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Shopping Cart Made Simple Features
What makes Shopping Cart Made Simple one of the most robust and functional eCommerce Website Solutions? Many attributes differentiate us from our competition such as industry specific designs and categories, express shopping cart checkouts with PayPal and Google Checkout, enhanced website architecture, search engine optimized storefronts, or our comprehensive traffic statistics that tell you everything you ever wanted to know about your website visitors.
Our feature-rich online e-commerce store will provide you with more than just a professional and reputable online presence. You will have the security of knowing that you made the best choice - the only choice to promote your business online. View some of our features below, and let us know when we can make your dreams come true of having a professional online store. Call today and start selling tomorrow!
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- Search Engine Friendly page names.
- Assign different access and passwords to different administrators.
- Create unlimited Categories and SubCategories.
- My Account - let your customers edit account details, view order history.
- Product Search - keyword search by Product, Title and Description.
- Custom Menu - add links to special store pages like Specials, New Items, Best Sellers.
- Custom Pages - let customers easily find out all they need to know about your store. Pages can be customized to provide your store specific information. Full WYSIWIG Editor
- Product Fields - provide details about your products to your customers everything they could possibly want to know about your products such as Dimensions, Weight, Package, Manufacturer, Shipping and more.
- Product Images - unlimited number of product images. Images are auto-resized to thumbnails, customers can click on each image to view larger image.
- Cross Sell -support for upselling or impulse buying, suggesting a related product to complement the item to be purchased.
- Individual Quantity Boxes - increase sales with convenient quantity fields next to each product attribute and related products with one "add to cart" button. Place one or one hundred items in the cart with a single button.
- Email to a Friend - let your customers to send email to friends.
- Top Sellers - display top selling products list.
- What's New - display new products list.
- Specials - display sale products.
- Multiple Product Attributes - display product attributes as a list with images for each attribute and/or as a dropdown menu.
- Multiple price points - increase price base on options chosen.
- Volume Discounts - discounts based on the quantity ordered.
- Discount Codes - create unlimited discount codes and amounts that can used on the checkout page of your site.
- Accept Credit Cards, eChecks, etc. through PayPal Express or Pro, Google Checkout, or Authorize.net - we will set this up for your store. *
- Issues unique order numbers to you and the shopper to match them up with their order for inquiries.
- Allows customers to change the quantity of items in their cart, or remove them altogether.
- Complete product information shown throughout checkout, including image of product.
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The Shopping Cart Made Simple Administration System is provided through a comprehensive, secure control panel accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. This control panel, provides all of the tools you need to operate your Shopping Cart.
Help files are provided for every administrative function and are accessed by clicking on the help icon.
What follows is a listing of the features of Shopping Cart Made Simple along with a brief description of their functionality.
- Manufacturers can be assigned to products and then be listed on a dynamic menu so customers can shop by "brand".
- Manufacturers can be assigned to products and listed on the product detail pages and, when clicked, customer can see a list of all products by the particular Manufacturers.
You can create special discount codes. When the customer reaches the checkout page, he simply enters his code to receive his discount. Codes can have a beginning/ending date, can be in an amount off or a percentage off.
The tax rate manager allows you to assign sales tax rates to all 50 states and Canada.
Add shipping and handling rates to products or we can integrate UPS and USPS shipping modules for you.
Provides a complete listing of all existing products.
- Product Catalog - List all existing products. Edit/Delete from this screen.
- Product Catalog Search - The product Catalog has a powerful search filter.
- Filter your search by category or subcategory. Sort results by Product Name, Sequence Number, Product Number.
Product editor is used to create and edit product items.
- Product Number - Unique identifier
- Name - Product name or title.
- Header - Bold header to show above the description on the product page.
- Your Price - Selling price of product.
- Retail Price - Optional retail price of product. When used, system will display retail price, your price and show the savings between the two prices.
- Sale Price - Optional sale price of product. When used, system will display your price, sale price and show the savings between the two prices. Product will also be displayed on Specials page, and rotating "Specials" banner.
- Date Added - Date the product is setup or edited.
- Weight - Shipping weight of item used in shipping cost calculations.
- Shipping - Shipping cost of item if not integrating UPS and USPS shipping modules.
- Handling - Handling charges added to an item.
- Unit - Unit of sale.
- Manufacturer - Manufacturer or item. When enabled, shoppers can shop by brand.
- Status - Set Products to Active or Inactive to show only when you want them to.
- Featured - Set Products to be "Featured" on the home page.
- Estimated Ship Time - Displays the normal lead time on delivery.
- Ship Exempt - Products coded as ship exempt do not add shipping/handling charges to order total.
- Tax Exempt - Products coded as tax exempt do not add tax to order.
- Categories - Assigns products to store categories, add a new category directly from this screen.
- SubCategories - Assigns products to subcategories, add a new subcategory directly from this screen.
- Manufacturer - Assigns products to store manufacturers, add a new manufacturer directly from this screen.
