Full Features List | Shopping Cart Software

ModularMerchant
Shopping Cart Software

Shopping Cart Service, support &
custom programming options.

Full Features List

Modular Merchant can not only boast a powerful feature set, but also that many of these features were suggestions directly from our clients. We love to build software, and we love building things our clients can actually use! It's win-win.

1. Installation & Setup
2. Store Design
3. Search Engine Optimization
4. Products & Merchandising
5. Orders & Checkout
6. Inventory & Stock Control
7. Tax Rates & Settings
8. In-Store Merchandising
9. Intelligent Reports
10. Hosting & Security
11. Images & Photos
12. Social Media Marketing
13. Marketing & Promotion
14. Payments & Shipping
15. Content Management System
16. Customers & Groups
17. Support
18. 3rd Party Integration
19. Integrated Payment Gateways

Installation & Setup

All-in-one shopping cart and website solution
Assistance in migrating your current shopping cart
Choose from a library of pre-made store templates, or create your own
Custom Programming available
FTP Access available
Free tech support by phone and our built-in Support Ticket system
Google Checkout integration
Import products, customers and more in bulk
Integrated with many popular Payment Gateways
No Graphic Design expertise necessary
No Programming Necessary
Online Support Knowledge Base, Tutorials, and Videos
Paypal integration
Place "Add to Cart" links on websites, email, Twitter and Facebook
Resize images automatically
Secure PCI Compliant Hosting
Unlimited E-Mails, Aliases and Auto-Responders
Upload single or batches of images
User-friendly web-based Administration control panel

Search Engine Optimization

100% HTML and CSS templates, no PHP programming required
Create 301 redirects
Customize all product images, captions and "alt" text
Customize page titles, META details (and more) on every store page
Customize the URL for every category page
Customize the URL for every custom web page
Customize the URL for every product page
Customize the URL for every vendor page
Customize the structure of SEO friendly URLs
Full access to modify every store template's HTML & CSS
Generate an HTML sitemap
HTML easily read by search engine spiders
Manage SEO optimization on a per-page level
Manage the Google sitemap file within the store's
Administration Area
Manage the robots.txt file within the store's Administration Area
New SEO optimizations and updates are added on a regular basis
Optimized HTML code: CSS and Javascript code kept in separate files
SEO friendly category URLs
SEO friendly custom page URLs
SEO friendly product URLs
SEO friendly search URLs
SEO friendly vendor URLs
Toggle SEO friendly links on or off

Products & Merchandising

Add images and/or videos to product descriptions
Advanced inventory control for product variations
Allow wholesale discounts
Assign products to multiple categories
Assign products to multiple vendors
Automatic "suggested products" and cross-sell system
Automatically create thumbnails when uploading images
Batch update inventory levels and pricing.
Bulk discounts and other discount rules
Bulk import/export products, images, options, and much more
Create an unlimited number of categories and subcategories
Create an unlimited number of product fields and attributes
Create an unlimited number of subcategories
Customize the URL, page title and meta tags for every product page
Enable free shipping on a per-product basis
Establish a future release date for downloads
Exclude products from store's Search Engine
Gift wrapping options with optional markup for gift wrapping
Hide products from the public storefront
Inventory levels update in real-time
List "Featured Products" on any store page
List "New Products" to highlight them
Manage product inventory levels
Product options can adjust the product's price
Product reviews, rankings and comments
Put one or more products on sale, run concurrent sales events
Receive "Low Stock" alerts
Redeemable Coupon Codes and Gift Certificates
Require registration to view certain products
Restrict downloads to customers in geographic zones
Restrict product access to certain Customer Groups
Securely distribute downloads to prevent "leeching"
Sell Product bundles
Sell products with an unlimited number of options (size, color, etc)
Sell shipped products, services and downloads
Set minimum and maximum purchase quantities per-product
Set multiple pricing levels per-product
Set products to require "call for pricing"
Specify COGS and gross & net profit reports
Specify Shipping Exempt products
Specify Tax Exempt products
Specify product search keywords
Specify product templates globally or on a per-product basis
Specify product weight for real-time shipping rates
Specify short and long product descriptions
Stone Edge Integration
Unlimited number of custom product fields (ie: text to print on a t-shirt)
Unlimited number of images per product
Unlimited product options: text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdown & list menus
Update import/export spreadsheets in Excel
WYSIWYG editor for product descriptions
WYSIWYG editor supports cut/copy/paste

