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Completely web-based administration allows access from anywhere with a web browsers
- Unlimited number of products
- Unlimited number of product options (selections)
- Assign products to multiple categories
- Options can adjust product price, weight, SKU and number in stock
- Product addons for additional items that can be added or entered for a product
- Can create an addon that calculates price separate from product quantity (perfect for setup fees!)
- Addons can adjust product price and weight
- Turn addons, options or option choices on and off
- Can make an option or addon required or not
- Create standard options and addons to use with multiple products
- Optional layouts for products and options
- Mark products as "New", "On Sale" or "Hot"
- Assign product to a manufacturer, and display their logo on the product detail page
- Assign product to a vendor for drop-shipping
- Inventory control available to remove products from store if out-of-stock or allow backorders to be placed
- Can send email notification when stock is below a certain level
- Product copy feature makes adding similar products quick and easy
- Custom fields for adding information on products
- Support for electronic download products
- Membership products to sell site access (online subscriptions, etc.)
Site Access
- Can set up permissions for groups and users
- Built-in access control to various admin sections
- Can create access keys to protect access to specific areas of your site
- Can protect categories, features and products with access keys
- Access keys can be assigned to groups or users or sold as a store product
- Memberships can expire after a certain number of days
Order Managment
- Advanced filtering and search features to find orders
- Can easily page through the orders after completing a search
- Batch order printing feature
- Print packing slips for your shipments
- Advanced order editing to make adjustments to shipping cost, tax, order credits, etc.
- Comprehensive drop-shipping features, send emails to multiple vendors when orders are placed or filled
- Ability to manually or automatically create purchase orders for drop-shipping
- Add notes, payment and shipping status information to orders
- Send emails to customers with shipping and tracking information
- Special Purchase Order section for drop-shipping information
- Special Billing tab allows you to capture credit card funds after shipping
- Can set user permissions to allow access to only certain areas and actions for order processing
- Store reports to track sales, best-selling products, affiliate earnings, etc.
- Customers can add gift messages and desired delivery date to orders
- Customers can view their order history and order status
Search Engine Features
- Default site-wide meta tags
- Ability to add meta keywords and description to store categories, features and products
- Special sitemap page that uses search-engine friendly URLs
- Sitemap page can be used for customers as well, with alphabetic search feature
- Two types of storewide searches included
- Custom tags available for product and feature searches
- Special page for automatic Verity indexing provided
- Shipping and Tax Options
Automatic shipping rates for UPS and USPS, others using Intershipper
- Alternatively, can create custom shipping tables by weight, number of items, or total price
- Can add a base shipping and/or handling charge to all orders
- Choose any number of shipping methods you want to offer (ground, next-day, etc.)
- Create shipping rates for other countries
- Ability to offer free shipping of your choice for orders over a certain amount
- Tax rates by state, zip and/or country
- Setting for tax on shipping
Store Discounts and Specials
- Apply discounts by product, category or to the entire store
- Can also base discount on total amount of order
- Can group products together for a certain discount
- Discounts can be based on a coupon code that customer must enter
- Offer discounts only to certain user groups
- Discounts can be a specific amount off, or a percentage
- Discount can be offered if certain amount spent, or specific quantity purchased
- Payment Options
Can set store to save or not to save credit card numbers
- Common online processors available such as Authorize.Net, PayFlow Pro, Skipjack, SkyPay, Linkpoint, etc.
- Additional processors can easily be added
- Full PayPal IPN integration
- Can log PayPal IPN results
- Can automatically update status of pending PayPal transactions
- Checks for valid credit card number and expiration date
- CVV2 card code available for some processors
- Option to accept offline orders (mail or fax payment)
- Settings for processors to authorize only
- Ability to later capture funds using the Billing tab in Order Management for some processors
User Management
- Many settings available to customize how your store handles user accounts
- User Summary for admins to quickly access all information for each user
- Several different user signup forms available
- Can require user accounts to checkout or allow guest checkouts
- Optionally save birthdate or credit card information on file
- Can require user to agree to Terms of Use for your site
- Users can save any number of addresses to use for billing and shipping information
- Optionally turn off state and/or country fields for address forms
- User groups allow you to give certain users access to wholesale pricing, access keys, site permissions, etc.
- Accounts are used for vendors, manufacturers, retailers, etc.
- Can allow users to sign up for business accounts
- Can use group codes to allow users to assign themselves automatically to a group
- Account page for users with their order history, affiliate and account information, address book, etc.
- Site uses a secure login to protect your users' passwords
Store Administration
- Completely web-based administration allows access from anywhere with a web browser
- Admin area features filters and search fields to help find specific records
- Special editing forms available to do batch edits
- Modular permissions allow you to give users access to only certain admin areas
- Many settings available to customize how your store works
- Send emails to subscribers, affiliates, customers or other user groups
- Additional Store Features
Store works without javascript or cookies
- Store affiliate features, allow users to sign up, set their referral percentage, etc.
- Create and redeem gift certificates
- Wishlists to allow customers to save favorite store items
- Lots of built-in special templates such as email forms, new/sale products, store directory, etc.
- Configure email confirmations for the store
- Search and add customer addresses
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