ShopSite Manager Features

ShopSite Manager is an online store creation system that allows merchants to build and maintain catalogs of products to sell on the Internet. It includes tools for site creation and management, sales and traffic statistics, secure encrypted transactions, and online order fulfillment.

Store Creation and Management Tools Shopper Security Sales and Marketing Tools Order Fulfillment Tools System Requirements

Built with Merchants and Web Site Designers in Mind

ShopSite Manager is for the small-to-medium sized business that wants to begin marketing and selling products on the internet, or who currently has a web site, but wants to take the next step of selling products online.

For web site designers, it reduces the many tedious tasks involved in maintaining a web site, allowing them to concentrate on pure design. It empowers merchants, not only allowing them to make small changes without a designer's help, but even allowing them to build an entire site without knowing HTML.

ShopSite Manager has a simple, intuitive interface and provides features comparable to high-end commerce packages at a fraction of the price. Rather than spending several hours each day keeping the site's content fresh, a user can spend a few minutes with ShopSite Manager. New users can familiarize themselves with the software in the course of an afternoon. A site can be fully customized using ShopSite Manager, so advanced users can display information any way they want.

More than a web page editor, ShopSite Manager keeps product and sales information in databases. Changing the price of a product in the database will automatically regenerate the pages where the product appears, even if it appears on several pages. ShopSite Manager also integrates cgi scripts into the site, such as a shopping basket and visitor statistics, automatically, so you can take advantage of them without being a techno-geek.

Features

Store Creation and Management Tools

Easy Data Entry Screens

The ShopSite interface is simple to use -- no harder than normal browsing on the internet.

Cross-platform

Client only needs a standard web browser. No extra software or plug-ins are necessary.

Remote Management

Storefronts and catalogs can be maintained from anywhere on the internet.

24-hour editing

Changes can be made anytime day or night, and instantly activated.

No HTML necessary

Creating the right layout is easy with our forms-based interface. Makes site creation and maintenance quick and easy.

Virtually Unlimited pages/products/graphics

Storefronts or catalogs may contain databases of up to 2 gigabytes -- which doesn't include images or other external files.

Optimized Application

ShopSite takes only about 4MB hard disk space. The code has been highly optimized for maximum efficiency and minimum bandwidth usage. Including graphics and other files, the average store typically takes up less than 10MB.

Unlimited Shoppers

ShopSite does not limit the number of customers who may access, use, or purchase from an online store. For all practical purposes, there may be an unlimited number of concurrent users in any shopping activity.

Immediate media upload

Add graphics, sounds, movies, or other media materials easily using the immediate upload features in Netscape Navigator. No FTP is necessary.

Media Library Manager

View, name, and set up media (including graphics, sounds, or movies) in the Media Manager.

Online help

Software usability questions are answered quickly and easily via context-sensitive links from within the software with our innovative online help system.

Database uploader

Allows for instant integration with existing business software (database, accounting, or spreadsheet) for immediate, offline, and simple updating and maintenance of the product database.

Shopper Security

Encrypted Credit Card Storage

Credit card numbers are encrypted when stored on the server. If an unauthorized person accesses the order database, the information is useless.

Encrypted in Transit

The system takes advantage of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security, protecting both shoppers and merchants while sensitive information is in transit over the internet.

Secure Back Office

All changes are done in a password protected back office.

Sales and Marketing Tools

Email notification of orders

Placing an order immediately triggers an email receipt to the customer confirming the order, and an email to the merchant, so he is instantly notified when sales are made.

Online Order tracking

Orders are stored online for merchant reference as long as necessary. Viewing and deleting orders takes place within the back office.

Order Fulfillment Tools

Shopping Basket

Allows customers to place orders online, in a secure, easy, and fast environment. ShopSite Manager's basket uses a unique cookies/IP combination tracking system.

Customizable Payment, Shipping, and Tax Options

Merchants can set their own prices for shipping and tax, and decide which credit cards (or other forms of payment) they want.

On-the-fly shipping and tax calculation

The ShopSite software automatically calculates the shipping and tax based on the criteria entered by the merchant. No second-guessing or external calculations is necessary.

System Requirements

Server:

Any 486/33 or higher PC 

Operating systems: BSDI 2.0 or Linux 2.0.1 (or higher)(NT and additional Unix platforms available soon)

16MB RAM

10MB free hard drive space

Must be running:

Apache 1.1.1 or compatible server

PERL 5.003

Sendmail

Tested on iServer and VServer virtual servers

Client:

Any computer running either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, versions 2.0 or later (3.0 or later preferred)