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Elements of the Plimus Buy Anyware™ API
It’s been nearly three months since the launch of our Buy Anyware™ API and we’ve seen great customer traction to date. This week, I wanted to outline the key elements involved in Plimus’ API. You know, share a bit of our secret sauce. At Plimus, we’ve identified 14 specific applications (or elements) that help online vendors create the perfect buying experience.
Plimus’ Buy Anyware™ API helps online merchants collect the information they need in order to place an order, then deliver it directly to Plimus for processing without requiring the customer/shopper to access a Plimus-hosted website. This means that customers can essentially buy whatever they want, wherever and whenever they want. The automated API compiles the information needed for a sale including specific items purchased, quantities requested, and shopper information (name, address, credit card information, etc.) and delivers it without leaving the vendor’s site.
So what are these 14 individual processes managed via the Plimus Buy Anyware™ API, you ask? Here you go:
- Retrieve SKU price
- Convert currency ad hoc
- Create a shopper account
- Access a shopper’s account details
- Update a shopper account
- Place order
- Read past order
- Get order fulfillment details
- Resend emails
- Regenerate fulfillment details
- Bulk operation submitting order and creating shopper account simultaneously
- Get order history
- Get subscription
- Update subscription
The above elements comprise the secret sauce of the Buy Anyware™ API, which enables online transactions to happen when and where it makes sense for the buyer, which in turn leads to higher conversion rates and increased revenue. The Buy Anyware™ API, gives merchants complete control of the customer experience, whether surfaced within a browser, plug-in or installed software title. This includes security-compliant, single-click re-purchase functionality as well as the ability to synchronize customer account information such as purchase preferences across multiple properties or brands. Plimus has made it easy for vendors to create a seamless, frictionless user experience.
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Charles Born,
VP and Head of Marketing
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Well this is great and all but it would be even better to make the technical documentation available? Could you please add a link to some technical sample implementations or code samples on how to use this API??