Shopping Cart - Features

 Product options and categories:

Create unlimited products

• View the total sales for each product.
• Adjust stock levels.
• Set the weight or size of the product.
• Upload related files and documentation related to a product.

Detailed product descriptions

• Short description.
• Article description updateable via advanced WYSIWYG editor.
• Meta Tag Descriptions.

Create unlimited brands

• You can assign any number of products to a brand.
• Each brand can have an associated image, URL link and description.

Create unlimited product categories

• You can assign any number of products to a category.
• Hierarchical menu system.
• Create unlimited sub categories.

Create unlimited product options

• Products can have options such as colour and size and each option factors in the cost associated with it.

For example:

• Product A is $40
• Product A in red is an additional $ 5
• Product A in green is an additional $ 10
• Product A in white is minus $ 4
• Product options allow for complicated add-ons to your product

Create unlimited product groupings

• Products can be grouped together under a common product name.

For example: “Black Shoes”, “White Shoes” and “Blue Shoes” could be grouped together to form one product called “Shoes”.

• This is similar to creating product options except it allows for more flexibility because products within a group can be added to specials.

Assign unlimited related products

• Products can be related to other product, which allows you to use suggestive selling.
• Make a network of related products for up selling.

Product sorting

• Ability to change how the products are ordered on the website.
• Ability to display customized sorting on backend.
• Dynamic Paging.
• Search Engine Friendly Paging.

Product search

• Clue Design’s product search function finds products for the user based on a rating system
• Product Name
  • SKU
  • Keywords
  • Short Description
  • Long Description

Ranged pricing

• Any product can have prices based on the amount of items that the user wishes to purchase.

For example:

• Buying 0 – 15 pens costs $5 each
• Buying 16 – 30 pens costs $3.5 each
• Buying 31 or more pens costs $2 each

Featured products

• A product marked as ‘featured’ will display a specially designed image to catch the users attention
• Featured products are randomly displayed on the home page of the website
• Featured products can be imbedded into flash objects for more impact

Advanced product images

• Auto creation of product thumbnails
• Auto creation of different sized thumbnails
• Products can have unlimited  images associated with them, which appear in new windows or in a slide show
• Image names and descriptions

Product Specials

• Specials can be set-up in advance and set to run for any defined amount of time
• Specials can be assigned to members or both members and the public
• Any special can have an unlimited amount of products assigned to it

Promotions

• Promotions can be run to give customers discounts on any products they purchase
• Promotions can be set-up in advance
• You can limit the amount of times a promotion code can be used or set an expiry date for the promotion
• The efficiency and success of a promotion can be tracked showing how many people have used the promotion. This feature allows you to assess your promotional campaign, which makes it easier to create campaigns in the future.

Dynamic product labelling (on special, members only etc)
Specially designed images will display when the product:

• is on special
• is set as a Featured Product
• has a discount price only for members and the user is logged in
• is new (within 14 days)
• has been listed as a members only special

Membership

Creating a membership system enables you to directly communicate with your target audience allowing you to not only market products to a specific demographic of consumer but also allows you to keep sensitive information hidden from the public. This system also enables you to price products differently and encourages consumer loyalty through membership discounts and point based discount systems.

Some of the features included in Clue Design’s membership product are:

Member’s logon

• Secure password login.
• Ability for encrypted passwords and extra strong security (Optional).
• Multiple login types for members, wholesalers, clients or any other group.
• Login interruption feature that allows you to suspend member’s accounts or pull up messages.

Member only site

• You can effectively have unlimited sites based on membership groups.
• Build secure content based on membership permissions.
• Forgotten password page, which quickly and securely, e-mails members that can’t remember their password a new one.

Member grouping

• Ability to create unlimited number of membership groups.
• Products can be hidden from specific member groups or the public.
• Products can be priced differently for every group and the public.
• Membership groups are assigned to content and other ‘member’ only content.

Ability to view previous orders

• Members can login and view previous orders.
• Orders are arranged into groups depending on the current status of the order.
• Members can track their orders using the assigned tracking number.
• By using their tracking number, members can visit the tracking company’s website and track the progress of their order. This system encourages consumer confidence and ultimately benefits your company through increased sales.

Special member’s only pages

• Members can access special pages that can only be viewed once the user has logged in
• Different membership groups see different “member” only products.

