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Shop-Script shopping cart software features
Shop-Script software provides hundreds of practical
and useful ecommerce features.
This page identifies core features supported by different
versions of Shop-Script shopping cart software. To find
which Shop-Script applications support specific features
please refer to the Products
section of this website.
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In addition to order notifications sent to online store administrator by email, Shop-Script PREMIUM shopping cart software allows you to enable SMS-notifications on new orders: simply select SMS provider (SMS gateway), input your mobile phone number(s), enter time period when you wish to receive SMS-notifications (e.g. you may disable SMS in the night-time) and you will start to receive SMS-notifications on all new orders.
Unlike email notifications, sending SMS is not free. Average price for sending a single SMS message is about 5 cents, and it varies depending on SMS gateway you are using. To enable SMS-notifications feature you have to register in a SMS gateway which is very easy.
Shop-Script is integrated with following SMS gateways:
You need to register in one of these gateways to start receiving SMS notifications on new orders. You can register on gateway's website. |
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Online feedback form should be an essential part of every ecommerce website!
To achieve success in online sales you should provide your customers with the comprehensive information about your product offers. However, good products descriptions and visual representation (pictures) are usually not enough - very often customers can find answers on their questions only by contacting you. Thus it is essential to provide your customers with the ability to easily contact you.
Shop-Script shopping cart software software provides your store with the online feedback forms which are accessible on every product's information page and in a separate department ('Feedback'). After customer fills a feedback form, request is emailed to store administrator.
Feedback forms are secure and protected from spammer attacks. |
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Shop-Script shopping cart software is integrated with major shipping carriers: UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL.
To enable real-time shipping quotes with a certain provider you need to have an account with this provider, or to have an account with InterShipper.com - this company provides real-time shipping quotes with all carriers mentioned above, but without requiring to have accounts with the carrier companies.
Please visit shipping companies websites and refer to Shop-Script User Guides to learn more about real-time shipping quotes. |
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Improve your website PageRank by exchanging links with friendly websites.
Shop-Script PREMIUM provides tools to automate your link exchange campaign:
- dedicated department in administrator mode for links campaign management
- categorize links
- links statuses (verified / unverified)
- store visitors can suggest links for publishing
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Shop-Script shopping cart software provide tools to create and manage products catalog. Products can be distributed among custom categories tree. Category nesting is unlimited. In Shop-Script PREMIUM you can place a single product in multiple categories (as many as you like).
Products and categories are very easy to manage in shopping cart administrative mode (backend). No specific skills are required for that!
When designing Shop-Script shopping cart software we paid much attention to products catalog representation in your online store, and tried to make it as attractive and usable for your customers as possible.
Customers have tools for searching products in your store. In Shop-Script FREE and Shop-Script PRO search is performed by product name and description, and Shop-Script PREMIUM's administrative mode allows you to setup a list of product custom options, by which customer can perform search, e.g. on the screenshot to the left customers can search automobiles by name, price and "Color" and "Power" options.
Everything can be configured in administrative mode with only a few clicks! |
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Affiliate program module is for making your customers
work for you to:
- attract new customers to your store;
- add links to your website and increase your
link popularity (PageRank);
- increase your website traffic;
- increase your sales.
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The idea of affiliate program is that your customers
earn money for attracting customers to your online store.
In Shop-Script PREMIUM shopping cart software affiliate program is designed
such that your affiliate partners receive commissions
which are calculated as percent of orders amount
placed by their referrals.
Shop-Script PREMIUM shopping cart software provides facilities to effectively
manage your affiliate campaign:
- view customers' commissions
- submit payments/rewards to customers
- view 'Overall' and 'By customer' payments
& commissions logs
- view customer's balances
- and more!
Please refer to Shop-Script
PREMIUM User Guide to learn more about affiliate
program module. |
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Have a large product database with more than, say, 500, 3000, 10000 products? Shop-Script provide tools for bulk upload (import) and export of your products database.
The easiest way to import large product database into Shop-Script online store is CSV import facility. Add all your products into an Excel spreadsheet, save it as a CSV file, and upload your inventory in a minute!
Please note that Shop-Script can import/export products and categories from/to a CSV file of a certain structure (download example). For more information on how import/export procedure is handled please refer to Shop-Script User Guides. |
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Shop-Script shopping cart software is easily adaptable for the market you are selling to.
You can easily translate your store interface language into any language you like. With Shop-Script software you can create a list of payment and shipping types, a list of countries and states to which you sell, a list of available currency types; in addition, manage custom information pages with the information about your online store, terms of service, etc. |
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When selling a mobile phone, why not suggest to your customers a hands-free device or a calling plan as well?
Cross selling is a very good marketing tool. Shop-Script PRO and PREMIUM packages provide necessary tools for you to suggest complimentary products to the original purchase.
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Customers information and orders are saved into your store database. In administrative mode you can effectively manage this information to provide your customers with outstanding service:
- manage new orders
- create an unlimited number of order states (e.g. Pending, Processing, Completed, etc.) and append a status to customer's order
- view orders history by customer
- track orders by IP address, billing information, email address - essential tools for payment verifications
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The best way to showcase your products is to present good photos!
