ePages is an

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solution that allows merchants to create and run online shops in the

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. The number of shops based on ePages is currently 140,000 worldwide. ePages software is regularly updated due to its Software-as-a-Service model. An investor in the company is

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, with a 25% stake. ePages focuses upon distributing its products mainly through hosting providers, such as

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or Webfusion's brands Host Europe and

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. Additional sales partners include logistics, telecoms, and yellow pages companies. The company collaborates with 80+ technology partners including online marketplaces, payment and logistics companies, and ERP vendors. ePages is headquartered in

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, with additional offices in

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History

The name ePages was used for the first time for software in 1997 to market "Intershop ePages". In 2002, the product line then called Intershop 4 was taken over by ePages GmbH and renamed to ePages.

Features

Depending on the ePages product (Base, Flex, Enterprise, Multistore) and packages offered by hosting providers, merchants can sell up to an unlimited number of items. Users can offer their products and services in 15 languages and with all currencies. With ePages, merchants can use web marketing tools; e.g. newsletters, coupons or social media plug-ins for

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. ePages has developed and optimised the shop content's display on

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s and added a filter search feature. Further to this, major online market places such as

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, search engines like

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, payment providers such as

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and Enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP Business One and Sage Office Line 24 are integrated into the software.

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History

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