General Features

         General Functionality

• All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
• Object oriented backend (MS3)
• Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default
  
  Customer / Front-end Functionality

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  • Multiple items can be added to the shopping cart by simply entering quantities and click Add
  • You can add multiple images to your products, in small/medium/large format. Popups are available if desired for viewing of larger images.
  • Secure -- no one but your administrative personnel can access your customer/catalog data
  • CVV2 card verification number support is available for compliance with most Merchant Agreements. This feature is enabled/disabled in the Admin
  • Shipping Options -- multiple carriers are supported, including Hold for Pickup, Free Delivery in an area, and most major couriers and postal services
  • Store layout can be controlled in great detail simply by switching settings in the Admin area. Choose your side column and box widths, Breadcrumb Separator, which Sideboxes you want to appear where on the page, enable/disable links in various places.
  • Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
  • Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
  • You can send administrative emails on most customer shopping activities to various administrators as desired. Email addresses are protected from abuse, as they are not displayed on-screen.
  • Nearly every piece of information about your products can be controlled in the Admin areas, giving you the ability to fine-tune how your products and services appear to your customers. Features and options can be enabled/disabled quickly and easily.
  • The Product Type feature allows you to customize information fields and display format for different products differently.
  • Customer Access Control -- You can set up your shop to only allow customers access to pricing or pricing but not buying until after being authorized by an administrator. You can restrict them from browsing at all too, if desired.
  • Showcase - You can set your store up to be simply a product showcase, without pricing at all.
  • Search options allow you to search for products based on name, description, metatags, price, and more!
  • Tight security on password handling, login/logout, and more.
  • HTML-style email supported
  • Advertising Banners -- show information about your business colleagues and track banner link activity. Banners open in new windows so that customers never really leave your site.
  • Secure transactions with SSL
  • Shipping Estimator allows your customer to get an idea of their shipping costs prior to checkout
  • PayPal IPN and many other popular Merchant Services can be integrated
  • Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
  • Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

» Administration / Backend Functionality

• Merchandise Pricing options –
  • Single and Multiple items can be put on Sale.
  • Sale options include Percentage-off, Fixed Amount off, New Price, etc.
  • Sales can include or exclude product attributes.
  • You can add or exclude a discount from a Special.
  • You can put a whole category or the entire store on sale!
• You can easily keep your product/catalog updated -- no programming knowledge is required to add, delete, or modify products.
• Products can be marked as Free, or "Call for Price"
• Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation (MS3)
• Products can be marked as "Featured" for specific highlighting/attention.
• Products can be linked and/or copied to multiple categories
• Minimum or Maximum Quantities and Units - You can sell 1 per customer, or require at least 4 and in multiples of 2. You can set requirements on a per-product basis.
• Quantity Discounts can be configured per-product for varying pricing levels or quantity levels.
• Product Attributes can be added, either as Radio buttons, Checkboxes, Drop-down lists, Text Boxes, File Uploads, File Downloads, and more. Attribute Options can upcharge the price of an item, and an item can have its price completely controlled by attributes. Attributes can be configured as "read only" so as to provide a Features List.
• Multicurrency support
  • Products-to-categories structure
  • Categories-to-categories structure
• Entire categories of products (or individual products) can be enabled/disabled with just a few clicks
• Meta Tags keywords and descriptions can be controlled at the per-product level, all from the administrative interface
• Intelligent generation of metatags content for search engines a
• Built in WYSIWYG page editor for modifying non database pages.
• Email can be sent via sendmail, smtp, or smtp-with-authorization
• Administrative activity logging enabled for audit trail -- especially beneficial with recent Merchant Agreement requirements concerning tracking of activity related to accessing customer information.
• Customer "Group Pricing" allows groups of users to receive a set discount amount at checkout
• Tax rates, tax zones, etc easily configured in the admin area
• Customers can write product reviews (approvals can be required by an Administrator)
• Low-Stock notifications to administrator when inventory is getting low (level can be configured)
• Scalable from small shops to larger shops with hundreds of thousands of products