We can build a full Database driven commercial site that you can control yourself from a user-friendly windows interface.
We use OsCommerce code to build your site.
The standard code bundle provides a whole raft of features as described below.
If you need special features we 'add-on' to this code.
We describe several common 'add-ons' we have available. These require more time to action and so have an additional fee per feature.
The osCommerce Solution has everything you need to get started in selling physical and digital goods over the internet, from the Catalog frontend that is presented to your customers, to the Administration Tool backend that completely handles your products, customers, orders, and online store data.
Features
osCommerce has the following features:
General Functionality
Object oriented backend (Windows interface for you to administer your own store)
Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default
Design / Layout
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
Contact customers directly via email or newsletters from the interface
Automatic email notification to customers when you update the status of their order
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 updates currency exchange rates
Set any currency as the default (e.g. $NZ)
Users select their currency to view a price they understand
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 are stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
Customers can view their order history and order statuses at any time
Customers can maintain their accounts
Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
Adjust personal details
Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
Temporary shopping cart merges with permanent shopping cart on login or account creation
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 shown for easy site navigation
Product Functionality
Dynamic product attributes relationship (auto update of database)
HTML based product descriptions
Automated display of specials
You 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 forms of offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit card processing, ..)
Accept numerous forms of online payment processing (2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..)
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, ..)
Free shipping based on amount and destination
Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
Tax Functionality
Flexible tax implementation on a country basis (and on a state basis for US businesses)
Set different tax rates for different products
Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis
Payment Gateways
The Catalog and Administration Tool modules are available online for demonstration purposes.
As the Catalog is presented for demonstration purposes, any orders made will not be delivered or charged for.
allows the use of various option types when setting up product attributes
without this feature all options are displayed as select lists (drop-down choice lists)
this feature specifically adds Text Options, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes and Textarea fields
it can be extended with other option types
To make this more clear, lets look at the example of a store that sells coffee mugs
with the end customer's name printed on them.The store owner might want a coffee mug to have a size option, a color
option, a first name option, a last name option, an option to have the package gift wrapped, and an option to fill the mug with candy. In this case the available options section of the product info page
might look something like this:
Size:
Color:
Blue
Yellow
Orange
First Name:
Last Name:
Gift Wrap:
Fill with Candy:
Additional Functionality
Now you can also specify a comment to be displayed to the right of an
option. The comment functionality is applicable to any type of option.
Color:
(Here's a comment)
First Name:
(And another comment)
Attributes Sets Plus Feature
allows you to add a set of predefined 'attributes'(an Attribute Set) to an EXISTING product.
allows the efficient addition of new products with several attributes
allows the efficient updating of existing products with several new attributes
Example: Product Name: shirt, Option Name: size, Attributes: Large, Medium, Small
Create a 'SIZE' attribute set that can be attached to all shirts you add to your catalog. This turns a slow 3-step process into a fast 1-step process.
Separate Pricing per Customer
allows you to have both your wholesale and retail customers use your site and see the appropriate pricing
customers apply to you on-line for wholesale status
customers logon. If you have tagged them as wholesale they see the wholesale price
when adding a product to your catalogue you set both wholesale and retail prices
Site Text Management Feature
gives you control of text throughout your site
if desired we can program you access to 99% of all text on your pages
