American Meadows, a pure-play eCommerce business, sells an amazing selection of flower seeds and bulbs via the Internet.  A company with roots in the retail and direct mail catalog worlds, American Meadows now does 100% of its business at its very profitable Web site, www.americanmeadows.com.

After building a successful Web business despite early disappointments with other Web developers, American Meadows came to Timberline Interactive and began what has proven to be a long and productive work relationship.  Over the years, American Meadows has benefited from Timberline’s marketing expertise, which has helped to make the Web site a top Internet player in the very competitive flower seed and bulb business.  And as sales have climbed, Timberline has been there with technology solutions -- like direct downloads to a back-end accounting program, and a custom drop-shipping system -- to ensure American Meadows can efficiently handle its fast-growing business.

SERRV International, a non-profit organization based in Maryland and Wisconsin, offers hundreds of products via a catalog and an eCommerce Web site at www.agreatergift.org. Their mission is promoting the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing their indigenous products.

Prior to the 2005 holiday season, A Greater Gift moved its Web site to Timberline’s TICommerce shopping platform. Timberline designers helped the organization balance its social mission with the need to achieve excellent sales results.  The Timberline team was able to better highlight the commerce portion of the site without losing the critical mission messaging.  The result: a strong upturn in product sales, and a very profitable holiday season.

Lake Champlain Chocolates is a leading gourmet chocolate maker that sells its fine gourmet products through its company stores, specialty stores across the country and at its Web site, www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.

When Timberline Interactive took over the Lake Champlain Chocolates Web site, the site suffered from a problematic and relatively unstable shopping cart.  But, once ported to the Timberline eCommerce platform, such issues disappeared.  In the years since the companies began working together, Timberline has also implemented aggressive e-mail marketing campaigns and continued to add customer-friendly features.  The latest feature is a complex arrival date calculator that will enable customers to choose exactly when they want to receive their orders.  Timberline also helped launch Lake Champlain Chocolates’ wholesale site, at www.whsl.lakechamplainchocolates.com.

“Working with a web team that specializes in eCommerce is refreshing. I don't have to explain my business challenges to them…” — CM