1. Setup and Support
 No programming
required
Complete
store-builder package
Easy-to-use web
interface
Bulk export/import
functionality for almost all store data (products and all related
information, categories, coupons, destination zones, users,
etc)
Out-of-the-box
storefront system
Customizable
localization: multi-language, configurable currency symbol and
weight/dimension measurement units, configurable list of
states/provinces
Built-in
self-upgrade engine
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2. Design and Layout
100%
template-based storefront
Fully customizable
design & layout
W3C XHTML 1.0
Transitional compliant code
A choice from
several pre-designed template schemes and color sets
Intuitive navigation
WYSIWYG editor for
product/category/manufacturer descriptions, language variables and
static pages
Support for
thumbnails
Category thumbnail
images
Side-bar
"mini-cart" viewable at all pages
Build-in template
editor: preview, edit and restore templates
WYSIWYG text
editor (webmaster mode)
CSS-compatible
design. Cascading Style Sheets allow you to easily change styling of
your pages.
Debug console:
displays a tree of templates for all pages
The possibility to
find, create and modify static HTML pages
Customizable
heading tabs
HTML
emails
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3. Customer Care
All orders stored
in MySQL database
Customers can
search & browse personal order history
Integrated
configurable store product search
Real time order
tracking
Customer can
choose between account registration and express checkout
Fast Lane Checkout module for quick and intuitive checkout
The possibility to disable checkout without registering
Password reminder for customers
Customizable
e-mail notifications/invoices
Wish list
"Send to friend" section
Ability to save
the customer's cart
Newsletter
management for multiple lists, edit/import/export of subscribers,
news archive for customers
Printable versions
of pages
Multiple customer
types w/unique pricing for every customer type
Memberships
and special pricing
"Clear cart"
button
Edit product
options in cart/wishlist/Gift registry wishlist
Printable
invoices
Configurable
contact form
Second address
line for user profiles
Ability to change
the order of products on the customer side
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4. Product Catalog
Unlimited number
of products
Unlimited number
of categories
Unlimited category
nesting
Products can be
assigned to unlimited number of categories
Ability to modify
multiple products simultaneously
Members-only
categories
"Featured
Products" box
Automated display
of bestsellers
Related products,
up selling and cross selling
1-click
enable/disable switch for products and categories
Support for
up to two different currencies
Automatical
currency conversion
Configurable
search by title, description, category, SKU, price and
weight
'stop words
filter' for product search facility (a special filter ensures that
service and link words occurring in the search pattern are ignored
when search by individual words is performed - available for English
language only)
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5. Product Details
Unlimited product
options/variants/properties w/optional price modifiers
Unlimited custom input fields for products
Customer-defined
prices
HTML-enriched
product descriptions
Unlimited number
of product images
Storing images in
DB or on a file system
List a product in
several categories
Manufacturers
module
Ability to display
product detailed images in popup windows
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6. Merchandising and Inventory
Discount coupon
codes and gift certificates
Full inventory
control
"Out of Stock"
Messages
Quantity
discounts
Retail and
wholesale price
Limit minimal
order amount
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7. Shipping and Tax
Real-time USPS,
FedEx and UPS shipping calculation from one location
Unlimited number of custom-defined delivery methods
Flate rate, weight, order total and per-item based shipping
Different weight limits for different delivery methods
Markups for realtime shipping
Mark your products
as "free shipping" products
Promotional "free
shipping" coupons to your customers
Add
handling/freight charges
Handle
international, domestic and local shipping
Ability to clone a
zone and all zone information
Restrict shipping
by location
Allow your
customers to choose delivery methods
Full support for
downloadable goods (e-goods)
Customizable tax
calculation
Product-specific
taxes
Taxes &
shipping fees depending on client's location
"Tax
exempt" feature
GST/PST (canadian
tax system)
Canada post
shipping
DHL (Airborne)
ShipIt API support
Australia Post's
Delivery Rate Calculator support
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8. Sales Analysis & Tracking
Comprehensive
statistics:
- Number of orders
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Number of customers
- Product views
- Category views
- Products removed from cart by
customers
- Sales by product / best
sellers
- Total sales
- Client
environment settings
- Statistics on search patterns
customers use when searching products
Searchable order
data
Order data is easy
to print
Printable shipping
labels
Search engine
& incoming traffic tracker: the cart keeps referrer data for all
customers
Shipment/fulfillment interface
Export sales &
customer data for use in a spreadsheet
Export orders to
QuickBooks format
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9. Payment Gateways & Methods
Accept payments in
any currency
Allow payment via
several online payment modules
Payment
systems (including PayPal
payments)
High variety of real-time
credit card processors (over 100 payment gateways)
Cheque
processors
Manual (offline)
credit card processing
PayPal
payments
Predefined set of
payment methods (offline): checks, purchase orders, phone orders,
wire transfer and etc
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10. Search Engine Friendly
Pages can be
indexed by all major search engines
Define custom META
tags for every category
Customer referrer
info is stored in database
Product catalog
can be generated as static HTML pages for better SE indexing and
ranking
Search engine
optimization options group
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11. Database and Platform Compatibility
Open source
PHP code
Support for
UNIX/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X servers
Powered by MySQL
database
Multi-language:
your e-store can work with unlimited number of languages
Multi-lingual products
Multi-lingual
categories
Multi-lingual
product options
Payment processing
modules for all major gateways
Flexible
implementation: you can easily add new features and/or disable
existing ones.
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12. Repeat Customer Accommodation
All customer's
data is stored in database
Greet regular
visitors
Registered
customers can be offered discounts
Registered
customers do not have to enter their data again
Registered
customers can edit their profile
Registered
customers can access history of their orders
Built-in
newsletter engine
Real-time order
tracking for registered customers
Moderated product
reviews and ratings
Return Merchandise
Authorization add-on to return customers' payments.
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13. Web-based control panel
Password-protected
administrative access
All changes are
real-time
Control the cart
from anywhere in the world using your web browser
Unlimited
number of admin accounts
Support for
restricted "shipping/fulfillment" admin accounts
User-defined date/time format
Ability for
administrator to act on behalf of other users (e.g. to place phone
orders for customers and use X-Cart as web based point of sale
system)
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14. Security
Full HTTPS/SSL
support
Secure HTTPS/SSL
administrative access
Password-protected
administrative access
Strong Blowfish
encryption for sensitive customer data
PGP-encrypted
e-mail notifications
Real-time security
notifications of all failed login attempts
Anti-Fraud module
validates customer's address during checkout
Stop list
module allows disabling shop usage from specific IP
Backup sub-system
System
fingerprints: ability to compare the status of the store files
before and after modification and to discover which files have been
deleted, added or modified
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