• OmegaNet Inc. and GiftsWholesale.Com Celebrate 10 Years
• More "Made In USA"
• Featured Vendors In GiftsWholesale.Com
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OmegaNet Inc. and GiftsWholesale.Com Celebrate 10 Years

At the GHTA conference in La Jolla, California, November 15 - 17, OmegaNet Inc. and GiftsWholesale.Com kicked off a celebration of 10 years in business. OmegaNet was founded in November, 1997 and the web site GiftsWholesale.Com was established in February, 1998.

Over the past 10 years, the company has created more than 250 web sites for gift, decor, garden, furniture, and apparel wholesalers and retailers powered by the company's proprietary CAMEO© software, which includes e-commerce and site building features. CAMEO EZ© is the latest incarnation of the software.

OmegaNet Inc. president Toni Ivey (right) and vice president Gary Ivey served birthday cake to more than 100 GHTA conference attendees.

Company founder Toni Ivey had been a distributor, importer and sales rep doing as many as 20 trade shows per year. She decided the Internet was the next sales channel that would open up for the industry, so she and husband Gary Ivey began learning about web site design and created GiftsWholesale.Com to showcase their own products and those they represented. But soon others wanted their own web sites. At first GiftsWholesale.Com did not have online ordering and a quick survey of available software showed there was virtually no shopping cart software available that allowed for the needs of wholesalers, so the fledgling company hired a programmer to write shopping cart software for GiftsWholesale.Com.

Gradually, features such as user editable web pages, trade show management, and sales rep contact management was added to the software that became known as CAMEO©, which stood for Complete Automated Merchant Electronic Ordering. The company also arranged to lease a web server to host web sites and offer email services. Because of the company's location in the Atlanta, Georgia area, many clients are located in America's Mart, but the company has clients in all regions of the United States as well as Canada.

The company has continued to grow in the power and flexibility of its CAMEO EZ software, as well as the number of its clients, and has recently added services in Internet Marketing.

More than 300 members of The Gift and Home Trade Association gathered in La Jolla, California for the association's annual conference November 15-17. The membership of the association, which was formerly known as United Sales Agents (USA), is composed of Gift and Home Decor Sales Agents and Manufacturers.

Featured Vendors in GiftsWholesale.Com
indicates a CAMEO EZ© web site.

American Picture Company: Great quality framed art at very competitive price points for gift & décor retailers. Primitive, Folk, Americana, Landscapes, etc. Always adding fresh new art images while maintaining top repeat sellers! Available glassed or textured.

Art Glass Imports provides retailers and distributors with reasonably-priced, high-quality gift items. From our gorgeous Designer Collection Perfume Bottles to our incredible Oil Lamps, our imported glass artwork will increase your sales due to their high demand.

Ata Boy makes a variety of licensed products such as magnets, nite lites and keychains featuring Elvis, Lucy, Barbie, Betty Boop, DC Comics characters and much more.

Badash Crystal: Our 24% hand-cut lead crystal is produced in the finest factories in Europe by the same artisans that manufacture for Mikasa, Waterford, Lenox, and Sasaki. Every piece is individually and safely gift boxed. We offer superb quality and value for all your gift giving and/or personal pleasure.

Don Mark Lifelike puppies & kittens that actually breathe. These adorable pets offer a real pet ownership experience without the work or expense. Perfect petzzz -------the ultimate pet. We now offer 30 breeds of puppies and kittens to choose from. Visit our web site to see our entire line of petzzz plus over 180 other unique gifts and gadgets.

Frankoma Inc. You can feel the difference when you touch a piece of Frankoma Pottery. Since 1933, Frankoma has the perfect gift. Whatever you’re looking for - heartfelt keepsake, kitchen or home accent, or even a new collectible - you’ll find it here. In fact, Frankoma collectibles are consistently listed among the top ten collectibles on EBay according to Martha Stewart.

Gallery Art Glass is the leading resource for all-weather stained glass - fun and functional garden giftware and home décor. We offer affordably priced, handcrafted home and garden accessories that add beauty and color to any setting. Collections include windchimes, birdfeeders, plant stakes, nightlights, windows, holiday and wine accessories.

Mud Pie: Mud Pie products are now featured in three catalogs: Mud Pie Baby, Mud Pie Gift, and Mud Pie Pet. It has always been our goal to offer innovative giftware that's affordably priced and adorably packaged.

Maison de Vie: creates gentle and natural products containing nature's essences of life, to provide you with a symphony of health and beauty. Maison de Vie offers over six hundred different products. All of the finished products are made by hand and manufactured in the company’s facility in Connecticut.

Spring Street is proud to offer the finest assortment of personal, home, and office accessories. Our extensive product lines are all theme oriented, from baby to bride and beyond. All of our gift items are hand epoxy enameled and adorned with faux jewel encrusted motifs. Many of our designs are inspired from the famed Soho district of New York City where the very real Spring Street is located.

Wellspring: Stationery products that help keep you organized by giving you fashion with function--wherever you are in your home, office, or on the go. Includes: Pencil Pads®, Auto Notes™, Flip Notes, Wiggle Pens™, note cards, note pads, and recipe books.

More "Made In USA"

Last month's Gift and Home Retailer News featured manufacturers who make their products in America. One impetus for the special issue was the news of problems with lead paint and other ingredients with products coming from China. More such news continues to appear and there are more manufacturers to note.

Ata Boy features licensed magnets and other items.

Maison de Vie offers over six hundred different products, all of which are made by hand and manufactured in the company’s facility in Connecticut. With "gentle and natural" in mind, the finest natural ingredients are developed into spa formulas and therapies created to pamper the skin and the senses. This is the cornerstone philosophy of their numerous collections of natural based personal spa products. Product lines include Bath Oil, Bubble Bath, Bath Salt, French Milled Guest Soap, Body & Hand Lotion, Gift Sets, Spa Basics, Table Top and Fragrant Home Decor.

On the other end of the country, in Los Angeles, California, is Ata Boy, which makes a variety of licensed products featuring Elvis, Lucy, Barbie, Betty Boop, DC Comics characters and much more. Ata Boy aims to be the one stop wholesale magnet source and a supplier of innovative novelty items, including nite lites, magnets, mousepads, keychains and bracelets. While some components may come from overseas, the magnets are made in the USA.