Store Design
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 Professional store design templates or we can create a custom store design to match your specifications or current website.
- W3C/XHTML compliant templates
- Edit templates in Dreamweaver
- Drag and drop layout customization
- Edit HTML and CSS in your browser
- Edit HTML and CSS via FTP
- Change website text using your mouse
- Edit email templates from control panel
- Works in all popular web browsers
- Web-based control panel
Search Engine Optimization
- Redirect non WWW to WWW NEW!
- Redirect WWW to non WWW NEW!
- Optimized by company founders (SEO experts)
- HTML easily parsed by search spiders
- Edit robots.txt file in control panel NEW!
- Free access to SEO training blog + videos
- Correct use of robots.txt file
- PageRank not passed to irrelevant pages
- Setup your own 301 redirect links
- Per-page optimization (title, META, etc)
- Set default page title and META details
- Set page title and META details per product
- Set page title and META details per page
- Set page title and META details per news post
- Set page title and META details per category
- Automatically generated HTML sitemap
- XML sitemap for Google Webmaster Tools
- Proper use of H1...H6 tags
- SEO friendly product links
- SEO friendly category links
- SEO friendly brand links
- SEO friendly search links
- SEO friendly page links
- SEO friendly news links
- Toggle SEO friendly links
- W3C valid templates
- Tableless store designs
- Custom product image alt text
- New SEO optimizations added regularly
- Correct use of NOFOLLOW attribute
- Lightweight HTML, separate from CSS
- 100% HTML and CSS templates, no PHP
- Full access to modify HTML & CSS
Orders & Checkout
- Single page checkout
- Accept pre orders NEW!
- Minimum and maximum order quantities NEW!
- Shipping quote estimates
- Guest checkout option
- Refunds and store credits
- Custom checkout form fields
- Delivery/event dates
- Shipping tracking numbers
- Email order confirmation
- Agree to terms before ordering
- Add multiple items to cart
- Create order shipments
- Order messaging system
- One click re-order
- Take your store down for maintenance
- Set a custom starting order number
- Send order tracking link to customer automatically via email
Products & Merchandising
- Sell physical & digital products
- Sell products with options (size, color, etc)
- Minimum and maximum order quantities NEW!
- Custom fields (i.e. text to print on a t-shirt)
- Bulk discount quantity pricing
- Gift wrapping options
- "Catalog only" mode
- Photo editing through Picnik.com NEW!
- "Call for pricing" option
- Create unlimited sub categories
- Import products, images, variations, etc
- Bulk export/re-import thousands of items
- Export products for bulk update in Excel
- Create and assign brands/manufacturers
- Add products to unlimited categories
- Per-product SKUs or custom codes
- Per-option SKUs or custom codes
- Fully WYSIWYG editor for description
- Embed videos in product description
- Per-product YouTube video gallery
- Edit product description HTML directly
- Cut/copy/paste support in WYSIWYG editor
- Per-product gift wrapping
- Live shipping quotes
- Product reviews & comments
- IntenseDebate comment/reviews integration NEW!
- Disqus comment/reviews integration NEW!
- Specify cost price and see profit reports
- Enter retail price to show RRP
- Enter sale price for sale events
- Choose if a product is taxable or not
- Disable purchasing on a per-product basis
- Specify product weight for live shipping quotes
- Enable free shipping on a per-product basis
Variations & Product Options
- Sell products such as apparel & computers
- Setup unlimited options per product
- Options don't count towards product limit
- Create a variation or set of product options
- Assign the variation to multiple products
- Add, subtract or set fixed price for each option
- Add, subtract or set fixed weight for each option
- Set a unique SKU for each product option
- Set a unique image for each product option
- Set stock on hand for each product option
- Set low stock level for each option
- Change the display order of product options
- Add options without affecting existing products
- Remove options without affecting products
- Optionally track inventory per option
- Filter options for quick updating
- Bulk update option values per product
- Paging when editing product options
- Disable purchasing of specific options
- Force options to be selected when buying
- Re-order function preserves product options
- Options displayed with order and on invoice
Inventory & Stock Control
- Per-product inventory levels
- Per-option inventory levels
- Inventory tracking can be disabled per product
- Set low stock level warning for each product
- Track inventory at a product or option level
- Set current stock level per product option
- Set low stock level per product option
- Automatic inventory control
- Low stock reminder indicators on dashboard
- Detailed inventory report for all products
- Disable purchasing when no stock
- Bulk update inventory levels
Configurable Fields
- Great for collecting additional product info
- Such as text to print on a t-shirt
- Such as picture to print on a mug
- Text, file and checkbox field types
- Dropdown field types NEW!
