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General Features |
| Store management done by
admin control panel on web site |
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| Provides complete web site
solution, including shopping cart, content management, customer
management etc... |
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| Unlimited Products |
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| Unlimited number of
Content/HTML (topic) pages |
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| Unlimited Data Driven
Content/HTML (topic) pages via XmlPackages (Patent-Pending) |
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(v6.1+) |
(v5.8+) |
| All Source code included
(C# or VB.NET) |
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| All Database Schema
Included |
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♦ Product
Categorization Features |
| Unlimited
Number Categories & Departments: We
do not limit the number of items
in the database. |
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| Categories and
Departments can also be fully nested to any level desired (e.g.
sub-categories, sub-departments) |
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| Supports cross-matrix of
products by category and department. E.g. a product can be mapped to
the shoe category, in the women's department |
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| Products can be mapped to
more than one category or department |
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| Paged browsing for
categories and sections: Keeps page size small, and optimizes user
experience. Customers also have the option to "view all" on any page |
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| Category, Department, and
Manufacturer "names" can be renamed (e.g. "Brochures", "Products",
"Car Parts", whatever you need that is appropriate for your unique
store site products). |
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| Disable buy buttons for
specific products |
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| (ML ONLY) Set Site to Wholesale Only
(Prices not shown to general site customers) |
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♦
Shipping Features |
| Calculate Shipping By
Order Total |
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| Calculate Shipping By
Order Weight |
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| Calculate Shipping By
Order Weight & Zip code Zone |
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| Calculate Shipping By
Order Total & Zip code Zone |
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| Calculate Shipping By
Fixed Item Shipping Costs |
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| Calculate Shipping By
Fixed Percent of Order Total |
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| Specify All Orders As Free
Shipping |
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| Use Real Time Rates |
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♦ FedEx |
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♦ UPS |
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♦ DHL |
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♦ USPS |
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| Admin defined shipping
methods (e.g. Ground, Next Day, 2nd Day, Priority, etc) |
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| Real Time Shipping
carriers can vary based on Domestic or International shipping
address |
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| Filter Real Time Rates
Allowed By Users |
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| Add Shipping & Handling
Extra Fee To Orders |
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| (ML ONLY) Shipping Methods Verified
Against User Addresses During Checkout (this avoids those customers
who always choose ground shipping for instance, but live in Hawaii!) |
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| Shipping Tracking #'s
e-mailed to Customers |
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| Support for Download
Products |
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| Batch Shipping Order
Printing/Tracking Integration with UPS WorldShip |
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| Multiple ship-to addresses
per order (a customer on one order can ship some items to address A,
and other items to address B) |
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♦
Product Import Features |
| Import Products From Xml
File |
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| (ML ONLY) Import Products From Excel
File |
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♦ Gift
Registry Features |
| (ML ONLY) Gift Registry Supported |
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| (ML ONLY) Gift Registry Can Be
Anonymous (gift registry owner name and address is hidden) |
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| (ML ONLY) Gift Card Support |
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♦
Wish List Features |
| Customer Add To Wish List
Supported (Persists over Customer Visits also) |
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Multi-Lingual Features |
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(ML ONLY) (Multi-Lingual) Store site can
support dynamic run-time language switching.
Customer can select store language at run-time. Store administrator
controls allowed languages. Language packs sold separately. |
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(ML ONLY) (Multi-Currency). Customer can select store currency to view at
run-time. Allowed currencies are under control of store
administrator. Support for various leading exchange rate feed
suppliers will be supported (via XmlPackages). Sign-up for some
exchange rate feeds is optional, through 3rd parties, and they may
have fees associated with them (e.g. xe.com, x-rates.com, etc). |
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| (ML ONLY) Store
developer/admin has full control over all store site strings used (e.g.
prompt used for SKU, Product, Color, Size, shopping cart, etc).
