E-Commerce

The number of Internet users rose to over 80% of the US population or roughly 240 million people, in 2005. In order to stay competitive in this rapidly growing marketplace, you need an online Web Store. A Web Store is easy to use and can be accessed by anyone with a computer. Your retail store is no longer restricted to its physical location, and you can now sell your products to the world!

Every Web Store package includes a one-on-one training session with one of our Web Store Specialists. Most people learn how to operate their Web Store within an hour. Before you even know it, you will be adding products, creating specials, and shipping products to customers you never knew you had!

Web Stores are built into two of our three Web Marketing Plans. However, if you already have a web site, let us attach a Web Store to your existing site. Please contact us to setup a free consultation with one of our Web Store Specialists.

Web Store Features

Automatic notification of transactions.
User-friendly interface allows you to easily manage your Web Store from anywhere in the world.
Control over an unlimited number of products and departments with full and flexible control over product formatting.
Easily add/edit/remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews.
Automated display of specials.
Contact customers directly via email or newsletters.
View sales reports such as best-selling items and items sold together.
Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products.
Accept all major credit cards.
Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen.
Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc.).
Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis.

Web Store Specifications

General Functionality

Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
Object-oriented backend
Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default

Setup / Installation

Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure

Design / Layout

Template struture implementation to:
- allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make
- allow easy integration into an existing site
Support for dynamic images

Administration / Backend Functionality

Supports unlimited products and categories
- Products-to-categories structure
- Categories-to-categories structure
Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation
Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
Easily backup and restore the database
Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
Statistics for products and customers
Multilingual support
Multicurrency support
- Automatically update currency exchange rates
Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics

Customer / Frontend Functionality

All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
Customers can view their order history and order statuses
Customers can maintain their accounts
- Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
Forseen checkout procedure
Secure transactions with SSL
Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
Global and per-category bestseller lists
Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

Product Functionality

Dynamic product attributes relationship
HTML based product descriptions
Automated display of specials
Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters

Payment Functionality

Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing, etc.)
Accept all major credit cards
Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis

Shipping Functionality

Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc.)
Free shipping based on amount and destination
Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis

Tax Functionality

Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
Set different tax rates for different products
Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

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