruve Inc.
Headquartered in Rexburg, with an office also in Pocatello together with their 24/7 online platform where they meet the needs of customers through a user friendly website interface.
How Porter’s Office Product Website Made The Top 10 List
Being a B2B ecommerce business platform that constantly study and understands the dynamics and trends of the market, Porter’s office product operates a smart B2B ecommerce website that seamlessly meets the need of our customers and buyers. Aware of the fact that the old-fashioned mode of business (talking about faxes and printed catalogues) is fast winding up since many customers are on the lookout for a smarter, easier and a more convenient means of making purchases, we at Porter’s Office Product wouldn’t want to be told of the importance of taking our business to the new and trendy height of the new millennium – B2B ecommerce business.
Ranking Criteria which the Porter’s Office Product Met
The study conducted by credit network Apruve Inc. is an all-round and a thorough quantitative research which employs measurable data to pin-point the level of adoption of the B2B ecommerce for their businesses. Also, certain criteria in which Apruve expect B2B ecommerce business websites to meet for the purpose of creating a friendly customer relationship and also impacting their businesses positively include:
- User Experience & Usability
As a B2B ecommerce platform, it is expected that every business’ website must as matter of importance make their website interface easy for buyers and customers to use and navigate around. With this, buyers will be able to access their needed products with ease. Some tools which we use in enhancing user experience and usability include: product images on the search page, bundle options for discount sales, ratings and reviews from customers for services rendered on the product page, saving a shopping cart/wish-list which will enable buyers to keep track of their purchases.
- Marketing & Shipping
Product advertisement and delivery is also a core aspect of B2B ecommerce as this will enhance the ease of potential customers seeing the product and services which you render. This can be achieved through search engine optimization of your website, mobile app/platform that can easily be used to make purchases, smooth shipping ad prompt delivery of shipped product to buyers etc.
- B2B Product Needs
Also, product needs for buyers has to be met adequately and easily through dealer channels with search functionality that helps buyers to search for their needs with possible results matching their search items. Ease of payment through credit cards, making volume discounts known to buyers as this can turn an easy bait to attract potential buyers. Finally, the availability of online POs and invoices which may serve as an evidence for purchased products.
So, the Result – Apruval Ranking
| RANK | Company | UX | MARKETING | B2B NEEDS | RATING |
| 1 | Amazon | 75 | 68.3 | 135 | 278.3 |
| 2 ↑² | Shoplet | 80 | 42 | 120 | 242 |
| 3 ↓¹ | On Time Supplies | 80 | 41.6 | 110 | 231.6 |
| 4 ↓¹ | Office Max / Depot | 70 | 50.9 | 110 | 230.9 |
| 5 ← | Best Buy Business | 45 | 51.1 | 120 | 216.1 |
| 6 ↑² | Staples | 60 | 52.0 | 100 | 212.0 |
| 7 ↑₄ | Quill | 60 | 36.4 | 110 | 206.4 |
| 8 ↑₂₄ | City Office Supply | 50 | 32.0 | 120 | 202.0 |
| 9 ↑₂₆ | Office Supply | 60 | 31.3 | 110 | 201.3 |
| 10 | Porter’s Office Products | 70 | 30.9 | 100 | 200.9 |
From a critical evaluation of each B2B ecommerce business website, Apruva Inc. came up with the following ranking based on each business website’s ability to adopt most of the B2B ecommerce for their businesses.
And so, we at Porter’s Office Product are proud to announce to you our esteemed customers that we made it to the top ten ranking position. This wouldn’t have been possible without your patronage and so, we pledge to continue serving you right and will continuously strive harder to make sure that your overall user experience on our websites gets better and easier than ever as we look forward to having more business deals with you.
