What are the technical specifications?

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• No programming required
• Installs on virtually all webservers
• Runs in it's own directory - you can run multiple stores on the same domain (a license purchase for each install is required)
• Does not require a dedicated server - built for virtual hosts
• Installs via FTP or SSH - your choice
• No local platform specific installation package
• Runs 100% on your webserver
• Once installed, all configuration is done via the web-based administrator
• Free support via our online forum
• Free updates & low-cost upgrades

• Supports an unlimited number of categories
• Create an unlimited number of levels of categories
• Supports different display types for products within categories
• Run category-wide discounts based on percentages or currency amounts
• Product pricing types: Regular Price, Sale Price, Fully Option Based, Recurring Only, Volume Based and Not Priced
• Recurring billing support allows you to specify monthly charges for products and product options in addition to or in place of one-time charges
• Volume based pricing allows you to create different price breaks for quantities ordered
• Each product can be set up under a declining balance inventory system and have maximum purchase quantities assigned
• Out of stock messages are presented to customers if the inventory level is zero
• State/Province and Country level tax exemptions
• Enter search keywords for the store's search function
• Choose to use different displays for each product and up to three different size images
• Ability to include product-specific text in email confirmations
• Two different descriptions for different displays
• Support for best seller, new item, specials and splash page displays
• Product-level shipping method choices including realtime rates, default product based pricing and custom shipping scripts
• Support for digital goods - including full download capabilities
• Ability to relate products to one another to cross sell them
• Each product can be related to numerous categories
• Product options can be of various types including textareas and textboxes (which allow customer input) and selection lists, radio buttons and checkboxes (which allow customer choices)
• Product option selection items can have positive/negative price and weight changes on the item cost and support recurring billing
• Each product option can be related to numerous products
• Front-end search against keywords, description, product name and product number field

• Support for contact customer and offline credit card and switch/solo processing
• Support for check and purchase order payments
• Support for realtime processing with 29 gateway services:
  Authorize.Net (SIM & AIM); Verisign (Payflow Link); PayPal; WorldPay (DirectPay); Cardservice International (Linkpoint HTML & API); Wells Fargo (BoA & Authnet Interfaces); iTransact; Bank Of America; viaKLIX; PaySystems; ECHOnline; EFSNET; InternetSecure; Caledon; PlugNPay; SurePay; SkipJack; PSiGate; Netbilling; BluePay; NOCHEX; SECPay; Protx; Spectre; FirstPay; Planet Payment (Weblink); RT Ware (Weblink); GoRealTime.Com

• The site layout is template based, which allows you to use Frontpage or Dreamweaver created HTML in your layout
• You can match the layout to the look and feel of the rest of your site
• The administrator has a full content management system built-in with the ability to create script based HTML pages
• Embedded program-specific tags allow you to include program variables and even code routines in your HTML
• 100% of the front-end layout is configurable in over 200 different layout elements
• Create new product detail, thumbnail and category displays on-the-fly
• Change the text of all system messages
• Change the different email templates used by the program
• The store portion of the front-end is 100% dynamically generated for you based on your choices in the web-based administrator
• Using the remote APIs, it's possible to use your existing HTML-based product pages with the store

• Editable source codebase
• Runs on any webserver with Perl 5
• Full SSL/HTTPS support when necessary
• Operating systems supported include all Unix/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
• The default database used is CSV (comma separate value) format
• Advanced Databases supported include MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server
• All database tables are queried and updated using SQL
• Add table columns and execute SQL statements in real time using the web-based administrator
• Easily import/export data to/from CSV files and advanced databases

• All configuration is web-based after install
• Password-protected administrative access
• Manage your store from anywhere - all you need is an Internet connection
• Set up multiple users with different levels of access
• Make changes to your store in real time
• Easy to follow menu system
• Embedded context-sensitive manual links
• Offers functions for virtually every management task

• The program supports shipping choices on the product level - meaning one product could be downloaded whereas another could be shipped realtime where a third may be custom based
• Support for realtime rates is available for: UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect, USPS Web Tools and Intershipper
• Support for embedded tracking information on orders is available for: UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect and USPS
• Default product-based shipping methods allow you to specify a per-item charge at the product level
• Custom shipping methods allow you to use custom shipping scripts to specify custom calculations of charges at the product level
• Manage your connection status with UPS OnlineTools, FedEx DirectConnect, USPS Web Tools and Intershipper realtime using the web-based administrator
• Support for additional per-package handling charges
• For realtime methods: The ability to ship items in single boxes, group with other items or to ship in separate boxes
• Full drop-shipper support including the ability to specify different shipment origins for realtime shipped items
• Drop-shipper support includes sending order confirmations for items ordered to shippers

• Support for the entry of discount codes at checkout
• Discount codes are set up using the web-based administrator
• Discount codes can be set to expire on use or be of the non-expiring type
• Discount codes can include/exclude certain items at the administrator's discretion
• Discounts can be done as a currency amount or percentage of the items ordered
• Unused portions of currency amount discounts are saved for future use
• Custom sale logic allows the administrator to use custom scripts to calculate sales at checkout
• Taxes can be calculated for both State/Provinces and Countries
• Items can be marked individually as tax exempt
• Multiple taxation localities are supported

• Order management functions include a fully searchable database table, the ability to enter shipping dates and tracking numbers for ordered items and the ability to include comments
• Customers have the ability to track their orders realtime using the front-end
• Administrator based reports include:
  Administrator Access Log; Product Statistical Report; Page View Report; Daily Activity Report; Search Term Report
  A reset reports function is available to reset reports selectively
• Accounting exports are available for both Quickbooks & Peachtree

• The program uses both cookies and URL management to ensure customer shopping carts are retained throughout the shopping experience
• User billing and shipping info is stored in cookies so it can be pre-populated on return visits
• Customer account functions allow customers to set up accounts, edit them and retrieve lost passwords
• The administrator can select whether logging into a customer account is a requirement to checkout

• Full file management functions are available within the web-based administrator
• The administrator has the ability to upload image and media files
• The administrator has the ability to upload downloadable files
• All files uploaded via the program can be viewed/deleted via the web-based administrator

• Full file management functions are available within the web-based administrator
• The administrator has the ability to upload image and media files
• The administrator has the ability to upload downloadable files
• All files uploaded via the program can be viewed/deleted via the web-based administrator

• The program comes with a built-in affiliate program
• The administrator can choose to track referrals with cookies
• At the administrator's discretion, maximum payouts per order based on a currency amount or percentage can be set
• The administrator utility has functions to activate affiliates and assign commission levels
• Sub-affiliates can be signed up by affiliates if allowed
• An unlimited number of sub-affiliate levels can be used
• Affiliate front-end functions include account creation and management, lost password retrieval, linking information and order & sales reports

• The program comes with a built-in banner ad rotation program that allows you to add banners to be rotated randomly on the site
• Choose what banners to display and where on the page they go
• Both the front-end and administrator utility have contact modules that allow for email based communication between customers and administrators
• The program is delivered with a full-blown mail list program that allows the administrator to send text-only or HTML-based email messages to subscribers
• The mail list function allows customers to subscribe/unsubscribe via simple line.

• The software comes with a dynamic form function that allows for the setup of web-based forms using a simple administrator interface
• Choose what types of form fields to present, the questions asked and the email to which results from each form are sent
• Both the dynamic form and shopping cart functions have remote APIs that allow for shopping cart additions and form submissions to originate from outside HTML pages

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