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Store Categories, Products and Options

Supports an unlimited number of categories
Create an unlimited number of levels of categories
Supports different display types for products within categories
Run category-wide discounts based on percentages or currency amounts
Product pricing types: Regular Price, Sale Price, Fully Option Based, Recurring Only, Volume Based and Not Priced
Recurring billing support allows you to specify monthly charges for products and product options in addition to or in place of one-time charges
Volume based pricing allows you to create different price breaks for quantities ordered
Each product can be set up under a declining balance inventory system and have maximum purchase quantities assigned
Out of stock messages are presented to customers if the inventory level is zero
VAT exemptions
Enter search keywords for the store's search function
Choose to use different displays for each product and up to three different size images
Ability to include product-specific text in email confirmations
Two different descriptions for different displays
Support for best seller, new item, specials and splash page displays
Product-level shipping method choices including realtime rates, default product based pricing and custom shipping scripts
Support for digital goods - including full download capabilities
Ability to relate products to one another to cross sell them
Each product can be related to numerous categories
Product options can be of various types including textareas and textboxes (which allow customer input) and selection lists, radio buttons and checkboxes (which allow customer choices)
Product option selection items can have postive/negative price and weight changes on the item cost and support recurring billing
Each product option can be related to numerous products
Front-end search against keywords, description, product name and product number fields

Web-Based Administration

All configuration is web-based after install
Password-protected administrative access
Manage your store from anywhere - all you need is an Internet connection
Set up multiple users with different levels of access
Make changes to your store in real time
Easy to follow menu system
Embedded context-sensitive manual links
Offers functions for virtualy every management task

Payment Processing and Checkout

Support for contact customer and offline credit card and switch/solo processing
Support for check and purchase order payments
Support for realtime processing with 15 UK and 21 USA gateway services:

UK gateways:
WorldPay (DirectPay); Barclaycard ePDQ; HSBC; MetaCharge; SecureHosting; FastPay; e-clear; Securetrading; NetBanx; NOCHEX; Protx; PayPal; SECPay; PPPAY.COM; Velocity Pay

USA gateways:
Authorize.Net (SIM & AIM); Verisign (Payflow Link); 2CheckOut (Authnet Interface); Cardservice International (Linkpoint HTML & API); Wells Fargo (BoA & Authnet Interfaces); iTransact; Bank Of America; viaKLIX; ECHOnline; EFSNET; InternetSecure; Caledon; PlugNPay; SurePay; SkipJack; PSiGate; Netbilling; BluePay; Spectre; FirstPay; Planet Payment (Weblink); RT Ware (Weblink); GoRealTime.Com
Support for PayPal IPN
You can run multiple payment methods at once
Fully customize the order form - including creation of extra fields presented for customer completion at checkout
Additional checkout options include discount code entry, tax ID number entry for exemptions and an option to be added to the mail list
Support for a minimum total needed to checkout

VAT

Items can be marked individually as VAT exempt
Price can be displayed with no VAT, include VAT or exclude VAT
VAT charged on goods and services delivered to EU countries.
VAT rebated on goods and services delivered to Non EU countries
EU VAT number can be taken at the checkout and with the option to allow VAT rebate when any VAT number given or from user definable list. Rebate only given to non UK VAT numbers.
Produces a VAT invoice with store and customer VAT numbers.

Discount and Sales

Support for the entry of discount codes at checkout
Discount codes are set up using the web-based administrator
Discount codes can be set to expire on use or be of the non-expiring type
Discount codes can include/exclude certain items at the administrator's discresion
Discounts can be done as a currency amount or percentage of the items ordered
Unused portions of currency amount discounts are saved for future use
Custom sale logic allows the administrator to use custom scripts to calculate sales at checkout

Order Management, Reporting and Accounting Export

Order management functions include a fully searchable database table, the ability to enter shipping dates and tracking numbers for ordered items and the ability to include comments
Customers have the ability to track their orders realtime using the front-end
Administrator based reports include:

Administrator Access Log; Product Statistical Report; Page View Report; Daily Activity Report; Search Term Report
A reset reports function is available to reset reports selectively
Accounting exports are available for both Quickbooks & Peachtree

