Features Overview

There are a lot of php shopping cart software on the market today, so what makes SSecom shopping cart different?

Quite simply, SSecom Shopping Cart Software was built by Marketers, for Marketers

Our eCommerce solution helps you drive traffic to your store, merchandise your products, manage your customers and orders plus so much more. This complete solution provides you everything you need to successfully create and manage an on-line storefront.

Our management team has over 7 years of combined sales and marketing experience. We are an ideal mix of techies and managers. Our background in advertising, marketing and web design has given us a unique perspective on the design of this platform. We created shopping cart software that is easy to use and extremely effective at selling your products.

Easy Set Up

  • Easy-to-understand, web-based administration
  • WYSIWYG wizards (no programming knowledge necessary)
  • Bulk Loading Feature that imports products from any database
  • Single or batch image uploads
  • No product or category limits
  • Web-based or downloadable help manual with images and examples
  • Help features that assist with all aspects of your cart

Product Merchandising

  • Cross category product listing
  • Dynamic Pricing
  • Product up sell opportunities
  • "Customers who bought "x" also bought these products" in the checkout areas.
  • Discount code supported
  • Price-based discounting
  • Supports full product descriptions with HTML and product summaries
  • Allows for multiple secondary images
  • Ability to control the product image size on both product and catalog pages
  • Recommended products
  • "Tell a friend" feature
  • Create "Buy x Get x Free" discounts
  • "Best Sellers" area
  • Advanced product search capabilities
  • Supports Gift Messaging
  • Export products to Google Base, Shop.com, BizRate.com, ShopZilla.com and more

Search Engine Friendly

  • True flat URL generation (http://www.yoursite.com/products /product_name.html)
  • Most search engine friendly cart available today
  • Complete Meta Tag (title, keyword and description) support for all pages including home, product and catalog pages
  • Automated title, keyword and description tag generator with the ability to override for all product pages
  • Google™ Site Map support
  • Robot.txt files supported
  • Auto generates site maps
  • Creates "Breadcrumb" navigation
  • Search-engine-friendly architecture
  • Ability to upload customized HTML pages to assist in search engine positioning

Customer Relation Management

  • "My Account" area allows customer to view previous orders, status and shipping tracking information
  • Customer address book
  • Send product newsletters to your customers
  • Product update notifications to your customers
  • Automated e-mails when customer creates order and order is shipped
  • One-Page Checkout feature - Fastest checkout available on any cart
  • Ability to add custom fields to the checkout process for collecting additional customer information
  • Supports backorders
  • Full customer reporting
  • Hide product pricing to all but registered customers

Unlimited Payment Options

  • Accept Credit Cards
  • Gateways include: Authorize.net, Worldpay, Linkpoint, YourPay.com, Echo Inc, Google™ Checkout, 2Checkout, HSBC, iTransact.com and counting
  • Accept Paypal, Paypal Payments Pro, Paypal Express and more
  • Supports eChecks
  • Ability to accept payments via telephone, mail, fax
  • Ability to set unlimited custom payment methods
  • Export data to QuickBooks™, Peachtree™ or other accounting programs

Shipping and Tax

  • Real-time shipping quotes from UPS, USPS, Canada Post and FED-EX.
  • Set custom handling fees
  • Create custom shipping methods
  • Calculate shipping costs by weight, quantity, region and more
  • Offer free shipping
  • Offer product specific shipping pricing
  • Restricted delivery by countries
  • Shipping tracking from UPS, USPS, Canada Post and Fed-Ex
  • International shipping supported
  • Supports downloadable (Digital) products
  • Quick "Estimated Shipping" calculation - Customer can quickly estimate shipping based on zip code before checking out.
  • Ability to set tax by state and / or country
  • Supports advanced tax structures including VAT, Canada, USA, product and/or category tax and more.

Updates and Backups

  • Cart notifies you when updates are available and allows you to update your store in a couple of clicks
  • Back-up cart flies from the admin area
  • Restore any file with one click

Order Management

  • Ability to "status" orders
  • Add / edit / delete orders
  • Show both order and payment status
  • Bulk edit orders
  • Create professionally printed invoices
  • Integrates with Stone Edge Order Manager

Administration

  • Create unlimited administrator accounts
  • Restrict access to particular features by administrator
  • Control which e-mails are received by administrators

Product Management

  • Inventory tracking by product
  • Receive inventory alerts if quantity drops below pre-determined levels
  • Control attributes (color, size, ect) by product, or add them globally
  • Use HTML in product descriptions
  • Products can reside in multiple categories
  • Ability to change product / category order
  • Enable / Disable products
  • Supports manufactures
  • Manage sales pricing
  • Supports Minimum/Maximum quantity in order by product
  • Create both a quick and detailed product description
  • Complete control over image and thumbnail sizes
  • Supports downloadable products
  • Manage products in bulk using MS Excel / CSV
  • Import / export products using csv format

Reporting

  • Top viewed products
  • Top viewed categories
  • Top orders by product
  • Top referring sites
  • Top sales by customer
  • Consolidated orders by date
  • Individual orders by date
  • Promo codes
  • Payment types

Security

  • Full support of HTTPS/SSL protocols
  • Password protected administrative area
  • Locks account after set number of failed credit card attempts
  • Ability to control administrative access and set access levels
  • Give you the ability to display prices only to customers that have registered
  • PCI/CISP Compliant*

*SSecom Cart does not store credit card information, it is passed to the gateway company for processing

Wholesalers

  • Supports up to 3 different levels of wholesale pricing (can also be used for customer level pricing)
  • Allows you to set wholesale pricing by product or as percentage of retail
  • Supports case pack / inter pack pricing
  • Collects Tax ID, EIN, Reseller ID or any other information you require

Technical

  • Application built using PHP / mySQL
  • Server Requirements (Licensed Clients) : PHP 4.3.x -PHP 5.1, MySQL 3.2 and above, 60 MB of free disk space, GD Library Support (version 2 recommended), cURL Library Support, ZLib Support, Ioncube or Zend encoded