- Long Description - Product description shown on Product Page. WYSIWYG Editor. Unlimited field size.
- Short Description - Product description shown on home page if product is "Featured".
- Sequence Number - Set the order in which products will be displayed on product listing page.
- Page Title - Change the page title for product page, this is for search engine optimization.
- Meta Description - Change the meta description for the product page, this is for search engine optimization. When nothing is entered this defaults to the long description of the product.
- Meta Keywords - Change the meta keywords for the product page, this is for search engine optimization. When nothing is entered this defaults to the short description of the product.
- Product Main Image - The primary product image. Select the product image from your local computer and upload to your store. Image is automatically resized.
- Alt Text Main Image - Change the alt text for the image, this is for search engine optimization. When no alt text is entered this defaults to the name of the product.
- Thumbnail Image - Optional thumbnail image. Select the product thumbnail image from your local computer and upload to your store. When no thumbnail is uploaded, system defaults to thumbnail regenerated from the main product image. This field is necessary only when greater detail is necessary.
- Alt Text Thumbnail Image - Change the alt text for the image, this is for search engine optimization. When no alt text is entered this defaults to the name of the product.
- Additional Product Images - Additional product images may be added to show different views of a product item. Select the additional image from your local computer and upload to your store. Number of additional images is unlimited.
- Image Attributes - You may create an unlimited number of image attributes. Image attributes are used to give the customer a visual selection of product attributes for things such as color, fabric, etc. Select the attribute image from your local computer, enter a text description (Herringbone, flannel, etc.) and upload to your store. Number of image attributes is unlimited.
- Text Attributes - You may create an unlimited number of text attributes. To implement, enter a name for the attribute (Size) then enter the options for the attribute (S,M,L,XL, XXL) and click the Add button to create them.
- Influence Price by Attribute - Add a dollar amount to the any of the Image Attributes or Text Attributes. For example: to order the "Large" add $10.00.
- Influence Price by Quantity - Used to offer quantity discounts for products.
- Featured Product - Select a product as "Featured" and this product will show on the home page with the small image and short desc and a link to the product page.
- Sale Items - When you assign a sale price to a product the item will automatically show in the rotating banner of "Specials" and also be listed on your "Specials" page.
- Cross Sell - Select multiple products to "Relate" to an item. These products will show on the products page "Add to Cart" area with individual quantity boxes so that they can all be purchased with one click. They will also link to the product page.
- Lists all existing categories.
- Category List - List all existing categories. Edit/Delete from this screen.
- Sort results by Category Name, Sequence Number.
- Parent Category - Select the Parent category from the dropdown list or create a new one from this screen.
- Category Name - Enter the category name.
- Description - Enter a description of the category (optional).
- Status - Checkbox to enable the category. Categories can be disabled and will, thus not show on the dynamic menus.
- Icon - You can have an image icon display for the category. Select the icon image from your local computer and upload to your store.
- Alt Text Icon - Change the alt text for the icon, this is for search engine optimization. When no alt text is entered this defaults to the name of the category.
- Sequence Number - Set the order in which categories will be displayed in the navigation list.
- Lists all existing subcategories.
- SubCategory List - List all existing subcategories. Edit/Delete from this screen.
- Search by Category, Sort results by SubCategory Name, Sequence Number.
- Category - Select the category from the dropdown list or create a new one from this screen.
- SubCategory Name - Enter the subcategory name.
- Description - Enter a description of the subcategory (optional).
- Status - Checkbox to enable the category. SubCategories can be disabled and will, thus not show on the dynamic menus.
- Icon - You can have an image icon display for the subcategory. Select the icon image from your local computer and upload to your store.
- Alt Text Icon - Change the alt text for the icon, this is for search engine optimization. When no alt text is entered this defaults to the name of the category.
- Sequence Number - Set the order in which subcategories will be displayed in the navigation list.
- Allows you to list, review and edit customer records.
- List all Customers - Edit/Delete from this screen.
- Search by Email Address or Last Name, Sort results by First and Last Name, Email Address, CustomerId, Total Orders.
- View order history per Customer.
- The Order Manager provides a listing of orders by order status. Search function allows orders to be filtered by; Order Status, Beginning Date, Ending Date, Order Number, Customer Name. Sort by Status, ApprovalCode,TransactionId, Order Date, Order Time, Last Name, First Name, Phone #, Email, CC Number, Total Items Ordered, Total Cost.
- View details of the order including individual items ordered and item attributes chosen, shipping and tax charges.
- Create printable "Purchase Orders" for each order.
- Create "Individual P.O.'s" for each manufacturer within each order.
- Export Orders - either all orders or orders based on filters.
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Shopping Cart Made Simple provides robust hosting features that include plenty of storage for your store, personlized email accounts, webmail access, real-time visitor statistics, anti-spam filters, 24/7/365 support and monitoring, 99.5% uptime guarantee, weekly backups and more.