Customer Care and Retention

The program uses both cookies and URL management to ensure customer shopping carts are retained throughout the shopping experience
User billing and shipping info is stored in cookies so it can be pre-populated on return visits
Customer account functions allow customers to set up accounts, edit them and retrieve lost passwords
The administrator can select whether logging into a customer account is a requirement to checkout

Affiliate Management Functions

The program comes with a built-in affiliate program
The administrator can choose to track referrals with cookies
At the administrator's discretion, maximum payouts per order based on a currency amount or percentage can be set
The administrator utility has functions to activate affiliates and assign commission levels
Sub-affiliates can be signed up by affiliates if allowed
An unlimited number of sub-affiliate levels can be used
Affiliate front-end functions include account creation and manangement, lost password retrieval, linking information and order & sales reports

Shipping Method Support

The program supports shipping choices on the product level - meaning one product could be downloaded whereas another could be shipped realtime where a third may be custom based
Support for realtime rates is available for: UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect, USPS Web Tools and Intershipper
Support for embedded tracking information on orders is available for: UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect and USPS
Default product-based shipping methods allow you to specify a per-item charge at the product level
Custom shipping methods allow you to use custom shipping scripts to specify custom calculations of charges at the product level
Manage your connection status with UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect, USPS Web Tools and Intershipper realtime using the web-based administrator
Support for additional per-package handling charges
For realtime methods: The ability to ship items in single boxes, group with other items or to ship in separate boxes
Full drop-shipper support including the ability to specify different shipment origins for realtime shipped items
Drop-shipper support includes sending order confirmations for items ordered to shippers

Banner Ads, Email and the Mail List

The program comes with a built-in banner ad rotation program that allows you to add banners to be rotated randomly on the site
Choose what banners to display and where on the page they go
Both the front-end and administrator utility have contact modules that allow for email based communication between customers and administrators
The program is delivered with a full-blown mail list program that allows the administrator to send text-only or HTML-based email messages to subscribers
The mail list function allows customers to subscribe/unsubscribe via simple links

Installation and Support

No programming required
Installs on virtually all webservers
Runs in it's own directory - you can run multiple stores on the same domain
Does not require a dedicated server - built for virtual hosts
Installs via FTP or SSH - your choice
No local platform specific installation package
Runs 100% on your webserver
Once installed, all configuration is done via the web-based administrator
Free support via our online forum
Free updates & low-cost upgrades

Platform and Database

Editable source codebase
Runs on any webserver with Perl 5
Full SSL/HTTPS support when necessary
Operating systems supported include all Unix/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
The default database used is CSV (comma separate value) format
Advanced Databases supported include MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server
All database tables are querried and updated using SQL
Add table columns and execute SQL statements in real time using the web-based administrator
Easilly import/export data to/from CSV files and advanced databases

Layout and Site Design

The site layout is template based, which allows you to use Frontpage or Dreamweaver created HTML in your layout
You can match the layout to the look and feel of the rest of your site
The administrator has a full content management system built-in with the ability to create script based HTML pages
Embedded program-specific tags allow you to include program variables and even code routines in your HTML
100% of the front-end layout is configurable in over 200 different layout elements
Create new product detail, thumbnail and category displays on-the-fly
Change the text of all system messages
Change the different email templates used by the program
The store portion of the front-end is 100% dynamically generated for you based on your choices in the web-based administrator
Using the remote APIs, it's possible to use your existing HTML-based product pages with the store

File Management Functions

Full file management functions are available within the web-based administrator
The administrator has the ability to upload image and media files
The administrator has the ability to upload downloadable files
All files uploaded via the program can be viewed/deleted via the web-based administrator

Dynamic Forms and Remote APIs

The software comes with a dynamic form function that allows for the setup of web-based forms using a simple administrator interface
Choose what types of form fields to present, the questions asked and the email to which results from each form are sent
Both the dynamic form and shopping cart functions have remote APIs that allow for shopping cart additions and form submissions to originate from outside HTML pages