We’re thrilled to officially launch EcoScore, our groundbreaking new platform designed to transform how businesses and consumers identify and choose sustainable Office Technology.

Developed entirely in-house here at JGBM, EcoScore delivers an unprecedented level of detail in sustainability ratings for office tech. We’ve meticulously measured and rated every single SKU from over 40 leading tech brands, covering more than 40 distinct categories. Behind the scenes, we draw from a colossal database of over 125,000 sustainability attributes, ensuring each product is evaluated against rigorous environmental criteria within its category.

Every product receives a clear and simple EcoScore Leaf accreditation – 1, 2, or 3 leaves – making it easier than ever for customers to understand and compare sustainability performance at a glance.

“The demand for sustainable products is undeniable, but the tools to truly make informed choices have been missing,” says our MD, John George. “EcoScore fills that void. It’s not just credible and comprehensive; it’s also incredibly simple to integrate into any reseller e-commerce platform. No complex feeds or tricky updates – just clear, actionable sustainability insights.”

We’re proud to say that EcoScore is now seamlessly integrated into the PrimaGo webshop, making it even easier for resellers to help customers make better, greener choices.

Two powerful tiers are available:

Tier 1 – Free
Display core EcoScore leaf ratings directly on your PrimaGo product listings, along with a simple explanation of how the score was calculated – all at no cost.

Tier 2 – Try Free for 3 Months
Unlock the full power of EcoScore with:

• A dedicated Sustainability tab on each product page
• Access to detailed product-level sustainability data
• Downloadable EcoScore certificates for quoting and tender support

After the trial, it’s just £14.95/month – and you can cancel anytime.

Backed by major industry brands and built to scale, EcoScore gives you and your customers the tools to make more sustainable decisions while helping your business stand out in a competitive market.

We believe EcoScore will empower our resellers to genuinely differentiate themselves, while giving end-users the confidence to actively choose better, greener tech.

Ready to make a difference? Register to EcoScore for free today: www.ecoscores.co.uk

Help us to deliver the best service for your customers! When placing a ‘direct to end user’ order, please ensure you provide your customer’s mobile number and/or email address*.

Providing your customer’s contact details means our couriers can liaise directly with your customer regarding their delivery, removing you as the ‘middle man’ and ensuring an efficient and managed courier delivery to your end users. This benefits you, your customer and of course, allows us more time to provide an even better JGBM customer service.

When placing orders via the JGBM Website or EDI** please ensure that the full end user details are added to the customer record to ensure tracking information can be sent.

*As per our data protection policy, the information provided will only be used for the sole purpose of processing and delivering your order.
** Please check with your back office provider if you are unclear where to add this information.

Did you know that you can track orders on the JGBM website?
To find out how, click here.

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Now used by over 600 UK dealers, TechStuff is an award-winning customer-facing e-catalogue that’s 100% managed in the cloud by JGBM to ensure that you showcase the latest Office Machines content to your customers, every day of the year – new products, promotions, product video, built-in competitive street pricing, PDF’s and unique JGBM data too.

• Free monthly e-catalogue featuring a selection of best sellers, new products 
  to market and products on promotion
• Fresh unique content every month
• Unique product videos – only available on TechStuff
• Competitive street pricing built-in – zero, 10%, 15% and 20% price margin version available
• Product PDF’s
• Unique product descriptions – highlighting the key differences between
  similar products
• Promotion links – enables your customers to redeem promotions online
• Zero maintenance!

“Good news – just picked up a shredder order from the first client we sent TechStuff to!”
Woods Business Services

You’d be ghoulish ? not to sign up! https://bit.ly/3U1HAyl

JGBM & Prima Team Up

We’ve worked closely with Prima to deliver 20/20 Lite Office Machines & Technology Webshop. Its key USP is that content is ‘managed by JGBM’ for you, and that it requires virtually none of your time. Its power comes from fresh content every day/week, and a competitive street price feed – incorporating the recently developed JGBM ISP ‘Intelligent Street Pricing’, product video, manufacturer promotions with countdown timers, unique product selectors etc.

20/20 Lite is seamlessly integrated with Prima and fires orders directly into your Prima back office. Use it as a standalone Technology Webshop or as a dedicated machines ‘Microsite’ that links to & from your PrimaGo website.

20/20 Lite together with Prima, delivers…

• Your own branded Office Technology Webshop
• Orders fire directly into Prima back office
• 100% managed by JGBM category experts = ZERO maintenance for you
• JGBM ‘ISP’ Intelligent Street Price feed – makes you ultra-competitive in Office Machines
• 4,000 JGBM SKU’s – on average doubling your portfolio
• Unique JGBM content – data, video etc. It’s not available elsewhere
• Monthly manufacturer promotions – uploaded within 48hrs of launch
• Countdown timers on promos to encourage purchasing
• Unique product selectors for Printers, Shredders, Dictation etc.
• Optional JGBM ‘consumer’ helpline – our product experts advise your customers of the correct product for purpose
• Manufacturer banners link to promos
• Stock updates every 5 minutes
• Daily product and pricing updates
• Strong feature-rich landing pages
• Mobile and tablet ready – Cloud-based, delivering speed and scale

AUTOMATED OFFERS, PROMOTIONS & BANNER MANAGEMENT

Your technology webshop becomes the hub for the latest industry offers & promotions. Daily, weekly, monthly, hourly promotions and banners appear automatically, driven by JGBM and manufacturers too. Your sell pricing is competitive so you’re ‘in the market’. Banners link through to dedicated landing pages that detail the promotion and list the relevant products. Countdown timers show how long each offer has to run, and products and images have a splash graphic linking to details of the offer. And your Sales Team use your technology webshop as a sales tool so they’re up to speed every day!

