VBC eCommerce
The VBC eCommerce project was initiated from an evolving need of research facilities to provide a simple and efficient way to offer their scientific products and services. The result: A centralized, user-friendly platform for managing and offering different products and services to satisfy every need of scientific research - easily accessible and searchable at any time for all our scientific customers.
The project is based upon the Adobe Commerce solution, modified by a wide variety of customizations tailored specifically to the need of scientific research facilities: MTA management, dynamic product configurations, special reports and many more!
Scientific products and services
An one-stop destination for scientific products and services, including the Drosophila Resource Center, molecular tools, and induced pluripotent stem cell lines.
Scientific and VBC organized events
A platform for scientific and VBC organized events allows convenient online payments for event registrations.
Application in Action
Molecular Tools Shop | Main Page
Vienna Drosophila Resource Shop | Catalogues
VBC Events | Registration Page
VBC Events | Registration Page
Key Facts
Features
Academic and commercial customers
Our system allows you differentiate between academic and commercial customers and show them different products or prices!
Various payment methods
Choose between a variety of different payment methods or offer all of them and let your customers make that choice. Be it purchase orders or credit card transactions - choose what makes most sense for your store!
Customized reports
Every store is different - and so are their reporting needs! That is why we provide the possibility to customize reports to your liking. Decide which types of reports you need and we give you a customized report with just the information that is relevant for you.
Synchronization with LIMS solutions
Orders from the shop can be turned into requests and send to your labs LIMS solution, allowing for an optimal supported workflow.
Customizations of customer data
Tailored specifically to scientific customers, our solution provides ways to identify the research institute and department of customers as well as other information important for your needs.
Additional order information
You need additional information from your customers when they buy a product? Let them enter it themselves and spare yourself the hassle of long email conversations! Our solutions provides flexible fields you can configure for each product to get the information you need from your customers during their order placement.
Customized invoices and more
Generate customized invoices based on your institution or department guidelines. Add additional text based on payment method or selected products.
Customer import
Migrating or creating customer data in another system? We have you covered! Import customer data and even send out a custom email, informing the customer about their new account.
Scientific product options
You need more than just the t-shirt size - create specific product options tailored to your product, regardless if it is a service, a sample or a process.
Material Transfer Agreements
We offer the option to handle MTAs directly within your store to eliminate the need of cross-checking and interacting with other solutions. Whether you need a signed MTA during registration or a customized MTA for each individual order - we got it covered!
Adjustable product options
Our stores offer a wide variety of different products and services, each with their own types of information important to know for customers before buying it. Flexibly offering different product options ranging from genetic sequences to tissue types allows you to show your customers exactly the information that they need.
References
Interested in our eCommerce solution? Any questions?
Contact us!FAQs
How do I register?
This depends on the shop you are interested in, as each shop handles registrations differently. Generally, you should find a link to the registration form on the top right of the page after opening the shop - if the shop has special requirements, you'll find additional information on that either directly inside the form or via email after registering. Note that some shops also provide a direct login without the need for registration for VBC campus members.
How do I log in?
Go to your interested shop and click on Sign In on the top right of the page.