Shopping Cart Catalog Options
(How products are displayed for customers)
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Separate retail and wholesale catalog, pricing, and product activation
with reseller signup and password generation for wholesale catalog.
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Wholesale catalog is tax exempt for wholesale customers with
reseller number on file and supports tiered volume discount calculations.
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Dynamic shopping cart catalog with 3 category levels. Each product
can be included in more than one category. Preview feature for
viewing larger images or audio/video clips.
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Dynamic catalog pages use custom HTML page design templates,
which can include backgrounds, images, links, meta tags, style
sheets, and JavaScript.
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FrontPage and Dreamweaver navigation schemes and page templates
can be used in conjuction with the AShop page templates for global
updating of site layout.
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Canned themes for turn-key set up without without need to create
page templates.
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Shopping cart functionality within HTML web pages - OrderForm
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Shopping cart functionality within HTML web pages and from remote
sites or newsletters - OrderLink
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Dynamic shopping cart catalogue, OrderForm, and OrderLink methods
can be used simultaneously.
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eBay stores can link to the shopping cart checkout system to
process payments and provide secure delivery of digital products.
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Terms of sale or license agreement optionally set for each product.
Agreement checkbox required for purchase.
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Shopping cart mode can be set for single or multiple products
per order. When shopping cart mode is off, the buy button goes
straight to checkout. When shopping cart mode is on, products
are added to the cart.
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Optional customer save cart feature.
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Easy modification of store logo, background colors, borders and
font type through browser administration panel.
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Text that retail customers see on pages and in email notices
is kept in editable language file sets. Images may be substituted
where in place of text in some areas.
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A language set is selectable by navigating to the language.php
script and selecting from an array of flag images or a language
can be specified in the URL to the catalogue, for instance from
a web page where the content is in that same language.
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Product attributes. For instance; selection of color, size, format,
etc. for each product. Each product attribute alternative optionally
can have it's own price, product file, and buy button. Tax, download,
and shipping can optionally be overridden for each attribute alternative.
Attributes can also be used for customers to enter comments for
each product ordered. For instance; inscriptions, custom labels,
or a comment specific to each product ordered.
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Administrator can optionally limit the number of products displayed
per page in the catalogue. Products are then displayed a page
at a time for faster page loading when there are a large number
of products per category.
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Customer's IP address is recorded for each order and included
in the administrator's e-mailed order notice.
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Currencies And Tax Calculation
Methods
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US Dollar, Canada Dollar, GB Pound, Euro, Singapore Dollar
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United States Sales Tax, Canada GST/PST/HST, European Union VAT
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Sales tax can be applied to order subtotals before or after shipping
and handling charges.
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Payment Processing Methods
and Supported Payment Services
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AShop Deluxe is compatible with many popular payment processors.
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Offline credit card processing option collects number, exp date,
security code for manual processing.
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Manual payment options for payment by check, money order, or
bank transfer. Option to deliver digital products before processing
the order or after order activation. Option to activate manual
orders immediately upon submission for delivering free products.
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Unlimited payment options can be created. Processing fees can
optionally be added to each payment option. When more than one
payment option exists, customers have option to select method
of payment.
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When a manual payment option is selected, the store administrator
receives an order notice with a link to activate the order. Upon
receipt of payment by check or other method, activation of order
automatically sends password for downloadable product(s) and/or
delivers key code.
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The payment confirmation (thank you) message can be set individually
for each payment option.
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eMailed receipts use customizable templates. HTML and plain text
options.
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Digital Product Delivery
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Single or multiple downloadable files per product. Product files
can be linked to attribute alternatives with a separate buy button
and price for each alternative.
The file size and type is automatically detected and displayed
next to each buy button.
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Password is generated and sent in e-mailed receipt with link
to login and download product files.
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Automatic Delivery option logs customers into the product file
download page immediately following receipt of payment. (Not supported
by all payment gateways.)
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Number of downloads and password expiration duration can optionally
be set for digital products.
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e-Mail notification and password login for file download of digital
product updates.
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Key code (unlock code, activation code) lists can be stored in
the database and e-mailed in receipt. Key codes are assigned to
each customer record as they are purchased. Notice is e-mailed
to the store administrator if a key code list is getting low or
if there are none available to fill an order.
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Resend feature for sending duplicate receipts to the customer's
address or an alternate email address for customers with problem
email addresses or overactive spam filters. Includes option to
reactivate downloads for occassional customers who have trouble
with browsers and downloads.
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Send update feature for sending notices and providing subsequent
file downloads to customers who have purchased a specific product.
