e-commerce onlineshop software

History

ePages is one of the pioneers of e-commerce. For many years, our healthy mixture of innovative concepts and proven functions has allowed companies to harness the enormous potential of the Internet. In a market that's always changing, we've always been a reliable partner. But with over 100 employees in Europe and the USA, we aren't resting on our laurels, we continue to work on the future of e-commerce.

Milestones of the ePages business development

Year
Events
1983 Founding of the Beeck & Dahms Software GbR in Kiel

Development of a inventory administration system for Apple II and IBM PCs
1984 Start of the software development on Apple Macintosh
1987 Trading under the name d’ART Computer GmbH

Enterprise resource planning system "Faktura I" on Apple Macintosh
1988 Start of the object-oriented development on NeXT computers

Enterprise resource planning system "Suxess II"
1991 Relocation to Hamburg, NeXT Distribution

Sales exceeds 10 m DM for the first time
1992 Founding of affiliated company NetConsult GmbH in Jena, since 1997 operating under the name Intershop Communications GmbH
1995 First version of an online shop software

Prototype DARTshop based on "Suxess II"
1996 e-commerce standard software is marketed as "Intershop Online"

Founding of subsidiaries in the USA, France and the UK
1997 First e-commerce hosting platform worldwide: "Intershop ePages" is marketed to telecommunication companies and Internet service providers
1998 Successful initial public offering of the Intershop AG on the new market
1999 Division of the product lines Intershop 4 and Enfinity: Intershop 4 with focus on hosting providers and the medium-sized businesses, Intershop Enfinity with focus on large-scale enterprises
2000 Sales with "Intershop 4" reach 100 million DM with more than 30,000 installations
2002 Wilfried Beeck leaves the executive board of the Intershop AG - and with the ePages GmbH (formerly DART Software GmbH) - assumes management of further development, support and sales of the Intershop 4 product line, including trademark rights, existing customers and employees
2003 ePages releases version 4.5 to the market: The software now supports WebServices and features integration options in diverse marketplaces and portals such as eBay and Kelkoo
2004 The new version ePages 5 now facilitates rental shops on a highly professional level and features seamless upgrades to the ePages Merchant line. The modular architecture allows for customer-specific customisations in the Merchant version to occur even more quickly and securely

eCorner assumes the ePages distribution for Australia and New Zealand
2005 ePages 5 Hosting platform is utilised by numerous leading telcos and web hosters (including Strato, Lycos, T-Online, T-Com and British Telecom)

Merchant versions can be seamlessly integrated to existing IT structures through alliances with ERP providers (e.g. SAP and IFS)
2006 Integration to the Sage Office line

Arnt Groth becomes CEO of ePages

Opening of subsidiaries in London and Barcelona
2007 ePages is partner of Google for the introduction of Google Checkout in England

ePages dominates tests in Internet World Business and c’t
2008 ePages receives the "Seal of e-Excellence" in gold at CeBIT and a 5- star rating in the PC-World Spain

Launch of the new product generation ePages 6: ePages 6 facilitates the operation of powerful webshops and professional business websites with booking and rental functions on a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform

Foundation of ePages Southern Europe S.L.

Launch of ePages 6

ePages is used by more than 40.000 customers
2009Launch of ePages for SAP Busines One

ePages is used by more than 50.000 customers
2010Change of name to ePages GmbH

More than 100 employees work for the ePages GmbH