Here is the full list of specific features that make this shopping cart an ideal
solution for small to medium-size business owners.
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Catalog Features
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Description
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Multi-Cart Solution
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Multiple shopping carts can be set up on your web site with no additional charge.
Sell products from several industry groups without intermingling product lines.
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Shopping Cart Size
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500 – 1000 products with unlimited custom product attributes per product
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Web-based Online
Catalog and Product Editing
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Everything is edited online. Every catalog and product setting is dynamic. Changes
display immediately on the internet.
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Categorize Products
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Products can be easily grouped by category or manufacturer.
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Product Catalog Administration forms
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The Master Admin Account has multiple forms to manage the site: Catalog, Product,
Invoice, Customer, Product Review, Picture, Mailing List, Profiles, Data Widgets.
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Most Recent Products
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Products can be displayed by the most recently added to the catalog.
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Pictures Admin
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Large batches of images can be uploaded and assigned to products later as they are
built. Select images from a gallery of uploaded images.
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SSL Support
Secured Sockets Layer
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Supports secure payment integration via https (SSL). No credit card information
is stored in the catalog.
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Anonymous or Registered Checkout
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Customers have the option to register or checkout anonymously. Registration creates
an account for the user allowing them to associate all of their purchases together.
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Payment Options
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Integrated onsite payments can be handled using Authorize.net or PayPal Pro via
your merchant account. Offsite payments can be handled using PayPal directly allowing
the customer to use his own PayPal account.
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Registered Account Users
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Registered Users can set up their own account and view their orders both past and
present.
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Admin Lookups
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Searches on customers, invoices, and products. Find all customers who purchased
a specific product.
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Image Resizing
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Sophisticated tool for image resizing to guarantee high quality images.
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Product Reviews Admin
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Products reviews are published by web site administrator. 5 star system. Option
to edit if inappropriate language is used but review is good.
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Mailing List
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Customers and casual shoppers can join a mailing list. Allows marketing campaigns
for mailing list and established customers. Marketing content can be defined based
on specific products or selected web pages on your site.
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Product Blogger
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Blogging tool with focus on product information. Blogs can be tied to product lookups
using product filters (We call them Data Widgets).
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Product Samples
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The shopping cart contains many product samples to help you get started. The most
challenging part of installing a product catalog is setting up the prices for each
product. With so many pricing options to market your products, a healthy set of
examples allows you to copy a sample and redefine for your own purpose.
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Product Features
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Description
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Related Products
& Accessories
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Each product can be related to other similar products for more advanced assoications.
Accessory items can be linked to each product when applicable.
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Shipping Options
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Shipping costs can be applied as a fixed cost per cart total or as a percentage
of the cart total.
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MAP
(Minimum Advertised Price)
Compliance
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Minimum Advertised Prices (otherwise known as MAPs) are prices set by a manufacturer,
and agreed upon by retailers, below which products cannot legally be advertised
over the internet.
The display price for a product can maintain MAP agreements with manufacturers while
allowing you to offer a lower price for your product. Review this option here to
ensure compliance.
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Promotional Product
Advertising
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Products can be priced for a promotional period with a start date, expiration date,
and promotional price. Prices revert back to ordinary pricing after promotional
period ends.
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Global Price Markups
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The entire catalog can be marked up by a global percentage while maintaining promotional
pricing overrides. Global markups can be overridden by product level markups.
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Minimum Order
Requirements
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Certain products can be tagged for minimum order requirements to ensure a profit.
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Buy Unit Conversion
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Some products may be priced according to a specific unit of measure but the purchase
lot is different. For example, products can be priced by square foot but sold by
the carton.
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Partial Payments | Down Payments
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If you have products with a high sale value, the shopping cart can be used to take
a partial payment or down payment before goods are delivered. In these cases, you
will obviously have to make arrangements with the buyer on how the final payment
is made.
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Required Customer Input fields
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Customers can be required to input or select information before purchase. Product
attributes such as color or size have multiple values. These attributes can be defined
and used to require input by the customer. Required dates and text box inputs are
available also.
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Special Product Attributes
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Some product attributes carry special functions: Minimum Order, Featured, Spotlight,
Spec Sheets, Page Links, Sku, Owner Sku, Tags, Comments, Due Date, Delivery Time
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Product Publication
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Products are published to the public based on a 'display' setting. Products can
be priced and built before a special sale or season, then released to the public
via a simple product display setting. The admin account can view products as they
would appear to the public without publishing them for release to the internet.
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Multiple images per product
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Each product image can have related pictures to accurately display the product from
multiple angles and profiles. Clothing products often have this option.
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Product Images
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The catalog settings adminstration allows for image size customization for list
and gallery view. Large images can be uploaded and resized dynamically without quality
degradation. Allows for thumbnail and close up views using the same image.
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Inventory
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Handles basic inventory transactions. Admin sets initial inventory. Purchases deduct
from inventory. Out of Stock display when inventory set to 0.
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Product Search
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Any word associated with a product can be searched and identified. This includes
the product name, description, and all product attributes. Products can be searched
by category.
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Page Link and Specs Doc
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Some products have so many detailed specifications that a standard product definition
cannot capture all the product info. Products can be built to point to a special
product specs document for detailed information. Page links can be assoicated with
a product and configured to identify a separate web page or specific products.
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Order fulfillment
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Customers can track the progress of their order as it moves through order fulfilment.
Customers receive an email alert when a product is shipped.
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Gallery & List View
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View your product search results in gallery or list view format.
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Shipping, Taxes, and Payment Options
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Description
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Shipping
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Integrates with UPS. Based on ship from and destination, weight, and ship service.
Option to override shipping calculations with a fixed shipping cost or percentage
of cart subtotal.
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Taxes
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Defined by origin state. Taxes are based on the ship destination. Taxes can be set
up by state using a rate table.
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Payment Options
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Integrated onsite payments can be handled via Authorize.net, PayPal Payflow Pro,
or PayPal Web Payments Pro via your merchant account. Offsite payments can be handled
using PayPal directly.
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PayPal Offsite
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With a simple PayPal business account, you can provide the flexibility for offsite
payments. No SSL certificate is required on your site. Customers can use their own
PayPal account or credit card to pay for products. PayPal business accounts are
easy to set up and only require a bank account and email account to configure.
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System Requirements
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Description
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ASP.NET & IIS 7+
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The shopping cart is written and configured using Microsoft web technologies and
hosted on the ASP.NET platform. All catalog and product administration is performed
via the adminstration forms. General computer skills are required to manage the
catalog.
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