Shop-Script PREMIUM allows you to accompany all your product offers with an unlimited number of quality photos - this is a proven method to increase your product sales.
Please refer to Shop-Script PREMIUM Live Demo - click "Mazda RX-8" sample product to see how you can append multiple pictures to a products. |
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While you store becomes more and more popular, it could become a point of interest for hackers who are willing to get access to your store or to fill you database with objectionable content. Unfortunately this is inevitable.
Understanding this, we are paying a lot of attention to Shop-Script security and invulnerability to hacker attacks.
Besides input data validation Shop-Script allows you to restrict registration and checkout for unwanted users and robots. You may configure your store such that:
- Only users who confirm their email address can obtain an account in your store (Double Opt-In registration). To do this user will be sent an Activation Key by email, and his account will not be created until this code is entered in your store.
- Registering or placing an order will require user to input a Confirmation Code presented on a "security image" like those found on the sign-up pages of many mainstream sites.
Such facilities will protect you from robots and spammers who could be attacking you store (described features are included into the package and are optional - you may easily turn them on and off). |
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In Shop-Script based online store administrator can easily view an invoice for a certain order right in the administrative mode. Printer-friendly invoice appears in a new window.
Customer also has facilities to print invoices from his personal account. |
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Easy design integration is one of Shop-Script software core benefits.
All Shop-Script packages are designed to work with the use of Smarty template engine which is a very powerful and popular technology. It allows to change look & feel of your shopping cart as you like without any limitations.
Shop-Script can be easily integrated into your custom design.
Design is fully separated from PHP script files and is defined in HTML files located in a separate subfolder of Shop-Script package (templates).
Templates can be edited in any text and/or WYSIWYG editor, e.g. Macromedia DreamWeaver, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe GoLive.
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No programming is required to start your online store with shopping cart software Shop-Script.
We designed Shop-Script software such that is can be managed and installed by anyone who can use a web browser.
However, if you are software developer looking for a shopping cart solution for your clients, Shop-Script is right for you. Shop-Script software is provided with complete open source code (there are no encrypted source files in the package) and allows any source code modifications. It is a perfect solution if you are searching for a reliable shopping cart engine for your ecommerce projects. |
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Shop-Script based online store pages are Search Engine friendly.
We have designed Shop-Script software such that your store web pages will suit all major principles of search engine optimization, e.g. product name is inserted into page's title, headers (h1) and images captions (alt), META keywords and description are editable for each product and category (supported in Shop-Script PRO & PREMIUM). Pages are easily readable and free from superfluous HTML tags.
Every store page is accessible within a few clicks. In addition to the fact that it makes it easy for users to navigate in your store, it allows Search Engine robots to index all pages and spread page rankings (e.g. Google PageRank) among your store effectively. |
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Each registered customer of Shop-Script software based store has access to a personal account. This account provides following facilities:
- contact information management:
customer can view and edit contact information, e.g. first and last names, email address, phone number, etc.
- address book management:
the ability to view/add/edit/delete address book entries
- shopping history:
customer can view comprehensive information about all his orders placed in your store
- visits history (authorization log)
- affiliate commissions and payments (Shop-Script PREMIUM)
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Shop-Script is integrated with Google Checkout (Level 2), PayPal (Website Payments Standard and Pro) and over 25 payment gateways which provide real-time credit card processing services.
With a few clicks in your online store backend you can activate any of available payment systems/gateways and configure it simply by entering information about your account at this system/gateway.
For example, to start accepting PayPal orders (payments) you only have to enter your PayPal account email address.
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With Shop-Script shopping cart software sales taxes can be defined for countries, states and counties:
- apply tax rate for a country or a list of countries
- apply tax rate for a single state or a list of states
- define tax rates for counties (by entering zip code masks)
- create as many tax classes as you like and append them to your products
- create tax classes independent from customer address (e.g. VAT)
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If you sell complex products which can be configured by customers during purchase (e.g. adjust preferable computer configuration, select clothes color and size, select calling plan when buying a mobile phone), then Shop-Script PREMIUM is right for you!
Using Shop-Script PREMIUM shopping cart you can add an unlimited number of product custom options, e.g. clothes colors and sizes, computer configurations, calling plans for cellular phones, etc. You can categorize options with fixed values (like CPU option on the screenshot to the left), as well as adjustable characteristics (see Color, Memory, HDD options on the screenshot), giving customers the ability to specify preferable product options before adding a product to shopping cart.
You can also apply price surcharges for each available product option value (click on the screenshot to enlarge it and see how it works). |
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Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics) is a comprehensive web analytics system.
Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site.
To start tracking your Shop-Script PREMIUM based online store with Google Analytics, all you have to do is get your invitation to Google Analytics and then merely input your account number in Shop-Script PREMIUM settings. It's all that simple!
After doing this you will see your store visitors statistics and sales in your Google Analytics account. |
Plus many more features!
Information and a full list of features supported can
be found on Shop-Script
software comparison page.
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