1.Setup and Support

·                                 Complete ready-to-use store package

·                                 Web-based installation wizard & store configuration

·                                 Intuitive administration panel

·                                 Built-in professional design templates

·                                 Bulk uploading of categories, products and images

·                                 Full import and export of product/user/order/language databases in CSV format

·                                 No programming knowledge required for installation and setting up

·                                 * Customizable localization: multi-language, configurable currency symbol and weight/dimension measurement units, configurable list of states/provinces

• * Export of X-Cart store data: config data, states, users, categories, products, destination zones, taxes, shipping rates, orders, membership levels, etc.
• * Import of X-Cart store data: config data, states, users, categories, products, destination zones, taxes, shipping rates, membership levels, etc.
• * Customizable localization: multi-language, configurable currency symbol and weight/dimension measurement units, configurable list of states/provinces
• * Free access to all future releases/updates
• * Multi-lingual products, categories and options.

2. Design & Layout:

·                                 100% template driven storefront and admin panel

·                                 Easy integration to match current design

·                                 Fully customizable design & layout

·                                 Extensive usage of AJAX technologies, minimizing screen refreshes

·                                 Category/product thumbnails and detailed images

·                                 One-page checkout

·                                 Design blocks

·                                 Visual language variables editor

·                                 Catalog page

·                                 Mini-cart presence on all pages

·                                 Addition of custom content pages via administration interface

·                                 Built-in template editor

·                                 Changing storefront and admin logos via administration interface

·                                 Debug console: displays a tree of templates for all pages

• * 16 free skin templates
• * Smarty template-based design
• * Fully customizable CSS-based design & layout
• * W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant code
• * WYSIWYG editor for product/category/manufacturer descriptions, language variables and static pages
• * Automated product thumbnails generation with a sharpness filter
• * Category thumbnail images
• * Side-bar "mini-cart" viewable at all pages
• * Build-in template editor: preview, edit and restore templates
• * WYSIWYG front-end text editor (webmaster mode)
• * Debug console: displays a tree of templates for all pages
• * The possibility to find, create and modify static HTML pages
• * Customizable heading tabs
• * HTML emails

·                                 Unlimited number of products/categories

·                                 Product cloning

·                                 Unlimited category nesting

·                                 Bulk product/category management

·                                 Ability to assign products to multiple categories

·                                 Featured products list and cross selling

·                                 Digital delivery system

·                                 Configurable products

·                                 Quantity discounts

·                                 Discount coupons

·                                 Membership based access to every category

• * Unlimited number of products
• * Unlimited number of categories
• * Unlimited category nesting
• * Products can be assigned to unlimited number of categories
• * Ability to modify multiple products simultaneously
• * Members-only categories
• * "Featured Products" area
• * Automated bestsellers display
• * Related products, up selling and cross selling
• * 1-click enable/disable switch for products and categories
• * Support for multicurrency display (single currency payment processing though)
• * Configurable search by title, description, category, SKU, price and weight

5.Product Details:

·                                 Unlimited product options w/optional surcharges

·                                 Various display types for product options

·                                 HTML enriched product descriptions

·                                 Related products list

·                                 Customers also bought list

·                                 Unlimited product images

·                                 Product large image popup

• * Unlimited product options/variants/properties w/optional price modifiers
• * Unlimited custom input fields for products
• * Unique prices for special customer groups
• * HTML product descriptions
• * Unlimited number of product images
• * List a product in several categories
• * Manufacturers module
• * Ability to display product detailed images in popup windows

6. Merchandising/Inventory:

·                                 Full product stock control

·                                 Low-stock notifications

·                                 Wholesale trade

·                                 Ability to set minimal order amount

·                                 'List Price' and 'Our Price' options

·                                 Enabling/disabling product inventory control

·                                 Extended import/export of product database

• * Discount coupon codes and gift certificates
• * Full inventory control
• * "Out of Stock" Messages
• * Quantity discounts
• * Retail and wholesale price
• * Limit minimal order amount

7. Shipping & Tax:

·                                 UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, Australia Post & Canada Post real-time calculations

·                                 Intershipper real-time calculator

·                                 Customizable shipping surcharges

·                                 Unlimited custom delivery methods

·                                 Unlimited custom-defined destinations

·                                 Shipping restriction by location

·                                 Free shipping option

·                                 Drop shipping

·                                 Flexible shipping customization (based on the number of items, weight or order amount)

·                                 Customers can choose delivery methods

·                                 Customizable tax calculation

·                                 Product-specific taxes

·                                 'Tax exempt' feature

• * Real-time Australia Post calculation from store location using customers postcode.
• * Unlimited number of custom-defined delivery methods
• * Flate rate, weight, order total and per-item based shipping
• * Different weight limits for different delivery methods
• * Markups for realtime shipping calculators
• * Mark products for "free shipping"
• * Promotional "free shipping" coupons for customers
• * Add handling/freight charges
• * Handle international, domestic and local shipping
• * Ability to clone shipping zones and associated information
• * Restrict shipping by location
• * Customer can choose delivery method
• * Support for downloadable goods (e-goods)
• * Customizable tax calculations
• * Product-specific taxes
• * Taxes & shipping fees depending on client's location
• * "Tax exempt" feature
• * GST
• * AustraliaPost order tracking

9. Marketing & Promotional Tools:

·                                 Affiliate program

·                                 E-mail/postal gift certificates

·                                 Product filters

·                                 RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization)

·                                 Featured/Related products, cross selling

·                                 Ability to set up variety of promotions

·                                 Product reviews and ratings

·                                 Gift Registry wish list

·                                 One-page checkout

·                                 Bestsellers

·                                 'Send to friend' feature

·                                 Reward points addon

·                                 Ability to add tags

·                                 Polls

• * Comprehensive statistics:
• - Number of orders
• - Number of customers
• - Product views
• - Category views
• - Products removed from cart by customers
• - Sales by product / best sellers
• - Total sales
• - Client environment settings
• - Statistics on search patterns customers use when searching products
• * Searchable order data
• * Order data is easy to print
• * Printable shipping labels
• * Search engine & incoming traffic tracker: the cart keeps referrer data for all customers
• * Shipment/fulfillment interface
• * Export sales & customer data to spreadsheet.

