CASE STUDY:  E-Commerce Web site   Case Study:  Deer Scram, headquartered in Binghamton, New York, is a nationally distributed biodegradable product used to rid gardens, landscaping and commercial agricultural projects of deer and other plant/crop damaging animals.  They needed to be able to compete against some major competitors and some very recognized and established Web sites and needed to have a e-commerce solution that was able to handle a large sales volume.  They also needed a "locate a dealer" functionality that would enable site visitors to enter their zip code to find the nearest Deer Scram dealer.  Finally, they needed an affordable Web maintenance agreement from a dependable "outsourced Webmaster" to maintain and make ongoing to changes to their Web site.  The Webulant E-Commerce Web Site Solution: Webulant, Inc. built an easy-to-use E-commerce enabled Web site with the scalability and functionality to handle a large volume of sales.  Webulant integrated a "locate a dealer" function that enables Deer Scram to manage their dealer location database from a secure administrative area.  Visitors can search for local dealers by adding their zip code and can designate search radius.  The site has aided their many national sales campaigns and contributed to a large increase in sales volume for the company.   Webulant also provides ongoing hosting and Web site maintenance services for Deer Scram and they have been a happy Webulant client since August 2004. Visit the Deer Scram Web Site: www.deerscram.com. UPDATE: (12 Feb 2007) - The success of the deerscram.com Web site has lead to the creation of a sister site: www.rabbitscram.com Testimonial from Deer Scram: March 29, 2006 Webulant, Inc. Ed Ruth Dear Ed, I’m writing to personally express our highest appreciation and gratitude for the wonderful job Webulant, Inc. has done for Deer Scram in launching, developing and supporting our website. As you’ll recall, I came to you a less than 18 months ago with a tale of woe over web developers gone bad. Our site was then a few rough pages and a very basic store which accepted only Paypal and got very little traffic and almost no sales. You migrated our site onto your server while providing a fully featured and flexible site platform along with a robust store, secure server access and detailed web statistics reporting. Your coaching as to site structure, navigation paths and content development and organization were critical for us to move up the next big step. You then assisted by helping us develop content development and management skills while you maintained site platform integrity and debugged glitches. A comprehensive links page and program was developed with your help. After you executed a broad-based site submission to search engines, you helped us through the pitfalls of open directory listing while advising us avoid link farm relationships that may have hurt our site rankings. Then came the magic of SEO. You were instrumental in guiding us toward a comprehensive optimization approach (while continuing to debug our content management coding errors as we learned more) and in providing strategy and resources for achieving maximum rankings. The result is a very professional, informative site which navigates well, holds visitors, and…..sells!! We regularly receive very high marks for the Deer Scram site. The greatest achievement, though, is the extremely high search engine rankings we now enjoy. We’re first page, top rank on ALL search engines for MANY key words and phrases for our product and industry…..and we have never yet paid for a click nor even ads on any search engine!! Without your help, this wouldn’t have happened. Your professional and responsive service, support, advice and maintenance continue to make our site a top performer. Our web sales have increased an amazing 800% in only a year and a half! All these reasons contribute to our asking you to develop our next site, which is sprinting ahead with comprehensive development and will launch shortly with less than two weeks of focused development work! We’re not web professionals – not any of us. We knew next to nothing and started with very little. Yet today deerscram.com stands heads above the rest in our industry. We rule the roost in search engines, roll up huge sales increases, and handsomely support our national branding efforts. This is all thanks to you and your team. Thanks again Ed. We’ll keep coming back for more success! Yours truly, David A. Cuddeback President   Are you looking for a Miami Web design company or a Atlanta Web design company?  Although we serve clients nationwide, we are available for onsite consultations from our Atlanta, Georgia or Miami, Florida locations.  Our network outsourcing services are available throughout Fulton and Cobb Counties in Georgia and throughout Dade and Broward County in Florida.     For more information, please contact Webulant today.