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Sparkstone Catalogue |
Sparkstone ecommerce |
Sparkstone Enterprise |
| Design and content manager |
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Site design |
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Template based solution |
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Bespoke design option (via Dreamweaver etc) |
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Choice of standard templates |
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Variable width templates |
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Dynamic variable width templates |
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Template customisation option (via Dreamweaver etc) |
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Abstraction of contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers (anti crawler) |
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Separation of design from program code |
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Microsoft SQL Server for world class data storage, speed and reliability |
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Multiple template usage allowed within one site |
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One click template selection and application (multiple skins) |
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Site search and navigation |
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Superb configurable site navigation features |
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Breadcrumb trail |
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Configurable search hierarchy |
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Configurable search results display |
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Product search |
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Product attribute search |
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Site search |
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Keyword search |
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Alias search |
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Sound alike search |
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User defined terms search |
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Suggested terms search |
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Progressive filtering by category/attributes |
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Shop by brand |
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Shop by manufacturer |
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Shop by age/category |
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Product tagging |
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Shop by product comparison |
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Show recently viewed items |
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Page design and management |
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Multiple product page templates |
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Multiple product category templates |
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Contact us page |
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Privacy and security page |
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Terms and conditions page |
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Customer service page |
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Returns policy page |
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Shipping and delivery policy page |
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Can add unlimited pages from template dictionary |
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Content |
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Complete editorial control over content via standard interface |
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FTP access to staging site |
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Multiple images per product |
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Can add pictures, movies to any part of the web site |
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Image management and enhancement tools |
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Can add additional fields to database |
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Rotating banner management |
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Catalogue |
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Unlimited number of products |
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Short and long descriptions of products |
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User defined additional fields |
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Product attribute sets per category |
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Product variants |
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Unlimited categories and sub categories |
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Customisable display of catalogue sections |
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Home page featured products |
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Customisable display of special offer items |
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Automatic promotion of new products |
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Browse new products |
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Multiple revolving home pages |
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Shop by brand/manufacturer/category |
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Related products by category and by product |
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Display of related products on product page |
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Customer reviews |
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Tell a friend facility |
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Customers who bought x also bought … |
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Auto population of customers who bought x also bought… |
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Best sellers per category |
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"Managed" top sellers per category |
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Product warnings/disclaimers per product |
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Multiple product images |
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"Mouse over" large image presentation |
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Product specific knowledge base |
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Non stock items (simple price records) |
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FAQ's per product |
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On line promotional "stickers" |
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New product "stickers" |
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Show real time stock levels per product |
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Show estimated time to delivery per product |
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Configure behavior of out of stock items |
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Specify whether out of stock items may be special ordered |
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Display of item prices according to log in credentials (customer group) |
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Display of ex vat/inc vat prices according to log in credentials (customer group) |
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Display of second currency price (simple) |
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Display of second sterling price (simple) |
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Unlimited sales tax rates |
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Discontinued products archived remain on site for SEO purposes |
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Auto suggestion of replacement item for superseded items |
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Non catalogue |
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Multiple additional pages |
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Multiple templates |
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Forums |
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Forum moderation |
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On line community creation |
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Web logs (blogs) |
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Customer Web blogs (multi blogging) |
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On line diary/calendar for events |
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| Shopping basket and check out manager |
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Easy to use, customer friendly, fast streamlined check out process |
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Display picture of purchased items in shopping basked, option |
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Single payment gateway included (see list of standard choices) |
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Option to use multiple payment gateways (see list for choices) |
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Customer can pay by cheque, configurable by customer type |
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Customer can add delivery notes/order comments |
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Internal order management notes - viewable and non viewable by from customer |
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My account history |
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Customer can reprint invoice from My account history |
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Settlement by voucher (see loyalty modules) |
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Settlement by use of accumulated loyalty points (see loyalty modules) |
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Settlement by credit account (see credit account management module) |
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Settlement by finance agreement |
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Simple e-mail notification of order confirmation to merchant |
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Configurable e-mail notifications to customer |
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Real time basket management and orders today information |
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Customer can save basket |
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Print basket as estimate/quote |
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| Payment gateways |
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Real time, on line, secure payment gateway integration |
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One from the following is included in the core software price: |
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ProtX (basic) |
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World Pay |
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Barclays EPDQ CPI |
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PayPal standard |
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The following gateways are also supported but are subject to charge: |
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ProtX VSPDirect (charge per month) |
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PayPal Payments Pro (charge per month) |
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Google Checkout (charge per month) |
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Cybersoruce (including advanced security and fraud prevention functions) |
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PCI DSS compliance throughout all gateways |
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SecureByMasterCard and Verified by Visa compliance (subject to availability within gateway) |
