General Information about eCart e-Commerce SolutioneCart Shopping Cart
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eCart e-Commerce Software Feature Summary
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New in ver 2.52

 UPS - Ability to select Business or Residential rates.
 Allow store admin to enter MSXML components to use for XML.
 Ability to specify a fee for each payment method.
 Shipping will now try to obtain rates from all active methods before giving an error.
 Show options as radio buttons, text fields, or a drop-down list.
 Added support for downloads via the FSO as opposed to HTTP.
 Time offset to be used if your server is in a different time zone.
 Added a sort order field to the product table.
 Random products on home page.
 Added Wish List/Gift Registry. (Pro Version)
 Added Multiple currency's. (Pro Version)
 Added Advanced Affiliate Tracking (Pro Version)
 Ability to group customers together for: (Pro Version)
    1.  Discounts
    2.  Group mailings

Administration
  • Add custom payment gateways without modifying eCart main application source code.
  • Dynamic titles for better search engine placement/ranking.
  • Pull information from the mailing list and customer list for newsletters.
  • Online Help/FAQ system (Pro Version)
  • Export to Froogle. (Google has recently introduced their "Froogle" online shopping search engine. Unlike their well-known search service, Froogle attempts to provide a searchable index of online merchandise catalogs.)
  • Several built-in utilities to test and troubleshoot your installation.
  • On-Screen help is available for most functions.
  • Easily manage Products, Categories, Options, Customers, Shipping, Locations, Orders and much more.
  • Upload Product Images and automatically generate thumbnail images at the same time from your browser to your web server.
  • Shipping rates are calculated by order weight and/or price. The amount charged for shipping can be calculated via fixed price or percentage. Ability to assign Free Shipping to an individual product.
  • Support for UPS, USPS and Canada Post via live online shipping rates.
  • Configure sales tax per state or country (billing or shipping address).
  • Activate/Deactivate individual customer accounts.
  • Manage your orders from an intuitive screen. Order and stock levels can be adjusted when the order ships.
  • Add private comments to each order, or comments that the customer can also see.
  • Statistical Charting tool.
  • Restrict digital downloads to a specified number of downloads, or a pre-determined number of hours.
  • Integrated payment gateway allows you to authorize and collect Credit Card payments from your order management screen.
  • Ability to override any customer selected payment method with a Credit Card payment. This is useful if the customer changes their mind about how they want to pay for an order after the order has already been placed.
  • Emails sent to customer via the store can be customized to suit your requirements. Dynamic replacement of text can also be performed.
  • Send HTML Newsletters to customers directly from your store.
Catalog & Products
  • Review shipping prices from the cart screen, and or the product screen.
  • Show pricing discounts on the product list page.
  • Feature products on the cart screen for impulse sales
  • Display up to 3 related products on the product view page.
  • Unlimited number of Products, Categories and Options.
  • Item discounts based on quantity ordered.
  • Order discounts with single or multi use discount codes.
  • Products can be linked to multiple categories, and multiple option groups.
  • Product categories can be "nested" within each other.
  • You can display the entire category tree, or only from a certain point in the tree.
  • Link images or other HTML to the category display.
  • Group products so that they are displayed together on the product detail page.
  • Option Groups can be individually set to Optional or Required. This way you can make sure that the Customer selects all the correct options.
  • Options can be given a weight, which will be factored into the shipping cost calculations along with the actual Product weight.
  • Support for "text" options which allows a customer to enter text when they order a product.
  • Digital Downloads are fully supported. All downloads are done through a script that checks the order status before permitting the download.
  • Store can be run in "Catalog Only" mode. This way, the store acts just like an online catalog, without any links to a shopping cart.
  • Dynamically create product listings on your "Home Page" by setting product(s) to "Featured".
  • Cross Selling is supported via a related keys mechanism. This method is much less work than physically linking dozens of Products manually.
  • Tax-free products and options.
  • Support for product Ratings & Reviews per product.
Customer Convenience
  • Customer can view and modify their personal info by logging on to their account. Account can be created before or during the checkout process.
  • Full order history and detail is available to the customer.
  • Customer receives a confirmation eMail when they place the order, and when their order's status changes.
  • All software downloads are available via the customer's online account. No more hassles with eMailed software links gone missing.
  • Customer can re-attempt payment at a later date. Sometimes the Payment Gateway's servers are down. With eCart, the Customer can come back and pay later.
  • Password Reminder feature for Customers.
  • "Email A Friend" functionality allows customer to send a Product link via email.
  • Support for tax-free customers.
  • Convenient Order Print function from the customer's account area.
  • Advanced search function.
  • "Contact Us" script to send queries via email directly from your store.
  • "Save Cart" functionality.
Payment Gateways
  • Built-in support for offline payments (such as Mail-In, Fax-In, Phone-In and COD), Offline Credit Card processing, PayPal , 2CheckOut.Com and Authorize.Net .
  • Support for PayPal IPN and 2CheckOut.Com Auto-Update.
  • Built-in support for Authorize.Net credit card payment authorizations from the Administration area.
  • Support for custom payment gateways via user exits. Additional modules for several gateways are available at no charge including Nochex, Echo, PaySystems, LinkPoint, PSIGate, etc.
  • Up to 9 Credit Card types (eg. Visa, Mastercard, etc.).
  • Payment Gateways are configured in one central location, not in individual scripts located all over your server.
Security
  • Support for SSL, including most "shared" SSL certificates.
  • Encryption of Passwords and Credit Card numbers in the database.
  • Robust user input validations throughout the store to trap possible SQL string hacks.
  • Critical information (such as the RC4 key) is maintained separate from the database.
  • Assign an additional login to the admin for staff that cannot modify the store's base configuration settings.
Technical
  • ASP/VBScript based software provided with full source code, no hidden encrypted routines.
  • No additional components needed for core functions.
  • Runs on IIS 4.0/5.0/6.0 and PWS with Database support for MS Access 97/2000, SQL Server 7.0/2000.
  • Built-in support for 5 of the most popular eMail components in addition to Microsoft's SMTP components.
  • Database based cart, from start to finish.
  • Several built-in utilities to test and troubleshoot your installation and track down web server configuration errors.
  • Skinnable design allows for enormous flexibility in changing the look and feel of your store, without affecting future upgrades.
  • Separate customizable language file for the store front end permits you to present your store to your customers in the language of your choice.