Ecommerce Shop

What is it?

An online shop allows site owners to sell goods online in a virtual store. Visitors can add a range of goods to an online shopping basket which can then be sent to a checkout area for the visitor to pay using a variety of methods.

Features of the Ecommerce Kontrolit Shop

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Product Management
Feature products per category
Feature products on home page
Recommend products per category
Recommend products on home page
Related products (you may also be interested in)
Product sorting
Tag products for additional grouping / searching
Top sellers per category
Unlimited products
Unlimited categories & sub categories
Bulk import using CSV or Excel files
Bulk update using CSV of Excel files (option to download prepopulated version)
Image finder & linker
Product customisation e.g. ask for name when adding item to shopping basket
Product grouping e.g. by size or colour
Set products as coming soon
Set products as discontinued
Show / hide editable stock status
Use stock status to manage products e.g. out of stock product will be prevented from being added to basket
Brand Management
Add logo to brands
Feature brands
Search brands alphabetical
Shop by featured brand
Unlimited brands
Unlimited suppliers
Pricing & Tax Options
Custom tax levels
Show pricing either Inc or Ex of tax
Category markup on purchase price
Category markup on purchase price per supplier
Global markup on purchase price
Turn off tax per country
Turn off tax per customer
Payment Methods
Secure payments through PayPal
Secure payments through Google Checkout
Secure payments without leaving site via PayPoint
Secure payments without leaving site via SagePay
Page Management
Show/Hide category description per category
Show/Hide filter per category
Show/Hide featured product per category
Show/Hide recommended products per category
Show/Hide brands per category
Show/Hide top sellers per category
Show/Hide product list per category
Set default category image
Delivery & Shipping
Set postage by fixed amount
Set postage by weight of basket
Set postage by sub total of basket
Set delivery regions / countries
Order Management
Order dispatch notification
Refund orders
Syndication
Google Base export
Special Offers
Gift wrapping option
Add special offers to all orders
Special offers require code match
Fixed amount off order with minimum order value required
Percentage amount off order with minimum order value required
Limit special offer between dates
Limit special offer to one use per customer
Customer Options
Product search
Address book
Product reviews
Customer wish list
Order history
Optional postcode lookup for address

Additional Components

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Featured Product
Latest Products
Most viewed products
My Account
Recommended Products
RSS Feed Of Products
Shopping Basket
Top Sellers
Shop by Brand

The following base components is also available.

Additional Management Information

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Number of orders by region
Number of orders by status
Number of orders per month
Log of product searches
Top products searches
Value of orders per month
Special offers used per week

The following base Management Information is also available.

Media Manager Product Enquiries SEO Tools Web 2.0

Why use it?

Convenient

Convenience includes the overall ease of finding a product, time spent on shopping, minimisation of overall shopping effort. Online shopping allows consumers to shop in their own home, and to save traveling time to retail stores and spend their time on other important tasks and hobbies. In addition to ease of finding products online and shopping time reduction, consumers can shop without time limitation with 24-hr access at their convenience because the World Wide Web never closes. Also, consumers can exchange information online through chatting and discussion forums to help them make wise consumer decisions.

No need for vendors and no pressure to buy

Online shopping benefits both the society as a whole and individuals. The society can save human resources when consumers help themselves by browsing freely online instead of asking for assistance from vendors. In addition, consumers are freed from the pressure to buy from the vendors and can spend more time to make wise purchase decisions. But it is important that Web sites have good product descriptions because it is one of the significant conditions that satisfy consumers.

"Infinite shelf space" available

Consumers desire a variety of products because they look for the right product that will fully satisfy them. There is infinite variety of products available online because online shopping allows consumers to browse through products that are made all around the world without geographical boundaries.