Cart Features

  • CART Quick Summary

    • Free full source code
    • Free upgrades for a year
    • No system modifications or DLLs to install
    • No Monthly fee
    • Can be used on any NT web hosting company that supports Active Server Pages or run on your own Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
    • Cart can also run under Unix with Chili!Soft ASP. This is a separate product from the Windows Version.
    • Uses Microsoft Access database (supplied)
    • Can use Microsoft SQL Server
    • Can use MYSQL database under Unix

     

  • Merchants. Cart supports credit card, non credit card and numerous electronic gateways. Sales reports, stock reports, e-mail for each order, product details can be updated while shop is running. Extensive control over product displays and formatting. Cart can be used both for business to consumer or B2B.
  • Customers. Customers have an intuitive shopping experience. Can browse or use Cart extensive search facilities. Customers receive a printable detailed order form and an e-mail confirmation. Customers can view previous orders, restore orders for quicker shopping, save and restore carts (wish lists)..
  • Configurable. There is extensive configuration available in Cart. Navigation, logs, fonts, colors, captions are all easily changed. Sort orders for products, product displays, information going into the cart, mail format are all easily configured. Using supplied hyperlink and form interfaces, Cart can integrate into any existing web. A detailed design guide is available. Cart is easily integrated with other web sites including those created with FrontPage/DreamWeaver or it can be used as its own web application. 
  • International Support. Cart can run in any world language. We can supply English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Dutch and Hungarian. Dual currency displays, for example, local currency and Euros is standard.
  • Requirements.  
    Cart runs on any Microsoft Windows system. Windows 95/98 requires free Microsoft supplied Personal Web Server.
    Windows NT/2000 requires IIS
    Cart runs on any web hosting company supporting Windows NT/2000 IIS.
    An Access 2000 database is supplied.
    Cart can also be used with Access 97, 2000, 2002 and SQL Server and MYSQL.

Features - Product Display

  • Unlimited products, categories and sub categories
  • Unlimited product features such as color, size etc
  • All product displays are dynamic
  • Product images are automatically displayed
  • Automatic hyperlink to your own extended description page
  • Automatic generation of extended description page*
  • Products can be prevented from displaying
  • Out of Stock Messages
  • Multiple product ordering with one button press
  • Customer based pricing - each customer can see different prices
  • Quantity based pricing
  • Dual currency displays
  • Retail vs your price display
  • Cross Selling
  • Prices can be turned off completely
  • Products can be sorted by any field
  • Product display is fully customizable
  • Taxes can be specified by product if required
  • Minimum quantity can be required.
  • Product rating and reviews *
  • Tell a friend
  • Gift addresses and signature on  product basis 
  • Products in any number of categories/subcategories 

Features - Merchant Administration

  • Full online administration allows merchants to view and process orders
  • Change and add/delete products while the shop is running
  • Edit any table at any time
  • Sales reports keep the merchant up to date
  • Merchant notified by e-mail per order
  • Add an attachment to customer confirmation e-mail
  • Merchants can easily extend the facilities of Cart at the end of an order to interface to special fulfilment processes.
  • Stock reports provide details by product
  • Generation of download links on completion of order (free add-on)
  • Cart supports just about any payment system: Electronic gateways for direct deposit into your account
  • Any type of non credit card payments
  • Manual credit card handling just like your existing phone order
  • Different administrators can be given different privileges for tables and menu items
  • Additional administrative menu items unique to your installation can be added
  • Email to any number of other people using unique templates. *
  • Full generic SQL queries of any Cart table
  • Bulk Import of Products (free add-on)
  • Export data for your account packages
  • Mail to all or select customers from the database
  • Discounts are automatically applied when a customer logins if and the merchant has specified a discount
  • Quantity based discounts. If a customer orders x of something unit price can change dynamically. You define the discount algorithm.
  • Quantity based pricing. Cart can automatically adjust prices of a product based on price ranges. Optionally you can allow the customer to see the original price.
  • Discount Coupons *
  • Gift Certificates *
  • Cart will use SSL encryption if it is installed on your web site
  • Databases can be "off the web" to prevent hacking attacks
  • Online administration is protected by passwords
  • Credit card can be encrypted when stored in the database
  • Support for SSL on a different server
  • Supplier reports and registration 
  • Mailing using html *
  • Ability to add your own product fields to any displays
  • Display and update your own customer fields 

Features - Taxes and Shipping

  • Cart comes with eight different types of shipping calculations built in; table lookup, weight, weight range, quantity, price range, fixed, none and a UPS type lookup by weight.
  • Shipping can be removed with a configuration statement
  • Shipping form is optionally displayed
  • Additional shipping algorithms can be easily added
  • UPS Real Time is supplied as a free add-on
  • Product based shipping. Each product can have its shipping cost specified in the products table.
  • Cart caters for most US states and country taxes using a general purpose routine.
  • Drop down list for US states is configurable
  • Drop Down lists for Countries is configurable
  • European countries without states, can configure to remove state prompt
  • Handling fees can be configured separately from shipping

Features - International

  • Cart can run in any world language by translating only two language files. 
  • Language files available are: German, Italian, French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and others as they become available.
  • All shopping, mail and administration can be in any language
  • Local system currency and dates are supported automatically
  • Dual Pricing - show products in local currency and Euros or any other second currency.
  • Language switching - Change language captions while the shop is running *

Features - Electronic Gateways

  • Cart supports many electronic gateways and more can be added.
  • We can help you, if you use a different electronic payment system. Please contact us with your requirements. 
  • A gateway is NOT required for Cart. By default Cart stores the credit card in the database.

*Features - Cart Option Package

  • Cart Option Package is a separate software product. It can be purchased at the same time you buy Cart or at a later time. It adds the following facilities to your shop.
  • Affiliates - Associate an order with an affiliate or distributor. Commission and sales reports are provided.
  • Automatic Extended Descriptions - A great productivity tool. Cart can automatically generate extended product description pages by merging an html template with database fields. Order button is automatically added to the generated page.
  • Gift Certificates
  • Discount Coupons
  • Language Switching
  • Mailing form by plain text file
  • Multiple mailing on each order
  • Html Mailing templates 
  • Product reviews and ratings 

Features - Support

  • We believe support is important
  • We answer all questions every day
  • We welcome both pre-sales and post sales questions
  • Special customizations can be done for an agreed fee
  • Special electronic gateway code can built for an agreed fee

and more!




Project design, development, and engineering by Ashling Enterprises Inc.