Includes from-to date selector so it can be used to send messages
to customers who have purchased the product within a specific
time span.
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Gift feature for sending free products to individual customers.
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Shipping and Handling
Calculations
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Flat rate shipping per product
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Quantity based shipping per product
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FedEx real time lookup with multiple packages and origin zip
codes
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UPS real time lookup with multiple packages and origin zip codes
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Custom zip/zone tables with zone rates set per each product
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Local or international per order handling charges with multiple
local origin countries
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Shipping options per order (express, overnight, 2nd day air)
set for local, international, or both destinations
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Quantity based shipping discounts applied to products with specific
shipping options only or to all products that have shipping charges
set.
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Discount Coupon Codes
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A discount coupon code can be set for each product by a percentage
or amount.
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Discount codes can be set globally by category or for the entire
catalogue.
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Referral code system sets discounts automatically and credits
affiliates.
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Sales Of Password
Protected Member Access
(Subscription Directories)
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An unlimited number of directories can be set up with password
protection. Passwords can be set to expire in a number of days.
Passwords can also be managed using PA+, a third party software
application.
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Affiliate Marketing
and Tracking
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2-Tier affiliate commission tracking. Tier-1 commissions are
set per product by percentage or amount. Tier-2 commissions are
set as a percentage of orders that are received from each affiliate's
down line.
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2-Level commission structure. Each product has two tier-1 commissions
settings and there are two tier-2 percentage levels. Each affiliate
is set to receive ether level 1 or level 2 (tier-1 and tier-2)
commissions.
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Automated affiliate sign up form and password generation for
each affiliate to login and view stats, get link code or to change
their contact information.
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Manual referral code discount system for word of mouth and print
advertisement.
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Customizable HTML page design template specifically for affiliate
login pages
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Automatic link and banner HTML link code generation for each
affiliate
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Multiple link codes with ad copy or banner images can be created
and made available to affiliates. Each affiliate link code can
include a redirect URL that points to a specific product page
or remote web site.
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Affiliate and affiliate manager receive email notice each time
a commission is earned. e-Mail address for affiliate manager is
set independently from store administrator.
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Affiliate commissions can be selectively paid by PayPal from
within the administration panel.
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Commission and payment history is viewable for each affiliate
is viewable within the administration panel.
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Chargeback feature reverses commissions for returned or canceled
orders.
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Support For Third-Party
Tracking Systems
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Ability to insert variables into the Thank You Message for each
payment option by using tokens. %orderid% = Order ID, %amount%
= Sale Amount, %firstname% %lastname% = Customer Name to collect
order and customer information by third-party software.
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Open source code available for specified files to enable insertion
of third-party referer tracking scripts.
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Messaging - Mailing
List Management - Bulletin Board
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e-Mail messaging to selected customers or to all customers in
HTML-format or plain text
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e-Mail messaging to selected affiliates or to all affiliates
in HTML-format or plain text
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Integration to ListMessenger
for extended mailing list functionality. Customers can be added
to specific mailing groups based upon each product purchased.
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Integration to phpBB
for online bulletin board. Customers are added to specific forum
group for each product purchased. An email message with the phpBB
username, password and link to phpBB is sent to the customer.
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Sales Reports
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Generate sales reports by date range with sort order by date,
product, or customer.
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Reports can be viewed online or downloaded in csv text file for
use in Microsoft Excel and other programs.
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Sales report in edit mode can be used to chargeback returned
or canceled orders.
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Catalog and Affiliate pages are individually customizable using
HTML templates.
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Product Fulfilment
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Unlimited number of email fulfilment addresses to send order
notices.
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SwiftCD
fulfilment attachment is supported.
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Fulfilment option is selectable for each product.
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FTP Accessability - Disk Space - Monthly
Bandwidth - SSL
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FTP accessability is provided automatically
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Basic AShopCart service includes 1 GB disk space and 6 GB / month bandwidth (traffic) |
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More disk space and/or bandwidth may
be added through the admin panel after the account is created. |
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Shared SSL security certificate is installed
free upon request. (only needed for a limited number of payment
processing options) |
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Support and Upgrades
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Tool tips are placed throughout the administration
panel for quick explanations. |
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Context help links open specific help
topics for in-depth feature descriptions and explanations. |
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AShopCart support is available by email
and through a link in your administration panel. eMail support requests
are typically resolved within a few hours during business days and
always within 24 hours. Technicians are available by chat during
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Telephone support is available by appointment. |
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Free program updates and improvements
are installed and maintained by us. |
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Additional software, upgrades, and services
may be purchased and installed through the Support & Upgrades
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