• Full list of offline payment methods: Checks, purchase orders, phone orders and others
• Real-time credit card processing: 50+ integrated payment systems
• Ability to create new payment methods

• * Accept payments in any currency
• * Allow payment via several online payment modules
• * Payment systems (including PayPal payments, Eway (Aust) & 100 other payment processors.
• * Manual (offline) credit card processing option
• * Google Checkout as an alternative to X-Cart's standard checkout
• * Predefined set of payment methods (offline): checks, purchase orders, phone orders, wire transfer and etc.
• * Authorize/Capture processing mode for several payment gateways

10.Search Engine Optimization:

·                                 Search Engine Friendly URLs

·                                 Custom meta keywords and description for product, category and content pages

·                                 Generation of HTML catalog of static product and category pages

·                                 Site map generation

·                                 Breadcrumb trail

• * Pages can be indexed by all major search engines
• * Custom META tags for product, category and static pages
• * Custom URLs for product, category and static pages
• * Customer referrer info is stored in database
• * Product catalog can be generated as static HTML pages for better website performance
• * Search engine optimization options group
• * Page contents is placed at the top of the page HTML-code
• * Search Engine Friendly URLs for product, category and static pages

11. Repeat Customer Accommodation:

·                                 Integrated configurable store search

·                                 Search filters

·                                 Password reminder for customers

·                                 Customers can view order history

·                                 Customer memberships and special pricing

·                                 Membership based access to the informational part of the store

·                                 'Continue shopping' and 'Clear cart' buttons

·                                 Printable invoices

·                                 'Wish list' feature

·                                 'Feature comparison' option

·                                 Customer can edit product options directly in the cart

• * All customer's data is stored in database
• * Greet regular visitors
• * Registered customers can be offered discounts
• * Registered customers do not have to enter their data again
• * Registered customers can edit their profile
• * Registered customers can access history of their orders
• * Built-in newsletter engine
• * Export of newsletter subscribers
• * Real-time order tracking for registered customers
• * Moderated product reviews and ratings
• * Return Merchandise Authorization add-on to return customers' payments

·               11. Repeat Customer Accommodation:

                       Cart content is stored in database

·                                 Each customer can have unlimited number of profiles

·                                 Registered customers can edit their account details at any time

·                                 Registered customers can view their order history

• * All orders stored in MySQL database
• * Customers can search & browse personal order history
• * Integrated configurable store product search
• * Real time order tracking (with certain couriers)
• * Choice of account registration and express checkout
• * Fast Lane Checkout module for quick and intuitive checkout
• * Registration free checkout option
• * Password reminder for customers
• * Customizable e-mail notifications/invoices
• * Wish list
• * "Send to friend" section
• * Ability to save customer's carts
• * Newsletter management for multiple lists, edit/import/export of subscribers, news archive for customers
• * Printable versions of pages
• * Multiple customer types w/unique pricing for each type
• * Memberships and special pricing
• * Edit product options in cart/wishlist/Gift registry wishlist
• * Printable invoices
• * Configurable contact form
• * Ability to change the order of products on the customer side

Web-based administration panel:

·                                 Easy and quick addition of multiple items (products, categories, static pages, etc)

·                                 File browser and template editor use AJAX technologies

·                                 Ability to configure every aspect of e-commerce site in real time

·                                 Integrated database backup/restore tool

·                                 Flexible organization of webshop informational part

·                                 Unlimited number of admin accounts

·                                 Multiple levels of administrative access

·                                 Ability to act on behalf of other users

·                                 Ability to collect statistical data

·                                 IP-based access restrictions

·                                 Integrated webmail system

·                                 SMS notifications

• * Password-protected administrative access
• * All changes are real-time
• * Web Based Control the cart from anywhere in the world
• * Unlimited number of admin accounts
• * Support for restricted "shipping/fulfillment" admin accounts
• * User-defined date/time format
• * Ability for administrator to act on behalf of other users (e.g. to place phone orders for customers and use X-Cart as web based point of sale system)

Security:

·                                 Full HTTPS/SSL support

·                                 Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access

·                                 Secure HTTPS/SSL checkout, login and customer profile pages

·                                 Сustomer passwords are MD5 encrypted in database

·                                 Password-protected administrative access

• * Full HTTPS/SSL support
• * Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access
• * Password-protected administrative access
• * Strong Blowfish encryption for sensitive customer data
• * PGP-encrypted e-mail notifications
• * Real-time security notifications of all failed login attempts
• * Commercial Anti-Fraud module option validates customer's address during checkout
• * Stop list module allows disabling shop usage from specific IP
• * Backup sub-system
• * System fingerprints: ability to compare the status of the store files before and after modification and to discover which files have been deleted, added or modified
• * Protect registration pages and e-mail forms with a random-number image