e-commerce specification form
 
 
Client Information
Your Company Name* Your Email *
Your Phone Number * Your First and Last Name
 
 
A Note
This shopping cart is extremely flexible to your ecommerce needs. The features outline below are some of the more often used but by no means are you limited to these features. If your store requires something more or different than what is listed, please put those requirements in the comments box at the bottom of this page and we will do our best to accommodate.
 
 
Design Specifications y/n
Base Shopping Cart (installation including all standard features and admin's & catalog's pages designed to match either existing site or one that client will request in addition below)
HTML Home page and up to 5 additional pages within the shopping cart, client to supply content (stock images not included)
Database / Spreadsheet work - A spreadsheet will be supplied to enter all of your products' details. This spreadsheet will show sample rows and an introduction to the spreadsheet will be made on a call.
Image Work - Includes professional image cropping, retouching and/or resizing.
Flash Design
Specify flash design required:

(After the description is looked at by designer, a quote will be presented for the flash work.)
 
 
Standard Default USER - END Features
Supports unlimited products and up to 7 level categories
Support for 3 images per product
Support for Multi Language Pages (Content must be supplied)
Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
Multi-currency support
Users can create an account and:
- Create an Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses
- View Order History
- Receive email notifications on selected or all products
Fast quick search and advanced search features
User reviews
Secure transactions with SSL (must purchase SSL certificate for hosting)
Global and per-category bestseller lists
Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
On-Sale / Specials items
"Tell a Friend" feature
Accept numerous offline payment processing (checks, money orders, offline credit care processing, ..)
Accept numerous online payment processing (2CheckOut, Pay Pal, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..)
 
 
Standard Default Administrator - End FEATURES
Administration area secured with a username and password
Easily update / add product images, descriptions, prices and inventory
Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
Statistics for products, orders and customers
Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis
Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
Set different tax rates for different products
Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis
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
Company logo displayed on invoices and Administrator Pages.
Inventory tracking
 
 
Items Marked with + Appear in the Sample Shop - view the sample shop here
 
 
Optional Features (listed alphabetically, + feature appears in the sample shop). These may be features that you need based on your specific store requirements. y/n
Approved Reviews Only + Administrator must approve customer reviews before they get posted online. By default, reviews are automatically posted to site.
Blocked emails Blocks "throwaway" emails like free hotmail and yahoo account email accounts.
Credit Card Blacklist Will not accept credit cards that you have place on a black list due to payment or other issues with card. Easy to update text file.
Customer Birthday Reminder + Reminds you of your customer's Birthdays as they are approaching.
Downloadable products

Check if you will have products that are downloadable such as e-books, training materials, images etc... They can be added just like any other product but upon checkout a download link will be available to the user.
Delivery Date For florists or other delivery services
Featured Product + An alternative to New Products List to appear on each page controlled by the administrator. Admin can determine the number of features to rotate.
Guest Account Allows users to checkout without having to create an account ( will not collect data about referrals if guest option is selected by user)
Gift Wrapping This feature will provide the option of adding Gift Wrap to the Order during the Checkout Process. You have the option of setting a fee for this additional service or offer it for free.
“How did you hear about us?” + Collects data in admin for report. It will be placed at account creation and has a drop down menu of choices that client must provide. (Examples: Word of Mouth, Surfing, Google, Yahoo, Flyer #1265 etc...)
"Must agree to terms" + User agreement upon account creation or purchase. Terms to be submitted by client.
Master Password + Administrator's access password that is able to log in to any account that has been created by a user.
Minimum Purchase Required Will not allow check out at a total below set minimum dollar amount.
Monthly Sales Report + Generated by shopping cart. In the Admin select from a drop down menu the month or year and it will generate a Report of Shopping cart sales.
New Products List to appear on each page generated automatically by shopping cart based on product dates.
Non-Approved Reviews Reviews posted by registered users will be automatically posted to the site.
Price only for registered users

The cart will only display prices for logged-in users only.

Shipping Tracking Info Shipment Tracking for the store's customers. Some shippers require you to have an account to make this available. USPS for example requires this.
Sign up Confirm email + Password is created randomly and emailed to the user, can change upon first login. By default customer creates own password.
Wholesale Inquiries This is a simple inquiry form the user fills out, it sends the store admin an email with their name, store name, store address, store tax id, email address, and any special comments they wish to add.
 
