the shop stores in the database all information related to customer accounts (contact and billing info, Customer purchase history, Customer address-book, cart contents);
customer address book allows sending purchased items to other shipping destinations;
there is Temporary (not logged on) and permanent (logged on) shopping cart;
products of the shop are conveniently divided into categories;
it is possible to search or browse catalog or manufacturers;
number of products in each category are shown;
orders are made step-by-step, there is a possibility to correct the entered order details; customer foresees checkout procedure;
there is a possibility for a customer to leave a product review; rate a product and get to know product reviews of other customers;
the shop can have bestsellers list;
customer gets e-mail notifications (e.g., account creation, order completion);
secure transactions are possible with SSL certificate;
customers see what other customers have bought (links to current product are displayed);
new entries to the categories and to the shop are highlighted;
there is a possibility to choose the most convenient payment tipe and shipping option from the list of available ones;
for products not available in stock there are the dates of adding of the products to the stock;
customers view specials, products sold at reduced prices;
multi-language support (English/German/Spanish/Russian etc)
2. Administrative Functionality
user friendly design;
administrative Panel is not tied together with the catalog module (back-end can be installed on another webserver);
possibility to correct the shop configuration, text files, manage modules, change the outlook of the shop via handy web interface;
possibility to add/edit/remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews;
administrator decides what to display in the products listings
products catalog is easy to be administered; it is possible to divide the catalog into categories;
special product attributes can be added, and the prices for products can be altered according to the product attributes;
many Payment and Shipping modules are easy to be installed and configured;
it is possible to set product prices in more than one currency;
multi-currency shops are connected to oanda.com’s currency exchange rate servers; also exchange rates can be manually modified;
customers are informed by email about account creation/Order processing/appearance of new products;
many powerful tools to make the management of the shop easier: creation of backup copies of the shop database; handy File Manager; banner management; automated mailing of messages and newsletters to customers;
implemented feature of calculation of various kinds of tax zones, classes, and rates;
management panel provides detailed statistics of the sold products; orders history and customers;
creation of special discounts on certain products;
administrator can add comments to orders;
administrator has complete control over order processing, delivery and payment.
