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Objective Associates Limited

Seller Dynamics

Marketplace management software service allowing sellers to manage sales across multiple platforms including Amazon, eBay, Fnac, Cdiscount, Magento, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce.

Automatically manage price, listings, stock levels and fulfillment.

Features

  • Marketplace management
  • List management
  • Automatic repricing
  • Stock and Inventory management
  • Order management and processing
  • Goods In Management
  • Supplier management

Benefits

  • Increase online sales across multiple marketplaces
  • Maximise sales margin wherever an item is sold
  • Streamline supply and goods in management
  • Remove potential for overselling
  • Simplify despatch of orders

Pricing

£85 a unit a month

  • Free trial available

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at alex.ogilvie@objectiveassociates.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

2 7 5 3 8 6 3 4 8 5 3 5 8 7 3

Contact

Objective Associates Limited Alex Ogilvie
Telephone: 01786 430076
Email: alex.ogilvie@objectiveassociates.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes
What software services is the service an extension to
It is integrated with various marketplaces and ecommerce platforms including Amazon, eBay, Cdiscount, Fnac, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Shopify and Magento.
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
Service is provided online and support is provided 9 till 5 weekdays.
System requirements
Firefox browser recommended

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Support is provided during normal UK office hours 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Bank Holidays are excluded.

We endeavour to acknowledge your query within 1 working hour of receipt and to respond with either a resolution or planned resolution within 2 working days should one be required.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
No
Support levels
Account management including onboarding support is available by phone and email, 9 till 5 weekdays.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We provide online and telephone support and training during the onboarding period.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
Other
Other documentation formats
Online help system
End-of-contract data extraction
Data can be exported by the user to a CSV file.
End-of-contract process
A two week free trial and onboarding support is included on sign up.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Full functionality is provided
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Order upload and download APIs are available.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
We use Amazon AWS servers which allow us to scale up as required.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
We provide a range of sales and product reports in CSV and PDF formats.

We also provide a graphical dashboard showing sales performance over customisable periods,
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Data can be exported using CSV and Excel formats.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
There is no guaranteed levels related to availability, however, due to the nature of the AWS Hosting environment we use, the risk of system failure is extremely low.
Approach to resilience
We use Amazon Web Services to supply hosting for the services. These services are inherently resilient.
Outage reporting
Users are notified of any planned outages by email alert.

Where interruptions are unexpected, users are notified by email and in cases where email communication would be ineffective Twitter is used to notify outages and related progress to a resolution.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Access levels are protected based on the role of the user.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
No audit information available
Access to supplier activity audit information
No audit information available
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
Security Metrics
PCI DSS accreditation date
13/03/2019
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
All aspects of our Card hadling are covered by the certification.
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
We have an internal security process in line with GDPR requirements.
Information security policies and processes
All staff are issued with the company's Security Policy and obliged to agree to it.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Changes and defects are managed by company wide defect tracking systems.

Software management and control is managed by Software Configuration systems.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Our systems run on Amazon Web Services, any microsoft updates are applied as microsoft schedule.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Log monitoring and automated alerting for potential compromises using a third party security audit tool.

We respond inline with GDPR requirements.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Incidents and alerts are notified to an incident manager. Staff consider the alert and take protective and preventative actions as required.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

na
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

na
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

na
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

na
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

na

Pricing

Price
£85 a unit a month
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
2 week fully supported trial including onboarding.

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at alex.ogilvie@objectiveassociates.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.