 
Additional Features (listed alphabetically, + feature appears in the sample shop). These may be features that you need based on your specific store requirements. y/n
Affiliate Program Set Up + A custom affiliate solution. You control all of it's features from the Admin. Allows for multiple payout amounts, Tier levels, custom percentages for each affiliate and detailed reports per affiliate and as a whole. Affiliates have a custom section of the site where they are able to access banners you upload through the admin as well as build their own banners with your product images. You control which products and/or categories of products are eligible for this. Many more features. (Affiliate banners are designed and priced separately)
Article Manager + Allows the administrator to type & post articles through an online text editor, link it to products, link products to the article, allow visitors to write reviews on the article and share it with others they know.
Bundled Products + Allows user to buy a bundle of parts that may be priced at something different from the total cost of the parts. The cost saving is shown to the customer on the products info page.
Catalog (Online, Printable) + A printable catalog that generates your entire product line. Customized look and feel. Includes product Name, image, price, model number and category name.
Cross Sell your products + This feature is easily updated from the Admin, Simply select the products you would like to recommend to customers when they are viewing the product page of an item.
Gifts + Similar to Free Gift, but allows for different gifts at different price levels. Gifts can be FREE or just reduced in price.
Enhanced Vendor Set up multiple vendors for same product. Helps if you are managing inventory and get/ship your products form multiple vendors.
Events Calendar + Controlled through admin, allows you to set up an event calendar, link it to your categories or products and upload an image regarding the event. Shows in shop.
FAQ Desk + A custom FAQ page that can be easily edited from the Admin.
Free Gift + Set up for customers to receive a free gift after purchasing a set amount.
Gift Registry / Wish List + Allows customers to create a wish list of products, or a gift registry.
Gift Vouchers & Coupons + Coupons and Gift Vouchers can be created by Administrator. User's can purchase Vouchers and spend them online or send them via email to a friend.
Graduated Pricing + Allows you to reduce your unit price if customers buy more than just one of any item. Specify how many price breaks you use and how many units you have to buy to get the cheaper price. (Allows price breaks for all of your Customer Groups if the 'Separate Pricing' feature is selected.)
Multiple Stores Allows for multiple stores to share the same database and the same Administrator. Pricing depends on number of stores, the features needed for those additional stores, amount of products and other details. Please have an accurate description ready of your needs for a quote.
Multi-Language English Language included upon setup. Additional languages require additional content based on language.
Points & Rewards

This is a Points and Rewards system,(a cash back or discount system) aimed to popup sales and get new users to signup.

Quick Books Import + Detailed list of features provided at request.
RSS News Feed + Add a box with RSS News feeds to your store. You control the News feed link from the Admin and control character count as well as number of Topics to display at a time. RSS feeds can also be customer generated by you.
Separate Pricing Per Customer Group + Separate Wholesale( or other group) pricing (pricing must be provided on spreadsheet) If Attributes such as color, size or style have separate pricing then those must be provided as well. A spreadsheet guide will be provided based on your needs.
Block Products from specific Customer Groups + Works with the Separate Pricing feature to allow you to block certain products form one group or the other.
Supplier Admin Area The suppliers can then login to their own pages where they can add products to their categories entering the cost price that they sell the product to you for. The front of the shop will show the list price determined by the markup on cost you had set for that supplier. The suppliers can only see and modify their own products and not any other suppliers.
Super tracker +

Here is the information that is recorded for each customer arriving at your site: referring page, referring query (so we can get at keywords used if search engine), landing page (including query string - important for Pay Per Click campaign assessment) arrival time, exit time, exit page, IP address, country code / country name, customer's cart contents, Number of clicks on the site (accuracy is not 100% as this is recorded based on session ID), Categories Viewed, Products viewed, Customer ID (if signed in), Order ID (if order was placed), Were products added to cart (true/false), Did the customer Checkout (true/false)
Wholesale Inquiries This is a simple inquiry form the user fills out, it sends the store admin an email with their name, store name, store address, store tax id, email address, and any special comments they wish to add.
 
 
Comments
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SIMPLIFIEDSOLUTIONS will receive an email with these specifications once you click submit. After which a quote will be created based on the requested features.

There are a lot of add-ons available for the shopping cart. If you require a specific function that is not listed here, please make a note of it in the additional comment section at the bottom and I will find out if it is available.

Spreadsheet specifications will be emailed.

  
 
 

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