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cart is a feature rich web based shopping system.
Below are just a few of the many features and tools available in this amazing
software. There are entirely too many features to list every single one,
so we have highlighted a few for the following categories.
Set
Up
- choose one or more of
the following languages to run your store in:
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- English
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- (many more
languages coming in the following months!)
- many choices of
layouts without the need for complicated templates
- administration does
not require FTP or TELNET access
- customized
appearance
- choose over 20
standard color schemes or create your own
- banner rotation with
choice of frequency in displaying
- unlimited
categories
- unlimited
sub-categories
- user (shopper) help
area
- select number of
products per page
- unlimited options for
each product
- two types of options
- pull down and checkbox
- inventory control
system
- many prewritten
policies and statements to easily include as your own
- option of
substituting all input buttons with custom images
Navigation
- "instant order"
option allows users to order products without having to click on
thumbnails
- menu bar always on
left for the easiest navigation of any shopping system
- customers choose own
customer ID
- customer database for
easy repeat ordering
- easy to use search
feature for searching products
- define number of
products per page
- continue with current
order if disconnected (no cookies or referrers!)
- thumbnail image
option for faster downloading
- zoom feature option
for detailed product viewing
- users can click back
and fourth through product pages
- advanced product
entry streamlined in admin area
Administration
- specials - unlimited
featured on front page that can be changed in seconds
- choice of "Simple" or
"Advanced" administration
- price schedules for
changing all products that are priced the same in one easy step
- upload all images
through web browser - no need to give multiple users ftp accounts
- setup store using
on-line wizards OR off-line editing easy-to-read text files
- related product sell
on review page
- lookup former
orders
- Mail customers
directly from cart!
- add unlimited custom
input fields with comments
- products can fall
under multiple categories
- each input area and
section in the administration area is hyperlinked to handbook
- use the import/export
tools to convert existing databases of 1000's of products within
minutes
Shipping
- most accurate and
customizable shipping schedules
- shipping calculated
per product OR for total cost of order
- different schedules
for different countries - add export/country taxes if shipped to a specific
country
- unlimited shipping
options
Payment
- works with any form
of currency
- currency symbol can
go before or after the amount - international use
- unlimited payment
options
- custom tax schedule
for city and states/provinces
- custom tax schedule
II for country taxes - can even tax shipping!
- built in credit card
verifier for all MasterCard, Visa, Amex, and Discover cards (verifies validity
of number only - not amount to be charged)
- post to any secure
server
- discount schedules
can be setup based on number of each product purchased
- global discounts can
be specified for reseller programs
- gift certificate /
store credit manager for easy creation and redemption
- fully integrated with
Card Services International and AuthorizeNet real time credit card
processing
Order Control
- e-mail banning -
choose which e-mail addresses or domains you do NOT want to accept orders
from
- detailed graphical
sales reports
- send orders via
e-mail to third parties
- add custom messages
to order confirmations and receipts
- web-based and
e-mail order retrieval system
- express checkout
feature
- easy to read web
invoices/receipts and e-mail receipts
- full product editing
from review page, not just quantity
- define minimum
quantity per product
- define unlimited
custom fields for obtaining customer information
- annotate pending and
processed orders on-line!
- E-mail customers with
preset messages directly from administration order screen
Other Software Options
- multiple stores
running off same script available (additional cost)
- unlimited instances
per server (call for quote)
- unlimited instances
per domain (call for quote)
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