New Features in ShopSite 6.0

• UPS Shipping Integration
  Merchants using ShopSite Pro and ShopSite Manager can now display actual UPS shipping rates in the shopping cart. Merchants can enable specific shipping methods and ShopSite will display the UPS rates for each of those methods for the customer to choose from, based on the total weight of the order.

 

• UPS Address Validation
  Merchants using ShopSite Pro and ShopSite Manager can select to have U.S. shipping addresses checked for consistency by UPS Address Validation. This feature checks to make sure that the street address, city, state, and zip code all match, helping to prevent problems at shipping time.

 

• Digital Download Products
  Merchants using ShopSite Pro can offer digital download products for sale, as well as tangible products. Digital downloads are products that can be downloaded over the Internet, such as software and documents. After a customer pays for a digital download, ShopSite allows the customer to access the files for download. The merchant can limit the amount of time and the number of attempts that the customer has to download the files.

 

• Digital Coupons
  Merchants using ShopSite Pro can now create coupons that give discounts in their stores. The coupons can apply to an entire order, to one product, or to selected products. Coupons can be for a percentage off or a currency amount off the price, and can have a minimum order requirement. The coupons can be distributed as codes that customers enter in the shopping cart or as URLs that automatically add the coupon to the cart when clicked.

 

• ZIP Code-based Tax
  ShopSite Pro and ShopSite Manager stores can calculate tax based on customer ZIP/postal codes and a merchant-supplied rate table. The previous merchant-defined tax table is still available.

 

• Opt-In E-Mail Marketing
  Merchants can add a checkbox to the order form so that customers can request to be added to the store's e-mail list. Merchants can then see which customers have checked the box and add those customers to their e-mail program. The checkbox can be checked or unchecked by default.

 

• Custom Template Improvements
  ShopSite Pro merchants can now upload and edit custom templates in the back office. Additionally, a "numcolumns" parameter has been added to the "LOOP" tag to support formatting output in HTML tables, variables can be defined, and more product tags are available.

 

• Custom Page Subdirectories
  Custom page files can now be placed in subdirectories underneath the smarthtml directory. During a Publish operation, ShopSite will look in subdirectories and process any files that it finds and copy the same directory structure to the store output directory.

 

• OrderAnywhere by SKU
  ShopSite OrderAnywhere links can now be generated based on products SKUs, making it easier than ever to add a ShopSite shopping cart to an existing website. By tracking SKUs, merchant can create OrderAnywhere links by hand without having to generate them all within ShopSite. Store pages with OrderAnywhere links can also be generated on-the-fly for database-driven dynamic stores.

 

• New Payment Gateways
  ShopSite now supports NPC and E-Commerce Exchange payment gateways in Pro, Manager, and Starter. Both services make it possible for merchants to accept and process real-time credit card payments.

 

• Page Preview
  When building store pages, merchants using ShopSite Pro can now preview pages before publishing them to the live store. If the page still needs a little tweaking, the merchant can make changes and preview the page again until it is satisfactory. Customers will not see the changes until the store is published.

 

• Minimum Order Value
  Merchants can set a minimum value requirement for orders to prevent tiny orders from being placed. ShopSite will notify customers that an order does not meet the requirement and invite them to order additional products.

 

• Faster Store Generation
  The code routines for publishing a store have been completely rewritten in compiled code, making them much more efficient. Large stores can now be completely regenerated much quicker.

 

• Improved Product Search
  The product search feature for customers in ShopSite Pro stores has been completely redone and is now more powerful and provides many more options. Search has also been added for ShopSite Manager. Merchants can now configure their stores to index product names, descriptions, and More Info page text, and ShopSite Pro merchants can include SKUs and the text of Ordering Option drop-down menus.

 

• Support for CVV2 Enhanced Credit Card Security
  Merchants can require customers to enter CVV2 information when accepting credit card orders, which can enhance fraud protection. The CVV2 number is the additional 3 or 4 digits after the credit card number shown on the back of most credit cards (the front of American Express cards).

 

• Download Orders in QuickBooks Format
  Order information can be downloaded from ShopSite Pro and ShopSite Manger in a QuickBooks-compatible format. The resulting file can be imported into QuickBooks and other programs that accept that format.

 

• Shopping Cart Retention Period
  Merchants can set the number of days that ShopSite will keep unfinished shopping carts, which allows customers to return to the store and complete their orders.

Click here to view the features included in version 5.0.

Click here to view the features included in version 6.1.

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