e commerce drop shipping founded october 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 10 as commerce technologies inc. albany new york u.s. founder frank poore richard jones headquarters 255 fuller road suite 327 albany new york u.s. area served worldwide key people frank poore co founder and ceo richard jones co founder and cto products one connection platform drop ship master services integration drop ship fulfillment product content management parent liberty interactive website www.commercehub.com commercehub also known as commerce technologies inc. is a provider of hosted integration drop ship fulfillment and product content management for multi channel e commerce merchants . 1 it provides integration and fulfillment services to both online and brick and mortar retailers 2 distributors and supplier companies such sears msc industrial direct kohl s macy s costco qvc staples best buy meijer drugstore.com walgreens dell toshiba sanyo minolta gateway and little tikes . commercehub was formed in 1997 to develop e commerce integration services 3 for the sharing of data and business processes between trading partners . as online retailing was developing merchants were fulfilling orders via virtual merchant business models 4 selling online and fulfilling orders via drop shipping . founder frank poore a logistics expert familiar with retailer order management systems 5 recognized the growing online business was attracting retailers that had never sold direct and would change the way retailers and manufacturers needed to communicate to make drop shipping work . merchant data transmitted via a value added network van was generally formatted as electronic data interchange edi . 6 online businesses found edi was too cumbersome to accommodate all the file formats 5 and business rules the growing volume of e commerce retailers required . commercehub developed a web based approach to serve e commerce integration needs with their universal connection hub 7 a translation engine that provides integration to translate and normalize supply chain communications and enable electronic processing of purchase orders change orders and remittance confirmations in native file format . the universal connection hub supports industry communications and file format options including web browser vpn van ftp web services https edi xml flat files spreadsheets and others . 8 in 1998 drop ship fulfillment services were added to the connectivity hub to provide management and monitoring of the order fulfillment life cycle . commercehub s dropship master provided order tracking visibility and event management with automated exception alerts to customizable business rules . 9 in august 2000 commercehub received a multimillion dollar investment from interactive technology holdings llc 10 and announced the signing of a contract with iqvc the online retailing division of qvc to provide electronic business communications between iqvc and its participating vendors to automate management of iqvc customer service operations from point of sale through delivery . the company became profitable in 2002 with the signing of four top 20 retailers . 11 by 2003 commercehub had signed on 10 major e commerce retailers and announced in 2004 that its network of integrated clients was approaching one thousand organizations representing nearly a million unique product skus . 11 commercehub was acquired by qk holdings a supply chain management company in an all cash transaction announced in august 2006 . 12 that same year stephen hamlin former vice president of operations at qvc.com joined the company as ceo . 11 the commercehub headquarters is located in albany ny . references edit commerce technologies inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2010 12 06 . d errico richard a. 2006 08 07 . commercehub outlasts competitors ; now targets overseas market . the business review albany . retrieved 2010 12 06 . gordon jack may 2005 . commercehub is working a quiet revolution . electronic retailer magazine . retrieved 2010 12 06 . findlay andrea mckenna 2001 01 31 . when it absolutely positively has to be there e retailers turn to outsourcing . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 12 06 . a b peters kurt 2003 02 27 . re assessing drop shipping again . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 12 06 . roussel dupre stephanie 2001 07 01 . virtual reality warehouse . real solutions online . retrieved 2010 12 06 . maguire james 2006 07 24 . make drop shipping work for you . ecommerce guide . retrieved 2010 12 06 . integration and implementation . commercehub . retrieved 2010 12 06 . demery paul 2004 10 08 . commercehub launches drop ship master 4.0 further defining the standard in drop ship fulfillment management . internet retailer . retrieved 2010 12 06 . pr newswire 2000 08 31 . commercehub secures multi million dollar equity investment from an affiliate of comcast corporation and qvc inc. . highbeam research . retrieved 2010 12 06 . a b c about commercehub . commercehub . retrieved 2010 12 06 . d errico richard a. 2006 08 22 . commercehub sold ; poore relinquishes day to day role . the business review albany . retrieved 2010 12 06 . v t e liberty interactive liberty interactive group bodybuilding.com 83 % buyseasons commercehub 99 % evite gifts.com hsn 34 % provide commerce proflowers qvc zulily right start liberty ventures group aol 3 % expedia inc. 18 % interval international 30 % time warner 1 % time warner cable 1 % tree.com 25 % tripadvisor 26 % retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title commercehub & oldid 742296479 categories internet properties established in 1997companies established in 1997companies based in albany new yorktechnology companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 21 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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