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Features and Facts
 
OXID eShop is a modular and scalable eCommerce Shopping Cart system, based on modern, platform independent Open Source technology. The system combines comprehensive features with rapid installation and deployment and easy, robust configuration management.
 
With years of practical, user-oriented experience behind the development of OXID eShop, version 3.0 brings together a powerful collection fo e-commerce tools: multi-layered cross-selling options, integrated eMarketing, newsletter tools, painless check out, and many customizable modules to extend the capabilities of the system. OXID eShop enables higher sales and traffic from the first day, as can be proven from the many online shops now using the product.

Admininstrators and back office members enjoy the logical, structured and efficient Admin tool. The clearly structured administration interface reduces the need for costly training.

The sales and marketing support tools make it easy to develop and present sales campaigns, newsletters, discounts and other sales activities to your customers.

As a Shopping Cart system in use around the world, OXID eShop provides features for multicultural environments. OXID eShop can be established in several languages and currencies. For each language one can configure either the same or specific product selections. It enables the online retailer to instantly go for global markets. Local restrictions, taxing criteria, marketing plans applicable to each international locate can be easily configured.

OXID eShop includes general or specific discounts, prices, and different schemes for resellers.

OXID eShop provides interfaces to a large number of CRM and ERP systems. The growing list will be steadily enhanced. Don't hesitate to notify us in case you miss your favorites.

Your investment in OXID eShop is a safe one! We will regularly extend the Shopping Cart system with new features. Also, you are free to use your own modules and extensions.

The robust, fault tolerant architecture and high performance assures the availability of your Shopping Cart 24 / 7.

Under all types of use, you will experience our most important guideline: OXID eShop is designed for sales people by sales people!

 





Technology
Setup and Support
Features
General Features
Admin Tool
Categories
Catalog Of Products
Payment
Order Processing
Customer Administration
Personal Customer Area
eMarketing
Search Engine Optimization
Discounts and Sales

The functionality can be further enhanced with our optional modules.



Technology
  • Open Source
  • From PHP 4.2.3
  • Data Base: mySQL
  • Platform independent (Linux, Unix, Windows).
  • Flexible visual design with Smarty template engine.
  • Upgrades cope with your individual extensions of the data-records.
  • Individual extension in all layers and integration of your own modules is possible.
  • High performance and productivity – e.g. with mySQL up to one million articles (Enterprise Edition).
  • SSL support for secure transfer of sensitive data.
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Setup and Support
  • Out-of-the-box installation.
  • Complete Shopping Cart with sample content is delivered for demonstration.
  • Adapt existing templates easily to your corporate design.
  • Integrate Shopping Cart into your existing system.
  • Every Shopping Cart design element is defined in the CSS file for easy modification of page styling.
  • Average time-to-market for complete Shopping Cart (incl. product DB transfer) is about two days.
  • Fast and free support.
  • Hotline is available for any questions.
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Features

