HomeOnline Shop Features
The open source Ecommerce package we customise and configure for your online shop is packed with features. It is based on osCommerce which is supported by thousands of users world wide and benefits from this huge userbase by constant improvement and development of new and improved modules. The osCommerce user support forums are full of helpful hints and tips and the osCommerce community will always take time to answer your questions if you can't find the answer already there.
The Ecommerce software will provide the following features. Note: Not all functionality needs to be activated.
General Functionality
- Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default (translations of products and bespoke text is not included)
Administration/Backend Functionality
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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
- Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
- Easily backup and restore the database
- Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
- Statistics for products and customers
- Multilingual support
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Multicurrency support
- Automatically update currency exchange rates
- 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 stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
- Customers can view their order history and order status
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Customers can maintain their accounts
- Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
- Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
- Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
- Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
- Secure transactions with SSL (client is responsible for certification costs and maintenance
- 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 for easy site navigation
Product Functionality
- Dynamic product attributes relationship
- HTML based product descriptions
- Automated display of specials
- 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 offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit card processing,...)
- Accept numerous online payment processing methods
- Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis
Shipping Functionality
- Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
- Real-time quotes available (optional extra)
- Free shipping based on amount and destination
- Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
Tax Functionality
- Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
- Set different tax rates for different products
- Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis
