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Web  |  e-commerce - The GCart

Our GCart on-line store solution is a bolt-on for our Option C Web Hosting service, allowing you to add a full on-line shopping facility on your web site.

Simple yet powerful, and no software to install or download on your pc, the GCart offers a host of features including:

ADMIN AREA - PRODUCTS

  • Works with an unlimited number of products*
  • Discount price feature
  • Related products or "people who bought this also bought this" feature
  • Exclude some or all products from being subject to vat
  • Assign products to up to two different categories
  • Specify individual product options - different sizes, colours, hand, specifications etc...
  • Specify product weight (used to calculate postage)
  • Basic stock control**
  • Upload up to 6 images per product plus 1 PDF file*
  • Automatically creates the thumbnail images for you - no need to create 2 versions of each image yourself

ADMIN AREA - SHOP MANAGEMENT

  • Flexible postage calculation - base on weight, number of products, or custom amount
  • Provide your customers with discount codes in either £ or % (on-line vouchers)
  • Customisable e-mail messages to both you and your customer
  • Charge different vat and delivery rates based on the customer's location if you sell outside the UK
  • Backup database contents (data only) at the click of a button

ADMIN AREA - CUSTOMERS

  • Allow your customers to log in to your site and see the latest status of their order
  • Export your customers details in CSV format - this can be opened in Microsoft Excel
  • Export price list - your uploaded product details  output in CSV format
  • Export orders - all orders placed along with customer's details - in CSV format

SHOP - FEATURES

  • Send product info to a friend at a click of a button
  • Summary of shopping cart contents can be displayed on any page within online store
  • Customers can log-in if they have ordered before for faster repeat orders - contact details are saved in database (but for security not payment details)

SHOP - PAYMENT OPTIONS

  • Built-in compatibility with SagePay
  • Built-in compatibility with PayPal
  • Built-in Invoice / cheque with order option. Customer is given an online invoice and your address so that they can then send payment manually

Once the GCart has been added to your Option C hosting package and configured, all you need to do is log in to your admin area, and start entering product information and images. As you create the product sections, the product pages are automatically created for you and integrated into the shopping section of your site. Once any basic (or complex) customisation has been completed, the database and your on-line store simply sorts itself out as you add items to it. Your customers can locate products by either:

  • Using the built-in search facility, which will display all products using the keyword used, and you can set a preference for each product in the admin area as to which products appear higher (or lower) in the results.
  • They can click on the section, group, or department headings, and view each product in that section. Clicking on the product image displays a larger version of the image for clarity.

Customers simply locate the product (or service) they are after, select from the drop down list the quantity they want, along with any options (if applicable), and this is added to their 'shopping cart'. Once the cart has everything they need, they simply click on 'proceed to checkout' where payment is made by credit or debit cards, or an invoice generated which they can print out and post off with a cheque.

Automatic e-mails are generated and issued to both you and the customer detailing the transaction.  Simply process your order as you would normally.

*Dependant on web space availability.
** The GCart is not designed to provide full stock management. The 'basic stock control' we refer to is the ability to enter a value in the product management area, and the value is then shown in the product details as 'stock availability'. If a customer orders 1 of those items, the' stock availability' value is then dropped by 1 and so on until it reaches 0. You can also can prevent the items from being ordered if out of stock.

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