Intelligent Reports

Abandoned Carts report
Account Activity report
Best Selling Products report
Customer Acquisition report
Customer Order Histories
Daily Snapshot report
Declined Orders report
Disk Space usage
Download Usage report
Email Activity report
Product Performance report
Projected Revenue report
Sales Statistics report
Sales Tax report
Search Engine report
Searchable Order History
System Logs report
Traffic Statistics report
Vendor Royalties report

Images & Photos

Display image thumbnails on product pages
Open large images in a popup window
Set captions for each image
Share images between products
Thumbnail images created automatically during upload
Upload an unlimited number of images
Upload images individually or batched in a zip file
Upload many images at once

Marketing & Promotion

Autoresponder email series
Category breadcrumb navigation
Compatible with third-party Affiliate programs
Create "buy one get one free" promotions
Create "free shipping" coupons
Create "free shipping" promotions
Create "save $x on orders over $y" promotions
Create bulk discounts per product, category or vendor
Create coupons in which the customer retains any leftovers
Create coupons that can be used multiple times
Create coupons to be used by groups or individuals
Create coupons with expiration dates
Create printable gift certificates
Customers can create public and private Wish Lists
Display product recommend products and suggested products
Edit gift certificates layout in WYSIWYG editor
Export products in multiple spreadsheet formats
Google Analytics integration
List best selling products
List new products
Manage complex promotional rules easily with Event Engine
Manage newsletter mailing lists
Multi-tier Affiliate Marketing system
Optionally limit one coupon per order
Place orders within the store's administration area
Product reviews and rankings
Reward Points loyalty program for customer incentives
Search Engine Friendly URLs for product, category, vendor and custom web pages
Search Engine Optimized storefront
Take newsletter subscriptions from customers and non-customers
Track coupon code usage
Track what your customers are searching for
Upsell/Downsell products with No-Risk Upsell system after the order is placed

Content Management System

100% web-based administration
Add an unlimited number of custom web pages to your store
Add forms to custom web pages
Create "members only" pages, restricted to certain customer groups
Custom web pages have SEO-friendly URLs
Edit custom web pages with a built-in WYSIWYG editor
Full integrated content management system
Publish a privacy policy, return policy, etc.

Support

Comprehensive online knowledge base and tutorials
Each administration page links directly to its knowledge base documentation
Free software updates install invisibly: no file uploads required
Free software updates released on a regular basis
Free tech support by phone, email and built-in Support Ticket system
Free walk through to help new accounts get up and running smoothly
Tech support located in-house

Integrated Payment Gateways

Authorize.net
PayPal Website Payments Pro
PayPal Website Payments Standard
Google Checkout

Store Design

Add your "add to cart" buttons to your current website, emails, Twitter and Facebook
Allow Product Reviews from customers
Allow multiple customer shipping addresses
Allow newsletter sign-ups without making a purchase
Allow user registration without making a purchase
Automatically create image thumbnails
Basic and advanced options for uploading graphics
Browsing options: by Category, Vendor, Price, Recency, Search Score, etc.
Compatible with all popular web browsers
Create a unique storefront design for mobile devices
Create unique designs for each individual product, category or vendor
Customize every store email
Customize page titles, meta tags and other content globally or page-by-page basis
Display "Best Selling Products"
Display "Recently Viewed Products"
Display products in rows, grids or lists
Display special offers and promotions
Download/Upload files via FTP
Easily design your store to match your website
Easily integrate your store into your website
Easy, customizable navigation
Edit HTML, CSS and Javascript in your browser
Edit templates in HTML editors such as Dreamweaver
Edit the content of every store email
Edit the content of every store page
FTP access to all website files available
Free templates available to use as-is or customize
Full design control over every store webpage
Have an unlimited number of product images
Intelligent Search Engine
Link your shopping cart to your existing website
List "Featured Products" on any store page
List products and subcategories on category pages
Preview and test store designs before going live with them
Professionally-made templates available
Quick, easy one page checkout
QuickCode Tag system - add advanced functionality with no PHP programming necessary
Shop & buy on all popular mobile devices: iPad, iPhone, Android, etc.
Template Packages – Apply a new design to your entire store with just a click
Templates are compatible with any web page editing software
Track orders and manage user accounts
Upload a favicon to customize bookmarks
Upload your logo quickly and easily
WYSIWYG editor for custom content pages
Web-based WYSIWYG template editor
Web-based administration
Web-based tool for creating additional content pages