Both the members and administrator have the ability to change member details

• Members can change their details after logging in.
• Toggle receive monthly invoices.
• Toggle receive payment notifications.
• Toggle receive newsletter.
• Update credit card details.
• Update account details.

Members only news

• Members can view special news articles. This allows you to communicate directly with your members and allows you to exclude the public from information you want to e kept ‘members only’, it also allows you to communicate with your members depending on their demographics and personal information.

Members can change password

• Members have the ability to change their randomly assigned password.

Special member’s homepage

• This page can be designed and the ability to view it restricted purely to members.
• Different home pages can be created for different membership groups. I.e. gold members can access a different and possibly more informative homepage than customers who have silver membership.
• Ability to include membership statistics and helpful member information.

Quick signup

• Members are signed up automatically when an order is placed.
• An e-mail is automatically sent with membership details e-mail.
• Instant login access.

Registered signup (Optional)

• Enable members to sign up using a variety of payment methods including credit card, EFTPOS and cheque.

Administrate Membership

• Add/Remove/Suspend/Edit Members.
• Track individual members logins.
• View current or past purchases.
• Quickly assign members to new membership groups.
• View total member.
• View today’s total login count.
• View today’s new members.
• Export membership data.

Administrate Membership Groups

• Add unlimited amount of member groups.
• Assign different  pricing and specials to individual groups.

Navigation and Design

Design is fully flexible and can be tailored to suit any design.

• Shopping cart system can fit into any design.
• Standard design template.
• Ability to custom design skins.

No Query string

• This enables the site to be indexed faster by search engines such as Google.
• It makes the URL easier to read.

Quick navigation on all pages

• Navigation has been optimised to make browsing easier.
• Ability to browse products by:
  • Brand
  • Type
• Advanced Search Features.
• Advance Content Search.

Configurable product menu list

• This list can be changed to show any number of additional menu items.

Quick search engine indexing

• The site has been optimised for search engines such as Google.
• Products are indexed by Google within a week of the site going live.

Multilevel navigation menu

• The Clue CMS allows the creation of unlimited pages and menu items.
• Please see individual Clue CMS feature list.

To find out more about Clue Cart simply fill out an enquiry form

Purchasing and Payments

Secure Purchase Gateway

• The site provides SSL encryption for users whilst ordering products.

Freight Calculator

• Freight cost is calculated dynamically and added to the total of the order based on the user’s postcode.
• Users can view the freight cost breakdowns of any region where home delivery is possible by using the special search utility.

Quick Order

• Users have the ability to use a specially designed form to quickly order products, without having to navigate through the site. Great for clients that already know what they want.

Flexible Payment Options

• The Clue Design shopping cart system gives you the freedom to choose how payments on your website can be processed.
  • Secure Credit Card Payment Gateway
  • Batch Payment System

Flexible Payment Methods

• Finance
• Credit Card
• Direct Deposit
• Cheque

Ability to add monthly or periodic billing (optional)

• This allows you to set-up ongoing membership fees.

Insurance

• Customers have the option of insuring their purchase during shipping. This creates greater consumer confidence, which in turn equals more sales and increased profits.
• Like most of Clue Design’s added features the cost of insurance is automatically added to the total cost of the order.

Advanced E-mail

• You will be sent an e-mail whenever a user makes a purchase.
• The use of templates makes e-mails easily customisable to suit your needs.
• E-mails are sent in HTML format allowing you to style them the same as your website.
• E-mail logging system and resend of previous e-mails (Optional).

View Orders and Transactions

• View and export orders received on the website based on multiple search filters.
• View and export transactions processed from the website based on: Date, status or keywords.
• View scheduled and pending transactions.
• View detailed log information regarding your scheduled transactions (Optional).

Shipping and Order Tracking

Create unlimited shipping companies

• The system will select a default shipping company based on the size and weight of the order; however, you can select a different shipping company.

Shipping Tracking

• Ability to enter a tracking number for each shipment, which allows the user to track the order and ultimately creates consumer confidence and allows users to plan around the delivery of the product they have purchased
• If the order cannot be shipped complete and at the same time, product’s which haven’t been shipped, with the first shipment, will be marked to prevent them from being sent twice.

Allocate freight costs

• Set how much it will cost to freight any product, any where in the world by using any shipping company.