- Fields display on product page
- Fields display on invoice
- Limit file formats that can be uploaded
- Fields shown along with order for processing
- Create an unlimited number of fields
- Optionally make some/all fields required
Delivery/Event Dates
- Sell tickets to events, concerts, etc
- Sell flowers and other items with delivery dates
- Limit date range for selection per product
- Customize the name displayed for the date field
- Filter orders by delivery/event date
- Export orders by delivery/event date
- Set number of tickets available for purchase
- Delivery confirmation of purchase via email
- Choosing a date can be required or optional
- Date selected shown along with order details
- Date selected shown on invoice
Tax Rates & Settings Updated!
- The most flexible tax system period
- Full support for geographic tax zones
- Multiple, stackable product classes
- State-based tax zones
- Country-based tax zones
- Unlimited tax rates & zones
- Prices inc/ex tax
- Flat tax option
- Tax rate display in store
- Tax shown on invoices, etc
- Flexible tax rules and flow
- Sales tax report by date
- Sell locally, nationally or internationally
In-Store Merchandising
- Full product catalog
- Online checkout system
- "Call for pricing" option
- One click add to cart
- Optimized usability
- Product comparisons
- Order status updates
- Live order tracking
- Email/print invoices
- Customer address book
- Private wish lists
- Public wish lists
- Order messaging system
- Related products
- Suggestive cart
- "You may also like"...
Business Intelligence Reports
- 25+ performance reports
- Daily conversion rate
- Top 20 customers
- Best selling products
- Customer locations (Google maps)
- Orders by item sold
- Sales tax report by date
- Orders by revenue
- Popular products
- Inventory report
- Customers by date
- Revenue per customer
- Search keywords with results
- Search keywords without results
- Best performing keywords
- Worst performing keywords
- Search term corrections
In-Store Search
- Search suggest
- "Did you mean?" suggestions
- Related searches list
- Advanced search options
- Fiter by price
- Filter by availability
- Filter by free shipping
- Search tips and advice
- Shop by brand
- Shop by price
- Saved searches and views
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Images & Photos
- Upload an unlimited number of photos
- Add photos from your computer or a website
- Automatically generated photo galleries
- Photo thumbnails on product pages
- SuperZoom TM instant photo zooming
- Thumbnail photos created automatically
- Upload dozens of images at once
- Photo manager to organize photos
- Open large images in a popup/lightbox window
- Per-image alt text and description for SEO
- Share photos between products
- Dozens of customizable photo display settings
Mobile Commerce NEW!
- Browse & buy on all popular mobile devices
- iPad-Native Shopping Experience
- iPhone Optimized Mobile Experience
- Android Optimized Mobile Experience
- Palm Pre Optimized Mobile Experience
- Blackberry Optimized Mobile Experience
- Enable/disable mobile commerce per device
- Complete HTML/CSS design customization
Multi-Currency Support
- Complete multi-currency support
- Live, automatically updated exchange rates
- Automatic visitor currency detection
- Custom exchange rates if required
- Set a currency as the default currency
- Set per-currency symbol, decimal places, etc
Shopping Comparison Engines NEW!
- Direct point-and-click integration to 7 shopping comparison sites
- Product export to Beso
- Product export to BizRate
- Product export to MySimon
- Product export to NexTag
- Product export to PriceGrabber
- Product export to Shopping.com
- Product export to Shopzilla
Email Marketing NEW!
- Advanced integration with MailChimp
- Add newsletter subscribers to multiple MailChimp lists based on rules
- Remove newsletter subscribers from multiple MailChimp based on rules
- Add customers to multiple MailChimp lists based on rules
- Remove customers from multiple MailChimp lists based on rules
- Sync extensive customer data to MailChimp custom fields
- Export filtered customer lists directly to MailChimp
Social Media Marketing
- Facebook "Like" buttons on product pages NEW!
- Facebook OpenGraph META support NEW!
- IntenseDebate comment/reviews integration and sharing on Facebook/Twitter NEW!
- Disqus comment/reviews integration and sharing on Facebook/Twitter NEW!
- Share products on 20+ social media sites via AddThis button
Sell on eBay NEW!