- Create accounts for anyone in your organization, seperate accounts for sales, info, billing, etc.
- Email accounts are personalized to your domain name (e.g. janedoe@yoursite.com).
Away from home or can't get to your Mail (e.g. Outlook, Eudora) program? We provide webmail access for all of your accounts so you can access your email anywhere you have an Internet connection.
- View real-time statistics on all of your website visitor traffic by date, time, etc.
- View page loads, unique visitors, first-time visitors, return visitors, and averages
- Track your most popular pages
- View entry pages and exit pages
- View where visitors came from (another website, search engine result)
- Track search terms and keywords used to find your site
- View what search engines send you traffic
- View visitor paths through your site
- Track length of time visitor spends on your site
- Track returning visits
- Recent visitor activities overview
- View visitor map (flagged via Google Map)
- Track visitors by Country, State, City, and ISP
- See visitors browser types (e.g. Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc)
- See visitors resolution stats (e.g. screen size/resolution)
- Get weekly or monthly emailed reports
- Download statistic reports to Excel
We have a strict Anti-Spam policy and we hate it as much as you do. Which is why we use SpamAssassin. SpamAssassin is generally regarded as one of the most effective spam filters.
SpamAssassin comes with a large set of rules which are applied to determine whether an email is spam or not. To decide, specific fields within the email header and the email body are typically searched for certain regular expressions, and if these expressions match, the email is assigned a certain score, depending on the test, and several (customizable) headers are added to the mail.
The total score resulting from all tests or other criteria can then be used by the end user or by the Administrator to set the conditions under which email is moved to a separate spam folder, deleted, flagged etc.
We have a 99.5% uptime guarantee with round the clock facilities monitoring and support
- Support available via live phone tech support, email, online system, or live chat
- All support is based in-house, in the USA
- Weekly backups to ensure data is safe (more frequent backups are available for additional fees)
- Online help and training materials including documentation and video tutorials
- Trusted, tested, and reliable SSL encryption
- Free updates and improvements throughout the year
Additional products and services that we make available to enhance your Admin System, and provide better solutions for you and your business.
One of our sister companies, Print Made Simple, provides everything print that you need for your business including:
- Screen printed T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Tank-tops, etc.
- Embroidered Polo shirts, sweatshirts, hats, etc.
- Complete uniforms
- Highest quality Business Cards available- 15pt stock (while most average cards are only 12pt), full color, photo-quality, two-sided and affordable!
- Premium Postcards - 16pt stock, full color, photo-quality, two-sided, post-office ready, mailing list service available
- Greeting Cards for every occasion - high quality, full color, personalized, envelopes to match
- Brochures and flyers - 100lb gloss or matte finish, professional, full color, photo-quality, folding options
- Self-inking Stamps - give your company the professional image you deserve, save time, personalized just for your needs
Email Marketing is the easy, effective, and highly affordable way to get your message out. It helps you create high-impact, professional-looking emails—fast and with no technical expertise—and build strong, successful, and lasting relationships with your customers, clients, or members.
With our Email Marketing System, you can:
- Choose from more than 160 easily customized HTML email templates—or create your own from scratch
- Create highly visual, graphically compelling email newsletters and promotions in just minutes with our step-by-step Email Wizard
- Drive more traffic to your website with focused, targeted email communications
- Build and manage your email list—import existing lists, add names individually, or capture contact information from website visitors
- Measure email campaign results instantly—check click-through rates, review new subscribers, see who opened and clicked on each link
- Communicate with your audience with confidence, knowing that our system will get your email delivered with CAN-SPAM compliance
- Discover how the power of Email Marketing can help you better connect with your customers
- Nurture your relationships... and grow your organization
Our Survey System makes conducting online surveys simple, fast, and highly affordable—no technical or market research skills are required. Survey gives you insight, new ideas and the knowledge to help meet customer needs...keep them...and grow your organization. You'll make more informed decisions—because you'll have a broader, more representative view of what your customers and members really think about your products, services, and communications.
With our Survey System, you can:
- Create online surveys fast, with our step-by-step Survey Wizard—or create your survey from scratch
- Choose from more than 40 professionally-written survey templates—from customer satisfaction to testing new products
- Save time—with questions and answer choices written by experts
- Invite survey participants with an email invitation or post a survey link on your website
- Manage your survey contacts with email list management
- Interpret results fast with easy-to-read graphs and charts
- Export results in Excel for comparison over time
- Choose to add Email Marketing to your account—manage your contact lists and reporting in one place (optional)
With your online survey results, you can:
- View summary or drill-down to individual survey responses
- Uncover revealing trends and patterns with powerful filtering options
- Create targeted email lists based on survey responses, and then follow-up with relevant communications
Discover how the power of our Survey System can help you better understand your customers...meet their needs...and have them coming back—again and again.
* Authorize.NET, PayPal Pro/Payflow have additional requirements and fees associated with these accounts.
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