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Express checkout is coming very soon to our main site! Our mobile site will be getting an express checkout as well but it is still being developed. We hope that this feature will help expedite your buying even more. The new express checkout profile can be linked to our XML services for new and current customer integrations which can help streamline and automate the supply chain. If your IT department may be interested in integrating your buying process with our servers, then please have them contact techsupport@all-spec.com and request more information. We can accommodate most ordering, tracking, and communication integration/automation requests.

Our recent checkout and shopping cart overhaul has made shopping and buying much easier than before. Express checkout makes placing orders even easier by filling out more information for you automatically and also skipping steps. If you ship to the same address and use the same credit card every time you order then this will make checkout a 3 or 4 click process! You can also pay with net terms instead of a credit card if you have existing credit approval from us.

Here are some options that will be available in the new express profile settings:

- Credit card payment method (Card Wallet selection – you specify a security code at checkout)
- Terms payment method (You specify a PO number at checkout)
- Shipping address
- Shipping notes
- Shipping method for each of the different shipping groups/icons
- Shipping payment method for each group/icon (put on invoice/card or use a specific shipping account number)
- LTL/Freight service options including liftgate, limited access pickup/delivery, ship notification, etc

This information is saved in your express checkout profile and then put into the checkout process while also bypassing steps 1 and 2. Once you enter a security code for the pre-chosen credit card, or enter a PO number for terms payment, then you can submit your order like normal with a couple of clicks. If you need to make a change for an order you are free to go back through the checkout steps before submitting your order.

Thanks for your business and your support! More web enhancements, process enhancements and technology adoptions are already in the works here to better meet your needs. I will be posting a blog soon stating the process and technology work we have planned for this year. Would a specific technology, document type/format or process make your buying, receiving, tracking, production, etc easier? Let techsupport@all-spec.com know and we will review your request and respond with an answer.

Glen Batchelor
CIO/CTO

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It all started back in 2007 after her retirement and since then, Carol Mullinix has created somewhat of a Bucket Boss empire, all out of the courtesy of her own home.

Thanks to her love of old planes (she even owns a pilots license) and a passion for old cars, she came up with the idea of turning what may have originally been a hobby, into a pretty successful business.

She even surprised herself a little. “I’m surprised at how popular, being a retired flight attendant, this has become. I never would have dreamed,” said Mullinix.

Mullinix purchases bulk orders from All-Spec, typically 2-3 times per month, of the Bucket Boss 07004 and customizes them for her online eBay motors shop. Each visit produces about 30 orders of the Bucket Boss Duckwear Tool Roll item. Through her in-home monogramming system, she creates labels and designs for tool rolls to be used on classic cars and show planes.

She only produces the tool rolls for classic cars because they are normally the ones breaking down. Tool boxes aren’t ideal since they rattle and will move all over the place. The convenience of the rolls has become very successful.  It’s nice to have these in case you need to fix an unexpected problem with your car, without the trouble of having to call for help.

While customizing the tool rolls for the cars, she can print up to 26 letters and spaces under each logo and also does larger quantity orders with a minimum of 10. Her most popular design is the Ford model-T, model-A logo embroidery.

While personalizing these tool rolls for show or sea planes, Mullinix frequently sells to bush pilots in Alaska, who take groups of people out for fishing and hunting expeditions. These come in handy because they can store easily under the seat in the cockpit for simple storage.

The rolls are also ideal for hobby planes that fly for recreation, much for the same reason. If they were to break down with no tools, there aren’t a lot of sources for assistance so they are prepared should the plane have mechanical issues.

To give you an idea, she started out doing a few hundred per month and is now currently doing well over 20,000 each year. Mullinix says her busy season falls during early Spring, mid-Summer, early Fall and of course, Christmas.

We appreciate her loyalty to All-Spec and look forward to doing business with her each month. We also love her idea of personalizing Bucket Boss items and wouldn’t be surprised if her idea caught on to others in the future. To give you an idea, she even did a classic car tool roll order for a Daimler limousine with a Damimler logo for Queen Elizabeth of England last year!

“I enjoy the friendliness and helpfulness of everyone at All-Spec and how accommodating they are. I feel like I know everyone in the company from the upper management on down, “ Mullinix mentioned.

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