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E-commerce Content Management SolutionPackaged with powerful content management tools, the e-commerce solution available with the Site Management Console is one of the most flexible shopping carts available. Whether you are just now bringing your business online, or simply seeking a better solution, the SMC's e-commerce software can be customized to fit your needs.
Interface Design / Layout
| Customizable Templates for Product Display |
- Not forced into a "cookie cutter" product display. Define the layout of your product pages with customizable templates.
- No limit to the number of display templates (preview, details, specifications, images, print version, etc.)
- Product options can be organized as you wish (selection box, bullets, etc.)
- Image Sets include a thumbnail, regular, and blow-up image that can be set to predefined sizes
- Control the number of products listed on a preview page (i.e. 10 products per page)
- Display related products on your product details pages
- Incorporate styles defined on your Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)
- Utilize Video, Flash, Javascript, DHTML, and other technologies to add some life to product details
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| Customizable Templates for Shopping Cart and Checkout Process |
- Shopping cart and checkout pages are unique to your requirements
- Related products on the shopping cart page
- Collect unique data required at checkout (i.e. Order Notes, Needed By, etc.)
- Control design and layout of Billing Info, Shipping Info, Payment Info, and Follow-up pages
- Use styles defined on your Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)
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| More Design Options |
- Work with your page and product templates to display different layouts for different product types
- Secure pages with products only viewable by authenticated users (i.e. members can see pricing)
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Administration
| Unlimited Category Pages and Associated Products |
- There is no limit to the number of category pages you can create
- There is no limit to the number of products in your online store
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| Customize your Product Attributes |
- Every product has unique attributes (name, size, color, version, manufacturer, etc.). You define your product attributes and a form is automatically created for each product, simplifying the role of the content provider.
- No limit to the number of product attributes
- Define different attributes for different product lines
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| Product Options Matrix |
- Each product option has a Description, SKU, Digital, and Inventory value
- Supply your product options and all combinations of the options will be auto-generated (i.e. if 3 colors and 3 sizes, 9 product options will be generated)
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| Shipping Options |
- UPS, FedEx, and USPS shipping calculations
- Set a global shipping rate on all products or a handling charge per product
- Upload a shipping rate table
- Offer free shipping
- Support for physical (shippable) and digital (downloadable) delivery
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| Payment Options |
- Real-time credit card payment processing with Payflow Pro
- Offline credit card processing
- PayPal Pro payments with your SMC e-commerce site
- Create your own payment options (Purchase Order, Account Number, GL Account, etc)
- Requires a Merchant Account
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| Inventory Management |
- Manage and update your product inventory from e-commerce site
- Option to back order items out of stock
- Display the quantity available on product pages
- Inventory totals are automatically updated upon order submission
- Quantity in stock is associated to each product option (SKU)
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| Customer Account Profiles |
- Account profiles with detailed customer info stored in database
- Link account profile to orders, promotions, carts, files, and other e-commerce functions
- Secure access to system where customer can view and update account information
- Admin console to search, view, and update profile information
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| Promotional Codes / Gift Certificates / Coupons |
- Use promotions to increase buyer activity
- Discount orders by a dollar amount or percentage off
- Limit use so only valid for assigned product or customer
- Set to carry a balance, or for one-time use only
- Option to set an expiration date
- Calculate the promotion before or after tax and shipping
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| Order Management |
- Intuitive console to search, process, and manage order information
- Notify customer of order status updates
- Email customer when order has shipped and provide a tracking # to follow
- Secure customer access to current and past orders associated to their account profile
- Option to export order data to delimeted file
- Archive old orders or purge from system all together
- Print orders for paper record or reciept
- Custom reports available
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| Related Products and Cross Selling |
- Associate similar products to the details page
- With products in cart, show similar products on shopping cart page
- Associate a product to as many categories, pages, or similar products as needed
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| Product Search |
- No limit to the number of search criteria you can associate to a product (category, manufacturer, type, year, etc.)
- Keyword search can be configured to search on product name and any product attribute
- Results are output to an customizable template, so they can be displayed and organized per your requirements (i.e. same as category page with 50 to a page, etc.)
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| Product Images |
- There is no limit to the number of images you can associate to a product
- Upload a high resolution image and thumbnail, regular, and blow-up images sized for the web are automatically created. No extra steps or software needed for image resizing
- Mass upload a zip file of images to be resized and associated to product
- Provide a description with each image
- Option to replace images with Video or Flash content
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| Search Engine Optimization (SEO) |
- Provide meta tag information (title, description, keywords) for product detail pages
- Static pages are generated from database content so search engines can index your site
- Site map can be configured to automatically link to product details
- Place product name and page category names in URL path and bread crumb navigation
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| Custom Pricing Calculators |
- Products with many product options can benefit from a custom calculator
- Price will be calculated based on options selected before adding to cart
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| Public and Private Access |
- Require a login or user account for access to private shopping carts
- Checkout process is streamlined for web sites requiring an account profile
- Configure for optional login to allow guests to make a purchase
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| Customize the Checkout Process |
- Different products require different checkout processes
- Collect all the data you need during checkout and associate it to the order
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| Multilingual Support |
- Display your product inventory online in multiple languages
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| E-commerce Content Management |
- E-commerce solution is integrated into a fully functional content mangement system
- Selling your merchandise online is far from the only function of your e-commerce site
- WYSIWYG Editor for ease of content entry
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| Tax |
- Intuitive interface to flag products as taxable or non-taxable
- For taxable items, tax amount is automatically generated in checkout process
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| Secure Site Certificate (SSL) |
- Ensure visitors can securely shop on your site
- All data is encrypted upon submitting any form
- Requires a static IP address
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| E-commerce Hosting |
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Front End / User Experience
| Product Display |
- Product comparisons
- Bread crumb trail for easy navigation of site
- Basic and advanced product search
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| Customer Profiles |
- Upon user login, gain access to current and past orders
- Maintain profile with current information (shipping info, billing info, etc.)
- Shopping cart can be saved for authenticated users, but temporary cart for guests
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| Intuitive and Secure Checkout |
- Quick checkout process for customers with accounts
- Secure checkout process is a requirement for e-commerce web sites
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| Product Reviews |
- Plug-in that allows your customers to write reviews for your products
- Product review admin for moderation of input
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