- Manage everything from BigCommerce
- Push some/all products to eBay in 5 clicks
- Create reusable eBay listing templates
- Setup per-product auction or BIN listings
- Custom shipping and taxes for eBay listings
- Custom price variances for eBay listings
- View live listings from BigCommerce
- Fulfill eBay orders directly from BigCommerce
- Filter orders to quickly find eBay orders
- eBay auctions & BINs tied into store inventory
- Automatic inventory reduction for orders
- No limit on number of eBay listings
- Per-staff permission for adding/editing listings
Marketing & Promotions
- Sell/auction products on eBay
- Trackable coupon codes
- Integration to 7 shopping comparison sites NEW!
- Advanced integration with MailChimp
- Coupon expiry date
- Coupon limited uses
- Google Analytics integration
- Bulk discounts per product
- Gift certificates
- Online certificate use
- Promotional banners
- Discount rules system
- Buy one get one free, etc
- Free shipping over $x
- $x on orders over $y
- "Customers who viewed this product also viewed" panel NEW!
- Newsletter subscriptions
- Google Website Optimizer integration
- Export to Google Base
- Export products to CSV
- Affiliate tracking system
- RSS feeds
- Google AdWords export
- Yahoo Search Marketing export
- Popular products list
- New products list
- Top sellers list
- Quick search popup box
- "Did you mean?" spelling
- Integrates with any live chat software
- LivePerson Express 30 day trial
Google Website Optimizer
- Improve conversion rates without guessing
- Six storewide GWO tests to run:
- Single or multi page checkout
- Add to cart button image
- Home page promo banner
- Newsletter signup box
- Checkout button image
- Product page tabs on/off
- Test on-page, per-product changes:
- Product name
- Product description
- Product image
- Test on-page, per-category changes:
- Category name
- Category description
- Category image
- Test on-page, per-web page changes:
- Page name
- Page description
- Run multiple test at once
- Change aggression level of winner
- View reports in Google Website Optimizer
- Disable tests from store's control panel
- Disable tests from Google Website Optimizer
- Set winning variation after test completes
- More GWO tests than all competitors
Payments & Shipping
- Accept credit cards online
- Support for 50+ gateways
- PayPal, Google Checkout, etc
- Support for secure checkout
- UPS, USPS, FedEx address label printing via Shipworks integration NEW!
- Support for "offline" payments
- COD, pay in store, cheque, etc
- Take orders over the phone
- Sell in multiple currencies
- Real time conversion rate updates
- Auto-detect location for currency
- Real time shipping quotes
- UPS, USPS, FedEx, Aus Post, etc
- Define your own shipping rates
- Limit shipping methods by country
- Limit shipping methods by state
- Limit shipping methods by zipcode
- Various free shipping options
- Add handling cost to orders
Content Management System
- Full CMS functionality
- 100% browser based
- Publish web pages
- Display returns policies, etc
- Easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
- Page dropdown/pop out menus
- SEO-friendly pages
- Restrict to customer groups
- Publish content from RSS
- Contact forms on pages
- Responses sent via email
- Display page as home page
- Re-assign products to another category when deleting categories NEW!
- Recent news items
- Treeview category management NEW!
- Drag & drop category assignment NEW!
- Banners and promotions
Customers & Groups
- Flexible customer groups
- Wholesale/retail pricing
- Per-group pricing
- Per-group discounts
- Set a default group for new customers
- Move customers between groups
- Category level discounts
- Product level discounts
- Storewide group discounts
- Fallback discount level
- Move customers between groups
- Filter customers by group
- Export customers by group
- Create unlimited customer groups
- Enter new customer details one-by-one
- Import customers from CSV file
Returns System (RMA)
- Complete returns system
- Offer refund, swap or store credit
- Customizable return reasons
- Customizable return actions
- Can return specific items from an order
- Status updates sent to customer via email
- Returns requested from "My Account" page
- Limit staff access to view/process returns
- Disable returns if required
- Receive email notification for new returns
- Complete audit log of all return requests
Import/Export Options
- Bulk export/re-import thousands of items at once
- Import existing products easily
- Extremely flexible import system
- Export products to CSV/XML
- Two-way sync with Intuit Quickbooks Updated!
- Order export to Shipworks NEW!
- Export to MYOB, Peachtree
- Two-way sync with StoneEdge Updated!
- Export in custom formats
Miscellaneous
- Add/edit your own DNS records
- Choose orders per page in admin NEW!
- Choose products per page in admin NEW!
- Choose customers per page in admin NEW!
- Minimum password strength indicator NEW!
- Automatic admin logout after 15 minutes NEW!
- Admin passwords hashed and salted Updated!
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