THE JGBM PORTFOLIO COVERS OVER 40 CORE PRODUCT CATEGORIES

Now in its 43rd year, JGBM has a long award-winning history of expertise in the Office Machines category and a sales team trained by manufacturers on all products. JGBM Categories:

What is ISP ‘Intelligent Street Pricing’?

We know where your (street) sell pricing should sit, whether at category or SKU level. Without ISP, or the time or capability to control pricing on the fly, it’s virtually impossible for you to be successful in the Office Machines category. JGBM ‘ISP’ resolves this without you needing to be involved. Pricing updates automatically overnight (you can still control margins yourself in the 2020 Lite admin area if preferred).

As the Office Technology market moves so quickly it’s essential that you engage your customers with a modern online solution that offers unique content, promos, stock & pricing – live as it happens. The 2020 Lite webshop is key to attracting a sale rather than dissuading your customers from coming to you for office machines. Worse still, putting them off you for all products. Combined with your local service – 2020Lite keeps you relevant in Office Machines!

See an example webshop here

What will it cost?

So how much does it cost to get COMPETITIVE in Office Machines – with a dedicated, full eCommerce website, unique managed data, promotions & ISP pricing?

Just £60/month + £150 set-up.

JGBM Catalogue & Feed ( *without a 20/20 Lite webshop* )
If you only require the enabling of the JGBM Catalogue and cost price feed for your existing Prima system, full details here Prima Marketplace.

Ensure you have a modern online offering and kickstart your Office Machines sales with a 20/20 Lite Tech webshop.

For further details please contact Mark Smith at JGBM, 01752 330044

Today we are launching TechStuff!

A fresh new marketing strategy from JGBM designed to bring office technology based promotions direct to your customers, in a modern format, working seamlessly on tablets and smartphones. A must have marketing tool for the modern dealer!

Click here to see the TechStuff! before signing up!

What is it?

• FREE quarterly technology e-catalogue for your customers
• Increases your sales in office technology
• Links to product PDF’s and embedded video
• Works seamlessly on smartphone & tablet
• The latest products and promotions from the top brands, to make you competitive in Print, Shredding, Labelling, Dictation etc.
• Features a number of ‘exclusive to TechStuff!’ promotions
• Features unique JGBM data
• Choose the complete catalogue or selected categories: PrintStuff!, ShredStuff!, LabelStuff!, RecordStuff!, etc.
• Choose from three different ‘sell price’ bands

What do I do with it?

• Feature TechStuff! on your website – pre-designed banners provided!
• Share with your customers via Email and Social Media
• Customised with your Company details *
• Links to your website product pages *

Click here to sign up for Free, or choose customised options!

*chargeable option

Techstuff MAGAZINE Website

In addition to the TechStuff! digital e-catalogue for dealers. The marketing team have also created a techstuff magazine website, an on-line magazine for tech in the home and office. The TechStuff Magazine website’s aim is to raise awareness of new and existing products supplied by manufacturers and brands in the office products market. By creating an engaging information site and technology blog, it acts as a source for the latest in technology for the home & office environment. An example of awareness comes via its technology blog with posts such as the https://techstuffmagazine.com/2019/07/25/a-world-first-from-colop-with-this-innovative-e-mark-stamp/

It will target Business IT Professionals, IT managers, Business Owners, Company Directors, Purchase Managers, Techy people in business.
TechStuff Magazine – a digital magazine that keeps you updated with the latest in tech

Here is an excerpt from the February Edition of the Channel Info Magazine

JGBM scores with augmented reality first…

Marketing & IT Director Mike George says: “We’re always looking to push the frontiers in terms of utilising new technology and for this years’ catalogue we have created something different by incorporating AR technology”.

“Catalogue users who have a mobile device (smart phone or tablet) can download an Augmented Reality app, a link of which is on the JGBM website. Once installed on the mobile device, any (JGBM) catalogue page viewed through the app on the device will ‘spring to life’, effectively adding another dimension to the printed page!”

“The existing static pages, once ‘AR’d’, will then display highly relevant clickable buttons such as web-links, pictures, video etc. For example you can buy direct from the JGBM website by clicking the ‘Buy Now’ button that magically appears when hovering over a product.”

“Hover over a static advert and see a video that tells you all about the product, or click on the category and it will take you to the chosen category on our website. One of the problems with Augmented Reality apps has been that some only currently work on Apple iOS devices such as ‘String’, and others on Android, although eventually they may well be incorporated into the devices operating system. The App we use, however, is cross platform and is available for both Android and Apple iOS devices. Samsung are already bundling this technology in to their mobile products.”

Mike adds “One plan we have for the future is for a user to be able to view their current price and stock levels simply by hovering over the product pages. This technology is certainly a leap forward in helping bring the catalogue and printed page out of the dark ages.”

As ‘JGBM Marketing’ has effectively become a digital media operation over the years, such as filming and producing video for manufacturers, it will, later this year, be morphing into a ‘division of’ JGBM and will be renamed Skyrocket Digital Media.The Augmented Reality catalogue for JGBM is effectively Skyrocket’s first product, but officially the new division will come into being with the launch of a similarly cutting edge, innovative E-commerce website solution aimed specifically at the Office Products dealer, due for launch later this year.

Order your copy of the NEW JGBM ‘AR’ Catalogue here