Orders & Checkout

Add multiple products to cart with a single link
Automatically email customers when their order's shipping status changes
Close & open entire store with just a click
Completely customizable checkout process: Single page checkout or as many pages as needed
Customers can create user accounts or check out as guests
Customers can track their shipments within the storefront
Display estimated shipping fees
Export orders to QuickBooks
Generate printable and email receipts
Generate tracking numbers for shipments
Issue refunds and store credits
Manage multiple shipments per order
Manage pre-orders, back-orders, returns, partial payments, etc.
Optionally require agreement to a Terms of Service during checkout
Place re-order with just a few clicks
Set minimum and maximum dollar value for orders
Set minimum and maximum order quantities per product
Specify a starting number for orders and customers
Unlimited custom checkout fields in a variety of formats: text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons or list menus

Inventory & Stock Control

Hide or make products unpurchasable when low/out of stock
Inventory levels update automatically when products are purchased
Products can deduct multiple units from inventory (ie: "Six-Pack" product deducts six cans from inventory)
Products can have inventory levels disabled (infinite stock)
Products can share multiple inventory levels
Set "low stock" warning levels for each product
Set inventory levels per-product
Set stock levels for each product variation
Update product inventory levels in bulk

Tax Rates & Settings

Create an unlimited number of tax rules
Create cumulative tax rules
Create dollar-based or percentage-based tax rules
Flat tax option
Import/Export Tax Rules for bulk editing
Sales tax report
Set tax rules by state, country or zip code
Set taxes by geographic zones
Taxes shown in receipts, invoices, etc.
Taxes update in store automatically as customer shops

In-Store Merchandising

Add one or more products to customer's cart with one click
Complete, customizable online product catalog
Create lists of related and suggested products
Customer's address book saves all their billing and shipping addresses
Online one-page checkout system
Publish order status and updates
Resend invoices to customers via email
Track shipments in real time
Wish Lists can be public or private

Hosting & Security

CISCO Firewall Protection
Control the display of credit card numbers
Create multiple store administrators
Create protected "members only" websites
Daily Backup
Dedicated IP Address
Discounted McAfee PCI Compliance service
History of administrator actions
Hosted email with multiple email accounts available
PCI Compliant Servers
Power Backup Generator
Premium hosting
Proactive security measures against hackers, DDOS and brute-force attacks
SFTP Access
SSL encryption
Set security levels for each store administrator
Strict security policies to protect information and privacy
Supports Full HTTPS:// and SSL Security
Tier-1 E-Commerce Hosting: 99.9% uptime

Social Media Marketing

Add "buy now" links to Twitter posts
Add Facebook "Like" buttons to your store's pages
Add Facebook "Share" buttons to your store's pages
Add Facebook comments to your store's pages
Publish your storefront on your Facebook page
Track Twitter feeds for multiple search phrases within the store's administration area

Payments & Shipping

Accept Google Checkout payments
Accept PayPal payments
Accept credit cards online
Add additional shipping fees per product
Add markup to shipping rates
Automate recurring payments
CVV2 (Credit card security code) support
Capture credit card funds either at checkout or later when order shipped
Create additional shipping fees per geographic zone
Create credit accounts for customers
Create custom shipping rates
Create multiple dropshippers
Customers can create multiple shipping addresses
Customers can use multiple shipping addresses in one order
Display estimated shipping fees before checkout
Display shipping options by customer's geographic location
Display shipping options by order's value, product quantity or weight
Dropship from multiple warehouses
Generate UPS and FedEx labels within store's administration area
Issue refunds from within store's administration area
Make partial shipments
Print shipping labels directly from within the store's administration area
Real-time shipment tracking
Real-time shipping rates from FedEx, UPS and USPS
Real-time shipping via FedEx, UPS and USPS
Record cash, check, money order and credit account payments
Secure https checkout
Sell downloads using store's built-in secure distribution system
Set customers and/or products to be tax exempt
Set rules to hide shipping options
Set rules to make shipping options free
Set your store's default currency
Support for many popular payment gateways
Take orders over the phone

Customers & Groups

Create customer group discounts by product, category or vendor
Create customer groups based on product subscriptions
Create customer groups based on purchase history
Create unlimited customer groups
Customers may belong to multiple groups
Modify product prices per customer group
Move customers between groups
Offer wholesale vs. retail pricing
Specify pages that only certain customer groups can access

3rd Party Integration

FaceBook Integration
FedEx Shipping Tools
Google Analytics Integration
Google Checkout Integration
PayPal Website Payments Standard Integration
QuickBooks Export
Stone Edge Integration
Twitter Integration
UPS Shipping Tools
U.S.P.S. Shipping Tools
Amazon Kindle Wireless E-Book Delivery
B&N Nook Wireless E-Book Delivery