CS-Cart Overview

Custom Development

We offer a full array of custom development services for your CS-Cart stores. Our engineers are ready to handle all of your custom development needs. Some of our most popular ecommerce development tasks include introducing new business - specific features , integrating third party modules including payment systems, delivery systems and product catalogs.

Our service areas in CS-cart:

• CS-Cart website maintenance
• CS-Cart Design Integration
• CS-Cart templates and themes development
• CS-Cart Customization
• CS-Cart custom modules development
• CS-Cart site SEO

How does it work?

All work on custom ecommerce development projects follows these steps:

1. Click here to place a request for custom development work.
2. You will then be contacted by a quote manager. You will specify the modifications needed in great detail, agree on a final cost and get a time line for the work to be completed.
3. The project manager will then issue the invoice.
4. When the project is paid for, we add it to our project record system, and our programmer starts working.
5. During the work on the project we give you a link to our test server where you are able to view the progress of our work.
6. If you need to communicate with our programmers during the course of the project, you should submit your message to the project ticket in our Customer Help Desk system.
7. As soon as the project is finished and you give your approval, our engineer uploads the custom changes and updates to your server.

How much does it cost?

Each ecommerce project will be priced individually depending on the complexity of the work to be done. You can get a quote for your project by sending us a request via the request for quote form.

Full List of Feature

Our engineers are working constantly on extending CS-Cart shopping cart system features to meet even the most advanced requirements of our clients. Take a look at some of these features below.

General

• Complete ready-to-use web store package
• Web-based installation wizard & store configuration
• 100% Open source code
• Intuitive administration panel
• Built-in professional design templates
• Bulk uploading of categories, products and images
• Full import and export of product/user/order/language databases in CSV format
• No programming knowledge required for installation and setting up

Localization

• Translated into 8 languages (some translations are partial)
• Easy addition of new languages
• Configurable currency symbols
• Configurable measurement units
• Configurable list of countries/states/provinces
• Ability to switch date and time formats
• Ability to create unlimited number of localizations

Search Engine Optimization

• Search Engine Friendly URLs
• Custom meta keywords and description for product, category and content pages
• Generation of HTML catalog of static product and category pages
• Site map generation
• Breadcrumb trail

Design & Layout

• 100% template driven storefront and admin panel
• Easy integration to match current design
• Fully customizable design & layout
• Extensive usage of AJAX technologies, minimizing screen refreshes
• Category/product thumbnails and detailed images
• One-page checkout
• Design blocks
• Visual language variables editor
• Catalog page
• Mini-cart available on all pages
• Addition of custom content pages via administration interface
• Built-in template editor
• Changing storefront and admin logos via administration interface
• Debug console: displays a tree of templates for all pages

Product Catalog Features

• Unlimited number of products/categories
• Product cloning
• Unlimited category nesting
• Bulk product/category management
• Ability to assign products to multiple categories
• Featured products list and cross selling
• Digital delivery system
• Configurable products
• Quantity discounts
• Discount coupons
• Membership based access to every category

Product Details

• Unlimited product options w/optional surcharges
• Various display types for product options
• HTML enriched product descriptions
• Related products list
• Customers also bought list
• Unlimited product images
• Product large image popup

Marketing & Promotional Tools

• Affiliate ecommerce program
• E-mail/postal gift certificates
• Product filters
• RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization)
• Featured/Related products, cross selling
• Ability to set up variety of promotions
• Product reviews and ratings
• Gift Registry wish list
• One-page checkout
• Bestsellers
• 'Send to friend' feature
• Reward points addon
• Ability to add tags
• Polls

Merchandising/Inventory

• Full product stock control
• Low-stock notifications
• Wholesale trade
• Ability to set minimal order amount
• 'List Price' and 'Our Price' options
• Enabling/disabling product inventory control
• Extended import/export of product database

Shipping & Tax

• FedEx, USPS, DHL, Australia Post & Canada Post real-time calculations
• Intershipper real-time calculator
• Customizable shipping surcharges
• Unlimited custom delivery methods
• Unlimited custom-defined destinations
• Shipping restriction by location
• Free shipping option
• Drop shipping
• Flexible shipping customization (based on the number of items, weight or order amount)
• Customers can choose delivery methods
• Customizable tax calculation
• Product-specific taxes
• 'Tax exempt' feature

Payment Gateways & Methods

• Full list of offline payment methods: Checks, purchase orders, phone orders and others
• Real-time credit card processing: 50+ integrated payment systems
• Ability to create new payment methods

Web-based Administration Panel

• Easy and quick addition of multiple items (products, categories, static pages, etc)
• File browser and template editor use AJAX technologies
• Ability to configure every aspect of ecommerce site in real time
• Integrated database backup/restore tool
• Flexible organization of webshop informational part
• Unlimited number of admin accounts
• Multiple levels of administrative access
• Ability to act on behalf of other users
• Ability to collect statistical data
• IP-based access restrictions
• Integrated webmail system
• SMS notifications

Customer Care

• Integrated configurable store search
• Search filters
• Password reminder for customers
• Customers can view order history
• Customer memberships and special pricing
• Membership based access to the informational part of the store
• 'Continue shopping' and 'Clear cart' buttons
• Printable invoices
• 'Wish list' feature
• 'Feature comparison' option
• Customer can edit product options directly in the cart

Security

• Full HTTPS/SSL support
• Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access
• Secure HTTPS/SSL checkout, login and customer profile pages
• Customer passwords are MD5 encrypted in database
• Password-protected administrative access
• Automated periodical requests for administrative password changes
• Passwords are always checked for security

Repeat Customer Accommodation:

• Shopping cart content is stored in database
• Each customer can have unlimited number of profiles
• Registered customers can edit their account details at any time
• Registered customers can view their order history

Our shopping cart program is a highly customizable ecommerce solution. If your business has some specific feature requirements, our engineers would be happy to help you customize your store so it will satisfy all of your business needs. Please use our Request a quote form to describe the details of your project.

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