This year is seeing a 25 per cent month-on-month increase in customers registering their accounts for business on-line, says Gardiner Security, which has re-launched an upgraded and expanded e-commerce site
The Gardiner site was originally test marketed a year ago and then developed and refined after six months, using customer feedback.

E-business manager Kim Whitehead said: "With many thousands of customers all over the UK, working all hours of the day, Gardiner sees e-commerce as a key development of its service. It ensures accuracy and transparency – any customer can have immediate secure access to information on our product portfolio and their account, enabling them to see live pricing information and place and track orders 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

According to a DTI report, only 13 per cent of installers made on-line purchases, however, while 30% of manufacturers and distributors use electronic data interchange with their customers. Gardiner Security On-line aims to bring the security industry into the 21st century!

It says its on-line page is more intuitive, easier to use and faster, with a number of new features such as administration tools, a multi-criteria search engine, an order tracking facility and handy additions such as invoice reprinting and an order template facility for regular or monthly orders.

Installers wishing to take up the facility should log on to . Customers can quickly register an existing account or download an application to open a new credit account.

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