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Manual capture supported |
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Authorisation methods supported |
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Pre-authorisation methods supported |
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| Shipping and delivery |
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Minimum shipping charge/maximum shipping charge |
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Calculation of shipping by multi dimension matrix (bands) |
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Bands by geography, country, post code |
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Bands by weight, volume, value, origin, number of items, other factors |
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Bands by courier for customer selection |
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Bands by level of service |
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Override message to allow shipping by negotiation with customer where needed |
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No ship zones |
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Customer instructions to be included in shipping notes |
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Shipping to alternate address |
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Shipping charge visible in checkout |
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Shipping charge can be used in promotional pricing offers (eg free shipping on this item for today) |
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Flexible packaging pricing |
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Insured deliveries offer |
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Rules based calculation of default charge |
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Integration with Carriers systems for online order tracking (see list, but per carrier) |
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Estimated delivery dates e-mailed to customer |
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Collect from selected store option |
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Flat fee option by product/order |
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Free shipping option by product/customer |
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| Search engine optimisation (SEO) |
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Define default and page level meta tags |
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Define product and category meta tags |
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URL rewriting |
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Auto generated site map |
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Auto generated site index |
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Page optimiser |
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Keyword density analysis tool |
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Link equity analyser |
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| Pay per click management (PPC) |
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Auto generated PPC adverts |
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Auto update of PPC ads - Google |
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Auto update of PPC ads - Yahoo |
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Auto update of PPC ads - Microsoft |
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PPC budget monitor |
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PPC analytics |
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| Discounts and special offers |
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Special offers |
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Home page display of selected special offers |
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Special offers per category |
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Configurable display of special offers per category |
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Time limited offers |
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Rounded price offers |
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Offers can include shipping costs and discount thereof, per product |
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Discounts and special offers - basic module |
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Integrated multi channel management of promotional pricing |
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Unlimited price lists |
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Multi currency price lists |
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Sales quantity breaks |
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Customer group specific price lists - requires customer log in |
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Multi buy (2 for the price of etc) |
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User specified product mixing allowed for multi buy |
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Pick any x items from list for total value or value per item |
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Kit/bundle purchase options |
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Bundle component options |
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Enterable discount codes |
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| Customer management |
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Customer registration |
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Returning visitor log in and tracking |
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Auto recognition of returning customers |
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Multiple addresses/contacts/contact details per customer |
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Configurable user defined fields for customer profile |
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Customer password auto generation |
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Customers can change own password |
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Customers can update own details and profile |
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Forgot password assistance |
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Customers can sign up for unlimited mailings |
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Customers can manage their own mailing subscriptions |
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Export details of mailing lists and recipients |
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Customer wish lists |
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Multiple customer lists |
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Customers can send e-mail of "their list" to a friend/contact |
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Post code look up (additional charges per look up) |
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"Catcha" (randomised codes required) to authenticate customer input |
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SSL certificated secure areas |
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Customer log in areas |
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Customer group set up |
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Membership to/from dates |
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Christmas clubs |
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Wedding lists/group purchase lists |
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| Customer loyalty |
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Loyalty points schemes |
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Loyalty points schemes - module |
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Loyalty points scheme per product |
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Points can vary between different channels/sites/shops for same product |
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Points can be used as part settlement for a future sale |
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Expiry dates on points |
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Customer can print own points statement |
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Gift vouchers |
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Gift voucher schemes - module |
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On line sale of gift vouchers |
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E-mail delivery of gift vouchers |
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Expiry dates on vouchers |
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Printable gift vouchers that can be redeemed in store |
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Full voucher tracking on redemption and outstanding liabilities |
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| Marketing communications (permission marketing system) |
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Marketing communications - module |
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Use HTML e-mails that you have designed |
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Personalised e-mails or bulk sendings |
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Unlimited merge fields |
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Set rules for opt-in/opt-out management |
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Use e-mail or SMS as delivery methods |
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Multi user contribution to content generation |
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Store unlimited HTML templates |
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Edit and re-use templates with saved edits |
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E-mail message delivery |
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Scheduled e-mails |
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SMS message delivery (additional charges per SMS sent) |
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Scheduled SMS deliveries |
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E-mail tracking and results via Analytics |
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| Returns manager |
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On line request for returns |
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Automatic calculation of "permission" to return |
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Refund to customer account |
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Partial refunds to customer account |
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Returns manager - module |
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RMA number system |
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Fully integrated with Customer relationship manager |
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Automatic dispatch of e-mails |
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| Advertising manager (income) |
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Rotating banner management |
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Advertising manager - module |
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Enables you to manage third party adverts on your site |
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Charge by period |
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Charge by size |
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Charge by impressions |
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| Affiliate scheme manager |
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Affiliate scheme manager - module |
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Manage your own affiliate schemes (inbound) |
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Participate in others affiliate schemes (outbound) |
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