Basically, every string used in the storefront can be edited using
an Excel file, and then uploaded via the store admin site. |
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♦
Search Engine Features |
| EVERY product, category,
and department page can have their own custom search engine meta tags
(title, keywords, description, no script blocks, etc)... |
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Static
Product & Category Pages:
Designed to allow search engines
to fully crawl and index EVERY
product & category page
in your store. This can have
a dramatic increase in site
traffic from search engines. |
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| Google Xml Site Maps
Supported: a direct Google search engine submission method
sanctioned by Google |
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| Yahoo! Xml Site Maps
Supported: a direct Yahoo! search engine submission method
sanctioned by Yahoo! |
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| Fully dynamic page titles,
and search engine meta-tags |
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♦
Product Capabilities & Features |
| Supports multiple images
per product |
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| Support for swatch color
image changing |
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| Support for 3 images
sizes: icon, medium, large |
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| (ML ONLY) Automatic image
watermarking for protection |
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| Image Galleries Supported |
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| Restrict product
quantities to preset values (e.g. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ...) |
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| Enforce product minimum
order quantities (i.e. must order at least 10, etc). |
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| Recurring products can
have varying intervals (days, weeks, months, years) |
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| Subscription based
products & Content access |
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| Downloadable products
supported, with automatic e-mail to customer with download
instructions |
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| Text options on products
(e.g. require initials for monogrammed products, require text name
for product customization, etc) |
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| Support for sizes &
colors. All color/size site "prompts" can be customized in admin
site, so you could rename those two options to have completely
different meaning. |
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| Price can vary by
size/color option chosen |
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| Sort products in any order
desired (you can force popular products to the top of the pages) |
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| Fully dynamic site map
(optimized for search engines) |
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| (ML ONLY) Second tree-form dynamic
site map (optimized for users) |
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| Support for simple
products (e.g. a book) or products with variants |
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| Unlimited number of
variants per each product |
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| Each variant can have a
different price |
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| Each variant can have
different sizes & color options |
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| Each variant can require a
text option input (e.g. monogram) |
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| Each variant can have a
separate SKU modifier, and price, description, etc |
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| Tell store to
locate product pictures by ID (icon, medium, large) |
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| Tell store to locate
product pictures by SKU (icon, medium, large) |
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| Tell store to use Image
Filename Override for pictures (medium pics) |
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| Support for sale prices |
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| Vary product prices for
each customer level |
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| Product Descriptions can
include HTML formatting: We know that having complete control over each
product description is important, and no two products are alike. You can
use the administration site to enter product descriptions, or even link
to fully custom external product description HTML files. Additionally,
each product can have an inline or pop-up "specifications" window,
providing more detail to the customer, without distracting them from
making a purchase |
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| Support for Kits (build to
order products). Kits can have dynamic pricing and component
selection (e.g. build your own PC) and more specification as to what
items can be added, whether they are required, etc... Kit Items
cannot be ordered separately NOTE: We have noticed that some of
our competitors are charging
nearly $1200 for adding a
"build kit" feature on
their storefronts...shame on them! |
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| Support for Packs. A pack
is a product with a fixed price that can hold up to N other
arbitrary products. When the pack is full, it can be added to the
cart and purchased. Pack items are products themselves, which could
be ordered separately |
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| Password Protected
Products: Only allow registered customers to view certain portions
of your store, expands capability of Customer Levels even further |
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| Disable buy buttons for
specific products |
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| (ML ONLY) Set Site to Wholesale Only
(Prices not shown to general site customers) |
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♦
Inventory Features |
| Inventory Tracking |
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| Limit orders to quantity
on hand inventory, or allow customers to place orders for items out
of stock (admin configurable) |
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| Advanced inventory
tracking (by product, variant, color, and size) |
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| Show inventory on hand
status on product page to customer (optional) |
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♦ Coupon
Features |
| Order Based Coupons (apply
to entire order) |
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| Product Specific Coupons
(apply to only specified product) |
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| Coupon discounts by: $
discount, % discount |
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| Coupons can offer free
shipping |
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| Coupons can offer tax
exception |
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| Coupons have expiration
date |
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| Coupons can be marked as
use once per customer, use once by only one customer, use N times,
etc. |
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| Coupons requires minimum
order amount before it is valid |
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♦ Skinning &
Page Layout Customization |
| (ML ONLY) Completely customize the
layout & appearance of any category, section, manufacturer, or
product page. XmlPackage support:
XML/XSL rendering engine (developer defined home page, category,
section, manufacturer, and product page format layouts) |
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| User defined skin
replacement tokens, topic tokens, AppConfig tokens, etc. (e.g. skin
Regular Expression token parser) |
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| FREE site skins included |
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10 |
| Design skins in
Dreamweaver or FrontPage |
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| Web form controls can be
used within skin template user control |
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| Integrated support for
ComponentArt horizontal menu, vertical menu, site map, and tree view
navigational controls |
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| Integrated .NET
FormsAuthentication |
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| Skin Based UI
Customization: Store site styles and web design can be completely
customized by external HTML skin template and style sheets. See some of
our sample client sites to see how different each store can look |
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| Change skins in real-time.
