1. Setup and Support
 No programming required
Web-based installation wizard
Complete store-builder package
Easy-to-use web interface
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.
Out-of-the-box storefront system
Customisable localisation: multi-language,
configurable currency symbol and
weight/dimension measurement units,
configurable list of states/provinces
Free access to all future releases
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2. Design and Layout
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| 3. Customer Care
All orders stored in MySQL database
Customers can search & browse personal order history
Integrated configurable store product
search
Real time order tracking
Customer can choose between account
registration and express checkout
The possibility to disable checkout without
registering
Password reminder for customers
Customisable e-mail notifications/invoices
Wish list
"Send to friend" section
Ability to save the customer's cart
Newsletter management for multiple lists,
edit/import/export of subscribers, news
archive for customers
Printable versions of pages
Multiple customer types with unique pricing
for every customer type
Memberships and special pricing
"Clear cart" button
Edit product options in cart/wishlist/Gift
Registry wishlist
Printable invoices
Configurable contact form
Second address line for user profiles
Ability to change the order of products on
the customer side
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4. Product Catalog
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" box
Automated display of bestsellers
Related products, up selling and cross
selling
1-click enable/disable switch for products
and categories
Support for up to two different currencies in the products catalog
(NOTE: payment processing is possible in one currency only!)
Automatic currency conversion
Configurable search by title, description,
category, SKU, price and weight
"Stop words filter" for product search facility (a special filter ensures that service and link words occurring in the search pattern are ignored when search by individual words is performed - available for English language only) |
| 5. Product Details
Unlimited product options/variants/
properties with optional price modifiers
Unlimited custom input fields for products
Customer-defined prices
HTML-enriched product descriptions
Unlimited number of product images
Storing images in DB or on a file system
List a product in several categories
Manufacturers module
Ability to display product detailed images in popup windows |
6. Merchandising and Inventory
Discount coupon codes and gift certificates
Full inventory control
"Out of Stock" Messages
Quantity discounts
Retail and wholesale price
Limit minimal order amount
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| 7. Shipping and Tax
Real-time USPS, FedEx and UPS shipping
calculation from one location
Unlimited number of custom-defined
delivery methods
Flat rate, weight, order total and per-item
based shipping
Different weight limits for different
delivery methods
Markups for realtime shipping
Mark your products as "free shipping"
products
Promotional "free shipping" coupons to
your customers
Add handling/freight charges
Handle international, domestic and local
shipping
Ability to clone a zone and all zone
information
Restrict shipping by location
Allow your customers to choose delivery
methods
Support for downloadable goods
(e-goods)
Customisable tax calculations
Product-specific taxes
Taxes & shipping fees depending on
client's location
"Tax exempt" feature
GST/PST (canadian tax system)
Canada post shipping
DHL (Airborne) ShipIt API support
Australia Post's Delivery Rate Calculator support
Shipping Label Generator for USPS and UPS
Australia Post order tracking
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8. Sales Analysis & Tracking
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
Automatic creation of shipping labels for orders intended to be shipped by USPS and UPS
Search engine & incoming traffic tracker:
the cart keeps referrer data for all
customers
Shipment/fulfillment interface
Export sales & customer data for use in a
spreadsheet
Export orders to QuickBooks format |
| 9. Payment Gateways & Methods
Accept payments in any currency
Allow payment via several online payment
modules
Payment systems (including PayPal
payments)
High variety of real-time credit card
processors (over 100 payment gateways)
Cheque processors
Manual (offline) credit card processing
PayPal payments
Google Checkout as an alternative to X-Cart's standard checkout
Predefined set of payment methods
(offline): cheques, money orders, direct
debit, phone orders, etc
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10. Search Engine Friendly
Pages can be indexed by all major search
engines
Custom META tags for product, category and static pages
Customer referrer information is stored in
database
Product catalog can be generated as static
HTML pages for better seacrh engine
indexing and ranking
Search engine optimisation 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. Database and Platform Compatibility
Open source PHP code
Support for UNIX/Linux, Windows and Mac
OS X servers
Powered by MySQL database
Multi-language: your e-store can work with
unlimited number of languages
Multi-lingual products
Multi-lingual categories
Multi-lingual product options
Payment processing modules for all major
gateways
Flexible implementation: you can easily
add new features and/or disable existing
ones
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12. Repeat Customer Accommodation
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 Authorisation add-on
to return customers' payments |
| 13. Web-based control panel
Password-protected administrative access
All changes are real-time
Control the cart from anywhere in the
world using your web browser
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) |
14. Security
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
Anti-Fraud module 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
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