Features & Product Comparision

Key Features	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Easy to use and intuitive Windows interface with Start Up and Design Wizards to get you up and running quickly
Flexible product catalogue supports up to 20,000 products including digital products such as MP3s and PDFs
Complete design and store layout flexibility to create your own unique, customised store.
Extensive store management functionality for easy and efficient store operation.
Powerful marketing and merchandising features to assist in growing your online business.
Independence to integrate with the leading online payment gateways and commercial hosting providers.
Single-page order entry form for telephone, phone, fax and mail orders
Sophisticated marketing and customer management functionality, including advanced discounting features and customer specific pricing
Dynamically link to spreadsheets and databases
Simultaneous multi-user catalogue content management on multiple networked PCs up to the number of licences held
Flexibility to maintain your Catalog from any network PC up to the number of licences held
Manage multiple online stores with one licence

Flexible Product Catalogue	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Support for up to 25 products with products images
Support for up to 20,000 products with product images
Create unlimited number of product sections and subsections
Define unlimited product variations such as size and colour
Optionally assign different prices to different product variants
Add additional images in a pop-up window
Add additional text or images in a supplementary page, or a pop-up window
Specify shipping weights for each product
Set up different shipping zones with different tariffs
Add shopper definable fields for personalised products
Export product and section data
Import product and section data
Explorer-style 'drag and drop' style interface to access product items quickly and easily
Multiple page layout options, including product list with single 'add to cart' button
Create links to external files or urls
Show product choices as radio buttons, drop downs or button grids
Define additional components for each product
Use one product as a component of another
Support for downloadable products such as mp3 music
Hide products and information items from selected customers or customer groups
Show different payment methods for online and offline orders
Unlimited multiple site building and management from a single licence
Simultaneous catalogue updating by multiple users on any networked PC up to the number of licences held

Customisable Store Design and Layout	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Design Wizard to help you choose your site layout, buttons and colour scheme.
Wizards to help you set up your store; configure Actinic for your web space; and set up product options.
Real-time preview of your store as you build it
Full site customisation using an intuitive 'point and click' interface
Multiple preview modes provide easy navigation and instant access to any part of your store
Select from a range of pre-designed themes or mix and match elements to create a unique design
Complete flexibility to edit of site colour scheme, product/section layout and variables
Library of design snippets to be used in creating a design
Create your own variables for product-specific data fields, design objects and many other functions
Create additional content and information pages - build a complete web site
Word-style toolbar for changing fonts and text styles
Easy to use 'point and click' HTML code editor
Create conditions for specific content to appear on the web site
Integrates with Macromedia Dreamweaver enabling design to take place in Dreamweaver
Set up different data fields for different types of product, eg Author for books
Create multiple sites from the same application
Advanced site deployment options
Re-badge the finished web site to include your own branding

Comprehensive Store Management Functionality	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Built-in order-processing module processes orders from receipt to shipment
Accurately calculates shipping, handling and taxation costs
Product prices can be both entered and displayed exclusive or inclusive of tax
Display prices in two currencies simultaneously, using a fixed exchange rate
Full range of payment options for online orders, including Secure Credit Card payment via VCS (Virtual Card Services)
Supports SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for displaying the 'Golden Padlock'
Print invoices
Print packing lists and address labels
Handles both online and offline orders
One click order processing to allow fast processing of orders, with user-definable actions
Edit order details
Monitors stock levels during order processing, with alerts for low stock levels
Associate actions and dates with orders
Create and view sales reports such as fastest selling items and best customers
Generate customer emails with support for unlimited custom email templates.
Prompted backup and restore feature
User logon for catalogue management
Import customer account information
Single-page order entry form for telephone, phone, fax and mail orders
Rearrange the fields in the Orders tab
Barcode support
Interface directly with Sage Line 50 accounting systems to transfer orders and import product and customer data
Dynamically link products to an external database
Ability to customise the order entry form for telephone, phone, fax and mail orders
Enable multiple users to process orders simultaneously on multiple networked PCs
Enable multiple users to update catalogue content simultaneously on multiple networked PCs

Powerful Marketing Features	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Generates search-engine-friendly web sites
Meta keywords, meta description and title tags are automatically generated
Meta keywords, meta description and title tags can be edited by the user
Image alt tags automatically generated from product and section names
Create customer accounts to increase shopper loyalty
Create Best Sellers list for publication to the web site
Create Related Product lists to encourage additional purchases
Automatically generate a New Products list and publish to web site
Apply discounts based on order value and display in the shopping cart
Create Also Bought lists to show products other shoppers have purchased
Apply discounts based on quantity or specific products ordered
Apply merchandising discounts such as 'buy one get one free', date-expiring discounts and multiple use coupons
Generate email lists and mailing lists including mailing labels, envelopes and reports
Advanced mailing list generation allowing filtering based on a variety of criteria
Google Analytics integration provides comprehensive monitoring of site performance and ROI (requires free Google Account)
Set up a range of customer groups and apply specific criteria (discounts, messages, payment methods) to each group
Make notes under customer details and create action-due dates, and also sort by action-due dates

Customer Friendly Stores	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Online shopping cart with industrial strength security
Automated site navigation features including menu bar, section list, site map and 'breadcrumb trail'
Automatic email confirmation of order
Remember me' option for returning visitors.
Cart content summary visible on every page
Cart contents can be saved for later completion, or as a 'wish list'
Fast product search
Search by product variants such as colour and size
Integrate with Virtual Card Services for Secure Credit Card Payments