You can conceivably have 100+ skins for a single store if you need
to. |
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| You can link to the cart
"pages" from your existing site pages, or use the storefront to run your
entire site |
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| Add page header/footer
HTML blocks to cart page, and all checkout and order confirmation
pages, to provide special notes/text specific to your store or
business |
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| Use custom receipt formats
& templates |
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| Use custom "your order has
shipped" e-mail formats and templates |
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| Automatic e-mail
notification to customer with receipt |
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| Automatic e-mail
notification to store admin of new order received |
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| Notification to Cell Phone
of new order received |
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| Mini-Cart (optional small
box on every page showing cart summary contents and checkout link) |
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♦ Customer
Accounts |
| Customer can view Order
History |
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| Customer has address book |
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| Customer can easily
re-order any prior order |
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| Multiple billing/shipping
addresses per customer (similar to Amazon.com style checkout) |
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| Recurring orders (e.g. for
auto ship products, monthly subscription fees,
monthly service type products, etc) |
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| (ML ONLY) Skip account creation on
checkout |
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♦ Payment
Methods Supported (types of payment) |
| Credit Cards (Accept Credit Cards in
Real Time: Cards can be processed & verified in real-time, or you can
delay processing until a later time) |
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| Check By Mail |
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| e-Checks (Authorize.net
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| C.O.D. |
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| Purchase Order |
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| Request For Quote |
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| MicroPay (this is
also referred to as a Purse). Customer can put money in an account,
and then purchase against it, or add to their balance |
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| (ML ONLY) Gift Cards |
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Support for Verified By Visa/MasterCard
Secure initiatives. Now, you can have
the same fraud protection
available to all retail stores.
Eliminate your fraud liability.
Guaranteed Payments. Reduce
chargebacks by up to 70%. These
authentication initiatives make
Internet commerce safe and secure,
for both buyers and sellers. |
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♦ Payment
Gateways Supported |
| MANUAL Gateway (just
collects order & payment information for offline processing) |
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| InfoDial.Net Gateway (Free) |
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| Authorize.net Gateway |
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IF YOU NEED A MERCHANT ACCOUNT
 InfoDial provides merchant services for those who need to obtain an internet
merchant account.
