With an ecommerce site you can control all features of your online store including stock, categories, shipping and sales. These are more complex and different from the website updating and content management systems described in the professional website.

Features

At Crystal Wind WebworX™ we use two forms of E-Commerce software platforms.  osCommerce and Joomla/Virtue Mart.  Both systems represent excellent value and have depth of features and ease of management.  Both are Open Source. 

In the case of osCommerce, and in Joomla for that matter, both are in continual development and we maintain all software upgrades and keep all systems current through our maintenance contract. 

Below are some key features of osCommerce that is the staple of e-Commerce Solutions.  Considered to be stable with the following features:

General Functionality

• Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
• All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
• Object oriented backend (3.0)
• Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default

Setup / Installation

• Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure

Design / Layout

• Template structure implementation to:
  • allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quick to make (3.0)
  • allow easy integration into an existing site (3.0)
• Support for dynamic images

Administration / Backend Functionality

• Supports unlimited products and categories
  • Products-to-categories structure
  • Categories-to-categories structure
• Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
• Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (down loadable) products
• Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation
• Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
• Easily backup and restore the database
• Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
• Statistics for products and customers
• Multilingual support
• Multicurrency support
  • Automatically update currency exchange rates
• Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
• Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics

Customer / Frontend Functionality

• All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
• Customers can view their order history and order statuses
• Customers can maintain their accounts
  • Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
• Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
• Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
• Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
• Foreseen checkout procedure
• Secure transactions with SSL
• Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
• Global and per-category bestseller lists
• Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
• Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

Product Functionality

• Dynamic product attributes relationship
• HTML based product descriptions
• Automated display of specials
• Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
• Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters

Payment Functionality

• Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing)
• Accept numerous online payment processing (PayPal, 2CheckOut, Authorize.net, iPayment)
• Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis

Shipping Functionality

• Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
• Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx)
• Free shipping based on amount and destination
• Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
• Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

Tax Functionality

• Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
• Set different tax rates for different products

Payment Gateways

Contact us today to discuss your needs and let us design the right system for you.  

Our E-Commerce Site built with OsCommerce starts at $11,111.11

Includes Eight (8) content pages - $300.00 each for Additional Pages; $50.00 each for additional sections.

* Please note that Prices, features and options on this page and in this article are subject to change without notice. Please contact our office for further clarification and  consultation