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In the shape of
123ShopPro you get an astonishingly unique
product which was built to provide advance set
of features for a diverse range of shop fronts.
Best aspect of this product is the development
methodolgy, which conceals the business complexities
while maintaining an agreeable look and feel of
the website. Following are some of its features
which make this product stand out amongst the
competition:
Easy
to use setup wizard
Choice of database
Customizable store
front
Product Wizard
Discounts and Promotions
Shipping options
Payment options
Tax Options
Managing Customers
Managing Affiliates
Managing Orders
Search
engine friendly website
Email Management options
Store map generation
Easy to use setup
- 123Shop Pro setup includes a step by
step wizard which will guide you through the process
of activating your online shop in only a few minutes.
Wizard will automatically check pre-requisites
for configuration like database connection, folder
permissions and supported email components etc.
- Only a computer connected to the internet is
needed to configure your online store.
- You don't need to install any software / component
on the server. All you need to do is transfer
generated folders and files to the corresponding
directory.
- We can also activate your store for you for
only a small amount of $50. All you need to do
is send us your hosting information and we will
send you the username and password for you log
into your fully activated and configured online
store. After logging in the control panel you
will be ready to start building your online store.
- A user manual with detailed help of every aspect
of 123Shop Pro is also provided free of
cost.
- Free support and updates are also available
Choice
of database
- 123Shop Pro gives you the choice of using
MS SQL database. At this point we have no plans
to support any other database types but int he
fututre we are planning to develop a PhP and MY
SQL version of 123 Shop Pro.
Customizable
store front
- 123Shop Pro will build you an online
store that merges seamlessly with your existing
website. You can create a template based on your
existing website, just add the code for creating
layout in the template and upload the file to
right diretory on the Web Server.
- Add/update icons, company logos, store buttons
etc.
- Facility to change font types, font sizes, font
colors and backgrounds of general text as well
as for links, messages and row titles.
- Set the paging information (# of items / page
etc.)
- Set order of how the products should be displayed
in each category.
- Show / Hide categories and products based on
the type of customer browsing e.g (retailer or
wholesaler)
- Links can also be generated that you can place
on your existing Web site to link it to your new
123Shop Pro store.
- Can temporarily turn your site on / off for
maintenance.
- There are separate settings to allow how categories
are displayed i.e. horizontally with images, vertically
with images, vertically without images, vertically
without images under a large category image and
vertically without images with ability to add
multiple products in one step.
- You now have the ability to add up to 2 custom
input fields to your store’s registration
and checkout pages. For example, some stores may
require their customers to provide their Tax ID
before allowing them to checkout.
- You also have the ability to ask a customer
to fill out a "Referrer"
field when checking out or registering on the
store for the first time. This can help you determine
where your customers are coming from. Of course,
you may also use this field for other purposes.
Product
Wizard
- The Product Wizard allows you to add a new product
to your store's product catalog.
- Because the Wizard takes you step by step through
the process, it is particularly useful when you
are just starting out using 123Shop Pro.
It’s a good idea to use the Wizard to add
your first few products to the catalog, especially
if you are not a technically savvy computer user.
Discounts
and Promotions
- Discount by code allows you to enter a code
for a certain discount and notify your customers
by e-mail. Your customers will add products to
their cart. No discount will be shown at that
time. However, at the time of checkout they will
be asked a discount code. Order verification page
will display the savings.
- Discount by quantity allows you to charge your
customer differently for different quantity level.
Anyone buying equal to above a certain quantity
will be offered a discount. The price can also
vary depending on whether the buyer is a retail
or wholesale customer. You can create unlimited
quantity discount tiers for each product in your
product catalog.
- Specials are listed on a special page that you
can link to from any other page on your Web site.
For example, you could have a flashy graphic on
your store's SHOP NOW page that links to your store’s
monthly Specials. Because many of your customers
will likely click on the flashy graphic, all products
listed on that page will gain additional visibility.
- To increase visibility of certain selected products,
featured products can be displayed on the SHOP NOW
page.
- 123Shop Pro “Reward Points”
module allows merchants to promote customer loyalty
and increase sales by rewarding customers for
purchases and for referring other customers.