General Features
  • Full support of GST/PST Canadian tax system.
  • System supports unlimited languages.
  • Unlimited number of currencies can be administrated.
  • Automatic currency conversion.
  • eMall Feature enables the administration of different Shops in a single OXID eShop system (Enterprise Edition).
  • Mulitple shipping options during check out.
  • Shipping zones by countries and states.
  • Links section (containing links to partner web sites) can be controlled by Admin Tool.
  • Page cashing increases performance up to ten times.
  • Integrated Guestbook.
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Admin Tool
  • All content and parameters of the shop can be controlled and changed via online Admin Tool.
  • Admin Tool is accessible via an internet browser and allows simultaneous administration activity from multiple workstations.
  • Can be securely accessed via separate SSL URL.
  • All essential Shopping Cart content can be modified with the WYSYWYG Editor.
  • Various import and export functions.
  • Powerful CSV pre-processor enables transfer of shop data to and from nearly any other database or IT-system.
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Categories
  • Categories can be created for any relation and depth.
  • Categories are implemented as a high performance tree structure with Nested Set Logic.
  • Each category can have a different layout assigned.
  • Prices can be linked with categories.
  • Categories can be hidden to enable complex functionality assignments.
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Product Catalog
  • Products can be set active/inactive, or scheduled for a certain time and duration.
  • Products can have selection-lists (e.g. colors).
  • Advanced inventory control.
  • Support of eProducts (downloadable files).
  • Assignment of any single product to one or more categories.
  • Each product can have a different layout assigned.
  • Multiple prices can be defined. Each customer, category, group or volume can be related with the price.
  • Different tax assignment for sales tax is possible on the level of each product.
  • Sales tax considers state and ZIP of delivery address.
  • Products can be bundled (purchased simultaneously).
  • Additional article fields can be added.
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Customer Administration
  • Customers can be assigned to pre-defined or self-defined groups.
  • Assignment of one customer to multiple groups is possible.
  • The complete history of each customer is available.
  • Access to previous orders to analyze the customer's preferences of ordered products.
  • Assignment of payment methods to customers.
  • Unlimited number of shipping addresses can be saved for each customer.
  • Assignment of credit rating is possible.
  • Active/Inactive option for each customer.
  • Management of newsletter registration for each customer.
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Personal Customer Area

Each customer can access his personal data:
  • Invoices
  • Billing information and address
  • Shipping addresses
  • Order history
  • Personal Wish List
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Payment

Following payment methods are implemented:
  • Credit Card
  • Debit
  • Payment in advance
  • COD cash on delivery
Following CC gateways are currently supported (contact us if yours is not listed):
  • PayPal
  • Authorize.Net
  • VeriSign Payflow Link
  • VeriSign Payflow Pro
  • WireCard
  • HSBC
  • Saverpay
  • WorldPay
Further payment methods can be defined.


Each payment method can be configured individually:
  • Extra charge for the selected payment method (e.g. COD Fees).
  • Discounts on certain payment terms.
  • Relation of payment method to customer categories and customer groups.
Highest Security:
  • All sensitive user and order information is transferred via SSL (SSL certificate required).
  • All payment related information is stored encoded in DB.
  • By default credit card numbers are not stored in DB.
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Order Processing
  • All orders are administered by status (New, Shipped, Problem, Paid).
  • Display of Tracking No. and Shipping Status of the chosen shipping company.
  • Subsequent editing of orders.
  • Order confirmation is sent automatically with detailed shipping information by eMail.
  • Order confirmation can be sent as HTML with product pictures and review-link.
  • Shipping confirmation can be sent automatically at time of shipment.
  • Invoice can be sent as PDF document by eMail.
  • Orders or part of orders can be cancelled.
  • Check-out without registration is possible.
  • Display of packing-list.
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eMarketing

Search Engine Optimization
  • Products can be indexed.
  • Shopping Cart displays all product pages as Search Engine friendly static URLs.
  • Additional SEO through automatic advanced meta-tag creation for each product.
Price Search Engines
  • Existing Price Search Engine interfaces to NexTag, BizRate and Shopping.com.
  • Further interfaces can be implemented easily.
Statistics
  • Analysis of search key words.
  • Analysis of visitors, customers, and new customers.
  • Analysis of clicked categories and viewed products.
  • Analysis of conversion rate and aborted orders.
  • Default timeframes can be choosen or defined by dates.
  • All outputs graphical.
  • Interface to eTracker.com.
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Discounts and Sales
  • Discounts can be set active/inactive.
  • Can be limited for a certain time frame.
  • Can be related to single order quantity or to order value.
  • Can be related to a certain category.
  • Can be assigned to products which are assigned to "invisible categories".
  • Can be valid for a user group or single user.
  • Can be assigned in percent or absolute values.
  • "Buy 2 – get 3", or free gifts can be assigned.
  • Promotions can be defined freely – Week's Special, Bestsellers etc.
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