Ecommerce Templates: Features

The main features of Ecommerce Templates are listed here. There are quite a few of them. Click on a link to see a list of the features in that section.

Administration
Product and Category Options
Shipping and Checkout
Design Options
General Features
Requirements

Administration

Full online control panel for simple admin management - Shop demo with admin login
Simple process for adding, modifying, and deleting products and categories
Dynamically populate product pages without the need to touch the database.
Password-protected CSS-based skinnable control panel
Full online order viewing by date selection and search.
Product search within the admin section.
Editable order details
Affiliate program included with online viewing of affiliate sales
Downloadable product inventory.
CSV database upload
Language specific admin available
Up to three languages supported from the same database
MS SQL Server compatible

Product and Category Options

Unlimited number of products.
Upselling of related, bestselling, recommended products as well as suggesting products purchased by other customers
Show multiple currencies
Place products in several categories
Up to a depth of 10 levels of sub-categories.
Extra detail page for more detailed product descriptions with layout options.
Allows for use of HTML in product descriptions to make formatting simpler
Set-up and assign designers, manufacturers, and drop shippers to products and send them order details if required on receipt of orders
Provision of coupons so clients can purchase at a discounted rate by entering their coupon code
Apply discounts by product or category depending on total purchase or quantity ordered
Specify the number of products per page.
Choice of product and category layouts, using one or multiple columns of products
Optional images choice for categories.
Choice of product listing by price, id, user choice or alphabetically
Product options allow for the selection of color, size etc. with price differences shown in real time - choose between drop down menus and radio buttons
Allow clients to type in their own requirements for a particular product
Product options can have their own product ID
Clone products and product options for faster input.
Wholesale and retail pricing depending on login
Quantity pricing option
Option of showing the "buy" button or an "Out of stock message".
Option of maintaining a product in your inventory but not showing on the store.
Stock management feature permits you to define the number of products in stock, and the store will automatically generate an "Out of stock" message once the last item in stock has been purchased
Stock management for product options
Show number of products in stock on the products page
Set minimum purchase total requirement
Email to friend link option - product specific
Choice of currency symbols and formatting.
Change all store generated language from one place
Option to remove buy and checkout buttons making the plus version compatible for other uses, for example real estate listings, online catalogue etc
Order categories to suit your needs.
Option of showing list price and your price.

Shipping and Checkout

Weight-based shipping by zone
Flat rate shipping
USPS shipping rate integration and order tracking
UPS shipping and order tracking
FedEx shipping and order tracking
Canada Post
Free shipping option (choose by country and/or total order or number of items purchased)
Price-based shipping
Shipping estimator before checkout
Customer shipping carrier selector
Provide a different shipping method for international customers in respect to domestic buyers.
Global handling charge option.
Handling charge per payment provider
Offer customers a tracking number.
Compatible with all major tax systems (including Australia & Canada)
Offline credit card processing
Complete integration with the top payment processors, such as Sage Pay and PayPal, and/or email notification only
Order status look up page for customers
Automatic email to customers on order status change
Integrates PayPal's Instant Payment Notification for secure order processing
Email notification once an order has been placed.
Printable receipt on thanks page
HTML header and footer for the confirmation email
Download orders to a .csv file.
Print packing slips from the admin orders page.
"Remember me" option for return users.
Javascript and Cookie disabled detection.
Block IPs or IP ranges.

Design Options

Template editor - Adobe Dreamweaver or another web editor for the CSS Ecommerce Templates
Search engine friendly options such as static pages and generated title and meta tags available
Original .png files included for editing graphics in Adobe Fireworks.
Global design changes made simple through Dreamweaver template (.dwt) and library (.lbi) files
Simple to change colors and personalize the store.
Multiple CSS classes available for key display options
Alt attribute information automatically added to category and product images

General Features

Integrated product search page.
Built in modular fashion, allowing for free future upgrades and addition of new features.
6 month free technical support
Downloadable user manual. Contact us for more information.
30 day money back guarantee.

Requirements

For the ASP templates, a Windows server capable of running a Microsoft Access database. For the PHP templates, a Unix/Linux server running a minimum of PHP4.1 and a MySQL database
Dreamweaver 3+
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ or any modern browser for using the admin section.

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