For more information or to apply for an account, please contact Sales
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Transaction Features |
| Store can be set to
authorize only, or auth-capture credit card mode. You can then
capture payment at shipment if desired |
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| Void & Refund supported |
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| (ML ONLY) Partial Refund and Add-Hoc
Charges Supported |
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| Support for recurring
orders/payments (auto-ship products) |
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| Support for CVV2 (credit
card security code) entry and checking (fraud prevention) |
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| Address Verification codes
reported to administrator with order |
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| Credit card numbers never
displayed on site, but remembered for user in an encrypted state (shown
as ****1111 on site) (You can disable storing of credit card #'s in the
db if desired) |
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| (ML ONLY) Don't require account
signup on checkout (optional) |
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| Force billing address to
be the same as shipping address |
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| Set a minimum order total
threshold for proceed to checkout |
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♦ Misc
Features |
| Customer Subscriptions for
protected content |
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| Mini-Cart display, so add
to cart action leaves user on same page, and updates mini-cart
display in left or right column of page |
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| Password Protected HTML
Pages (password protected topics) |
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| (ML ONLY) General Site Disclaimer
Message (Agree Before Entering) supported |
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| Can set a minimum order
total threshold for proceed to checkout |
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| Can set minimum order
product quantities before allowing checkout |
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| Order options supported
(e.g. gift wrapping, ship in unmarked box, etc). Additionally, each order option can have a
price associated with it. User can optionally select order options
during checkout. |
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| Order Export to Xml |
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| Customer Record Export to
Xml |
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| Customer e-mail lists to
XML (i.e. produce list of all registered customer e-mails for your
mailing manager) |
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| Product & Site Photo
Galleries: Create photo galleries of products, activities or
other important corporate or store fun events. Showing prospective
customers more than just a "store facade" is VITAL in creating brand
loyalty |
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| Recent Products Page |
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| Best-Seller Products Page |
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| Shopping cart can persist
over visits |
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| Shopping cart can be told
to age in N days |
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| Built in support for the most common display formats: grid, table
expanded, table condensed, simple form, right variant bars, and you can
completely customize the product pages by altering the output code HTML |
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| Catalog Only Sites (e.g.
turn buy buttons off) Support for Informational Catalog Only
Sites: A simple configuration setting removes all "buy" buttons from
the site, in effect turning your site into an informational site,
still complete with categories, subcategories, sections, product
info, product photos, etc |
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Store News Items
Supported (editable via Admin Site): Add real-time news
announcements, and items to the site. Inform customers about
important new items, or promotions |
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| Password protected topic
(html content) pages |
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| Order notes can be
entered by customer with special instructions |
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| (ML ONLY) Each cart item can also
have notes entered by the customer |
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| Shopping "cart" can be
renamed (e.g. Shopping Bag) |
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| Can require customer to
agree to Terms and Conditions block (user defined) before proceeding
with payment |
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| Support for subscription
products. Each product can add N months to a customer subscription.
Administration control panel allows override of subscription
expiration date |
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| External
Product HTML description files supported
(e.g. product descriptions can be stored in external HTML files) |
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| External
Product Specifications/Details
Supported (e.g. product "specs"
can be stored in external PDF or HTML file, and linked into product
page) |
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| Hide products, categories
or departments (publish or un-publish capability) |
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| Integrated
Product Search |
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| Advanced Product Search
Page (by category, section, manufacturer, price range, SKU, etc) |
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Full Export to QuickBooks
Requires optional
QuickBooks Windows Exporter Client Utility, $199 |
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| Quantity
discounts on products |
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| E-Mail Product
To A Friend: Product pages can be e-mailed to friends by site
visitors |
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♦ Tax
Features |
| Apply Tax by State |
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| Apply Tax by ZipCode |
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| (ML ONLY) Apply Tax by Country |
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| Tax can be applied to
shipping costs |
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| Individual Products can be
marked Taxable or tax-exempt |
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| Customer Levels can be
tax-exempt (e.g. wholesale) |
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♦
Pricing Feed Support Features |
| Froogle Feed Supported -w-
automatic generation and FTP upload to your Froogle account |
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♦ Upsell
Product Features |
| Related Products: Entice
additional sales by listing related products/accessories on each
product page |
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| Show Upsell Products
Directly On Cart Page |
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| Product prices can be set
to "Call for Price' |
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| Product prices can be
hidden until product added to cart |
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| Products can require that
other products are added to the cart (e.g. Product X requires
Product Y) |
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Affiliate Tracking Features |
| Affiliate sign-up/account
pages provided in store and admin site |
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| Customers can be tracked
to affiliates |
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| Orders can be tracked to
affiliates |
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| Products visible on the
site can be filtered by affiliate source id |
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Real-Time skin changing
based on URL/invocation/affiliate id |
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♦
Customer Level Features |
| Unlimited number of
customer levels (e.g. wholesale, retail, or gold, silver, platinum,
etc..) |
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| Customers can be tracked
to customer levels |
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| Customer levels can have
special product pricing, can offer percent discounts, free shipping,
tax exception, etc. |
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| Products visible on the
site can be filtered by customer level |
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Operational Features |
| Manage your store via
easy to use Administration control panel web site |
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| Once
installed, all operational store
tasks can be performed via the web based control panel |
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| Can be installed on any
Windows NT server or Hosted Server (except GoDaddy and 1and1
servers) |
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| Does not require any
special components on the server (Gateway COM objects may be needed) |
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| You can configure
products, prices, taxes, shipping, news items, etc all from the administration site |
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| You do not need to
understand SQL databases, etc to use your storefront (just to install
it) |
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| Customer Service Web
Administration: Comprehensive administrative reports, including revenue
trends & graphs, visitor trends & graphs, customer order percentages,
affiliate revenue reports, tax reports, etc. You can also search for
order by almost any customer record criteria to assist with customer support calls |
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Administration
Customer, order, traffic, reports
(yes, and graphical!):
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Tax Reports by Month/State
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Affiliate Revenue Reports by Month/State
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Total Customers by Date/Trend
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Customer to Purchase Stats (% of visitors that convert,
etc)
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Visitor Trends
(actual customer trends).
