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The Company

Welcome to a Changed Business World

When we created our company 20 years ago, we had a vision of an interconnected business world. This was a world in which software would be as good and as efficient as the people who use it. The internet considerably helped us move towards this goal. Since 1992, as an e-business pioneer, we have always been determined to develop software that enables companies like Telcos, Hosting Providers and SMEs to generate business via the Internet. Today, more than 50,000 customers successfully use our webshops and business websites - from compact rental shops to integrated B2B applications. This makes us the leading distributor of e-commerce standard software. Our customers often belong to the most successful companies of their sector. And we're continually working on new ideas to keep it that way.


Wilfried Beeck
CEO, ePages GmbH

Our Mission

We created ePages software with a modular design because we want you to be able to adapt our products to new requirements, needs and market trends as quickly and easily as possible. "Plug & Play" is our motto which stands for simplicity, user-friendliness, internationality and rapid success in e-commerce. To ensure your success, we also supply numerous additional services alongside our modules for webshops and business websites. Our goal: Maximum sales for implementation partners, hosting providers and medium-sized businesses on the Internet.

Our Target Groups

ePages supplies hosting providers with an e-commerce platform whose basis can be used to offer small and medium-sized businesses fully developed business websites and webshops in different performance classes for a monthly rental fee. Internet access and a standard browser are all business owners need to create and administrate their shops and business websites.


Medium-sized businesses are able to realise online projects using ePages software that are individually matched to their needs and budget. In the process, they can utilise a wide repertoire of proven and tested standard components. 

Our 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