Shipping
Options
- 123Shop Pro includes a sophisticated shipping
component, officially approved by UPS. 123Shop
Pro can calculate shipping charges in two
ways: by connecting to one or more shipping providers
(UPS, FedEx, USPS, Canada Post), or by using custom
shipping rates that you define.
- In the first scenario, 123Shop Pro dynamically
collects shipping rates by
connecting to one or more of the shipping providers
mentioned above which return rates that are based
on:
1) the total weight of the products being purchased
2) the “Ship From” address entered by
the store administrator
3) the customer’s shipping address type (commercial
vs. residential)
4) the customer’s shipping address.
- In the second scenario, shipping rates are calculated
based on criteria that you define (custom rates).
- For added flexibility, the shipping component
allows you to combine custom shipping options
with the rates returned dynamically by one or
more of the above mentioned shipping providers.
Payment
Options
- Real time payment methods, configured to capture
funds.
- Real time payment methods, configured to only
authorize funds.
- Non-real time payment methods.
- Securely process credit card transactions using
an SSL certificate
Tax
Options
- 123Shop Pro gives you the ability to
either use a database file containing tax rates,
or enter rates manually by location and/or by
product.
- Independently of the tax settings configured
using the Tax Option module, you can set a product
or service as tax-exempt when adding or modifying
a product.
Managing
Customers
- It allows you to view and edit customer accounts,
change the customer type from retail to wholesale
(which affects how much they are charged when
they order products from your store).
- 123Shop Pro includes the ability to import
customer information from an existing customer
database.
- 123Shop Pro makes it easy to send messages
to targeted customer lists with the new Newsletter
Wizard. Using Newsletter Wizard you can build
filtered customer lists (e.g. only customers that
purchased a certain product, or within a certain
date range, etc.), then send a targeted message
to
it, in text or HTML format.
Order Management
- An order may have the status of incomplete,
pending, processed, cancelled or returned depending
upon the level of processing and the type of order.
- Administrator can edit the order to change its
status and can select o process it further or
not.
- When you batch process Pending orders that were
placed using a payment gateway that supports batch
processing, 123Shop Pro will not only change
their order status to Processed, but will also
connect to the payment gateway and instruct it
to capture funds for every order that is part
of the batch.
- Administrator can search for an order by date,
status, keyword, customer and payment type.
- If the order was submitted using a real-time
payment option configured to immediately capture
funds, vs. only authorizing the transaction, the
order
status will be already set to Processed when administrator
views the order in the Control Panel, and all
of the tasks related to order processing will
have already been performed by 123Shop Pro.
- Customers can check for the order status in
the customer area. Now customers can also track
their order via a UPS tracking # from within your
store.
- Adminsitrator can batch process multiple orders
in single click.
- Multiple level of filtering can generate a number
of sales reports.
Affiliate
Management
- You can now let affiliates sign up through the
storefront and have access to a password protected
area where they can retrieve store links that
contain their affiliate tracking information.
- Affiliates can now also view sales on which
they have earned a commission and a history of
commission payments that you have entered into
the system.
Search
Engine Friendly website
- 123Shop Pro features code that can automatically
generate the three meta tags: title, description
and keywords. Different meta tags are generated
depending on the page that is loaded.
Email
Management Options
- An e-mail message is sent to a store customer
in the following circumstances:
When an order is placed
When an order is processed
When an order is shipped
When an order is cancelled
When a request for a "Return Authorization"
is approved or denied
When a customer forgets his / her password
When a help desk message is posted
- An e-mail message is sent to an administrator
in the following circumstances:
When an order is placed
When a new customer registers with the store
When a customer contacts the store using built
in contact form
When a customer contacts the store using Help
Desk
When a new affiliate signs up
- 123Shop Pro supports the following e-mail
components: Persist ASP, ServerObjects ASP Mail..
Store
Map Generation
- The Generate Store Map feature consists of the
ability to dynamically generate an HTML store
map that will include a list of categories, their
subcategories, and the products that they contain,
organized in a ‘site map’ type of layout.
This feature will help you create a static category
tree to be
used anywhere on your Web site.
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