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| Built
In Customer Mailing Manager: Send
e-mails or HTML newsletters to registered customers.
Design your newsletter in FrontPage or DreamWeaver and send to
registered customers, or send to only customer with orders |
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| Customer can define
multiple billing/shipping addresses and select during checkout |
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| Remember
me option for returning users |
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| Order History Pages:
Customers can get their prior order histories, check order status, etc
all online |
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| Shopping Cart items can
persist over time (even months if desired). Great for return customers,
who later wanted to order a product, but forgot which one they wanted |
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| Customer can view all
their prior orders |
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| Administrators can edit
customer profiles, delete customers, update their address books, billing
information, etc. |
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| Administrator can
edit/enter service notes visible by customer regarding order status,
special notes, etc |
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Product Ratings & Reviews |
| Customers can review &
rate products (if enabled) |
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| User Polls (find out what
your customers are thinking!) |
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| Administrator can moderate
comments |
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| Profanity checking
provided on comment entry |
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Security Features |
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Supports SSL Encryption for secure ordering. Cart automatically
switches into secure mode appropriately. Supports any brand SSL
certificate. (Contact your hosting company for certificates).
Dedicated SSL certificate required. |
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| IP Address Tracking: For
safety and auditing, IP addresses are logged. |
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| Database Encryption For
Card Numbers, Passwords, and other sensitive data (You can also tell
the cart not to store credit card numbers anywhere) |
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| Secured password protected
Store Administrator Control Panel |
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| Can store encryption keys
in Windows Registry or Machine.config file |
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| Integrated .net security
roles and support |
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Independent Security
Audit Performed. Assessment included checks for:
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Secure Coding
Practices and Encryption
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Validating
Parameter length that could lead to a Buffer Overflow
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Various Buffer
Overflows
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Cookie
manipulation / Cookie Poisoning
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SQL Injections
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Cross Site
Scripting
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Mis-Configured
Servers
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Man In The Middle
Attacks using a Web Proxy
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SSL Version
Hacking
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♦
Notification Features |
| Order receipts
automatically e-mailed to customer |
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| Customizable Receipt
Formats: Customize the format and layout of your store receipts by
using a simple HTML template |
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| E-mail notification sent
to store Administrator when new order arrives |
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| Cell-Phone SMS
Messages sent to store Administrator when new order arrives. Stop
wondering how your site is
doing while you are at the gym,
at lunch or on
vacation...don't miss that big
next-day shipping order again! You
can even customize notifications with an order amount threshold,
if you only want to be notified when an order exceeds a certain dollar
amount |
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| "Order Has Shipped"
e-mail notifications sent to customers with tracking numbers |
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| "Order Has Download
Items" e-mail notifications sent to customers for orders with download
components. This e-mail can be sent on time of payment clearance or
delayed |
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| Delayed Downloads (gives
you time to verify buyer before sending download files) |
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♦ System
Requirements |
| Databases Supported |
MS-SQL |
MS-SQL |
