ARI Network Services (ARI Network Services) Purchase Of Investment : $0.00 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2017)

ARI Network Services Inc was incorporated in Wisconsin in 1981. The Company creates software-as-a-service and data-as-a-service solutions that help equipment manufacturers, distributors and dealers in selected vertical markets Sell More Stuff!TM online and in-store. Its SaaS and DaaS solutions include eCommerce-enabled websites, which provide a web presence for dealers and serve as a platform for driving leads and eCommerce sales, eCatalogs, which drive sales of inventory and PG&A both online and within the dealership, and lead management software designed to increase sales for dealers through more efficient management and improved closure of leads. Its SaaS and DaaS solutions are sold through its internal sales force and are comprised of recurring hosting, license and eCatalog subscriptions. Customers typically sign annual, auto-renewing contracts. Its eCommerce-enabled websites provide consumers with information about a dealership and its product lines and allow consumers to obtain information on whole goods and purchase PG&A through the dealers website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its website solutions are tailored to each of the vertical markets it serves and tightly integrated with its electronic library of inventory and PG&A content. The Company also offers a mobile solution that allows dealers websites to be fully functional on smart mobile phones. Its eCatalog solutions, which encompass its PartSmart, PartSmart Web and PartStream products, leverage its library of electronic whole goods and PG&A content to allow distributors and dealers to view and interact with this information to efficiently support the sales and service of equipment. Its SaaS solution, Footsteps, is designed to efficiently manage and nurture generated leads, increasing conversion rates and ultimately revenues for its customers. It also offers solutions, which include search engine marketing, software and website customization services, website hosting, and document transfer and communication services. Competition for its products and services varies by product and by vertical market. In eCatalogs, it competes with Snap-on Business Solutions, which designs and delivers eCatalogs, accessory sales tools, and manufacturer network development services, mainly to the automotive, powersports, OPE, construction, agriculture and mining markets.