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ShopFactory comes with a rich set of features, designed to make e-Commerce easy for you. From creating your website to maintaining your orders.

Since 1995 we have continuously developed and improved ShopFactory based on feedback from website developers, shop owners and their customers.

With more than 180,000 shops built to date, and more than 100 million people shopping in ShopFactory shops every month, there has been plenty of feedback. From real shop owners and real customers.

By using ShopFactory you will benefit from their experience and from ours.  The comprehensive list of features below is based on this real-world experience. Often copied, but never matched. You will come to appreciate this more and more, when you use ShopFactory.

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General
Save time and nerves with ShopFactory's easy set-up. Just install ShopFactory on your Windows PC and build your shop with the integrated What You See is What You Get CMS system. Publish it with the included publishing tool and wait for your orders to start rolling in. Then maintain your orders with SalesManager. There is no server side installation required. You can create your own shop even if know nothing about servers or website programming.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

Faster and easier. Create complete website including e-Commerce functionality with point and click ease  

 

 

Integrated CMS system for easy management of website content and product data.  

 

Improved publishing - only publish what you need

 

 

 

 

Large number of new and professionally designed website themes can be customized with point and click ease  

 

 

Shops run on any server as soon as published (uploaded) to the server with the integrated publishing tool.  

 

 

No installation required. ShopFactory shops require no complex server side installations, unlike most other e-commerce solutions. Just publish your shop to any server with the integrated publisher to start accepting orders immediately.  

 

 

Free secure order processing allows you to accept orders as soon as your shop has been published  

 

 

Quickly create your shop on any Windows platform from Windows 98 upwards and then publish to your server with the integrated publishing tool — much easier then building a shop online and you have all the data.  

 

Automatic server clean-up function: removes pages and products from your server when they are deleted or disabled.  

 

 

Automatic update alert when new versions released  

 

Automatic PHP support — ShopFactory detects if your server supports PHP and automatically enables PHP search for faster search results. No PHP setup required.  

 

 

Patented security prevents fraudulent manipulation of order details, such as a customer changing a product price.  

 

 

Enable/Disable Search function  

 

 

Require customers to agree to Terms and Conditions  

 

 

Under Construction Alert — can be enabled to allow customer to know about updating or building activities  

 

 

 

 

Page Details

ShopFactory allows you to add pages and sub pages at the click of a button — making creating and maintaining a website structure a breeze. Of course you can also temporarily disable pages .

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

Multiple new page themes to select from  

 

 

Apply different page themes to different pages  

 

 

Support for different product/paragraph styles  

 

 

Unlimited pages  

 

 

Unlimited page levels (sub-pages)  

 

Improved: Sort pages by drag and drop  

 

 

Enable and disable pages  

 

 

Title, Introduction, Description, Footer support  

 

 

Link box support to link to other pages, products and websites  

 

 

Add banner link function  

 

 

Add HTML code function for counters and tracking systems  

 

 

Multiple indexes for better navigation  

 

 

Exclude pages from Index  

 

Search Engine optimization support  

 

 

Automatic page division based on adjustable product limit per page  

 

Improved WYSIWIG editing  

 

 

 

 

Product Details

ShopFactory makes adding Products easy — and helps you to display them in the best possible light. Now you can build shops faster and get better sales results with professional product displays.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Unlimited products  

 

 

Unlimited categories  

 

 

Unlimited category levels  

 

 

Title, Introduction, Description, Longer Description, Highlights and Teaser fields for product details  

 

 

Unlimited products  

 

 

Unlimited options and choices (variations) such as colours, sizes, or add-on options  

 

 

Product bundling  

 

 

Select from different display styles for different pages  

 

 

Link Products to "More Details" pages to provide unlimited information.  

 

 

Link product to external information resources  

 

 

Link product to larger images, sound and video files  

 

 

Create option templates such as shoe sizes for quick option generation  

 

 

Cross promotions (promote similar or related products)  

 

 

Automatic generation of picture thumbnail with link to larger image  

 

Add Picture Frames to Product images to improve their looks  

 

Improved product slideshow with unlimited images  

 

 

Display prices depending on membership and reseller settings*  

 

 

Highlight products in Link boxes  

 

 

Promote products on any page  

 

Stock control on product and option level (see Inventory)  

 

Allow or disallow buying of out of stock products  

 

 

Temporarily hide products  

 

 

Disable buying function for products  

 

 

Base price support  

 

 

Select from different product display styles  

 

Link to shipping charges from each product (required by law in some countries)  

 

 

List products in multiple categories  

 

 

Put products on Special (see also discount functions)  

 

 

Various product discounts (see also discount functions)  

 

 

Product teaser promotion, such as “Bestseller”  

 

 

List of Features  

 

 

Special handling or shipping costs on product level  

 

 

Automatic tax assignment based on Tax settings  

 

Set product category for Internet searches  

 

 

Define Quantity unit  

 

 

Allow purchasing decimal quantities, such as 1.5 meters  

 

Set Manufacturer  

 

 

Enter product codes  

 

EAN/UCC-13 support  

 

 

Define minimum order quantity  

 

 

Define maximum order quantity  

 

 

 

 

Discount Functions

Offering discounts helps you boost your sales. So of course ShopFactory contains the largest amount of discount options available. After all, boosting sales is what selling online is all about.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Shop wide discounts by percentage (Reduce all products by 10% for example)  

 

 

Shop wide discount on customer order total (Spend $100 or more and get a 10% discount)  

 

 

Product level discount by price (set a fixed discounted price)  

 

 

Product level discount by percentage (reduce product price by a set percentage)  

 

 

Product level discount by quantity (set a lower price for larger quantities)  

 

 

Buy some, get some free. (Buy 2, get 1 free or Buy 3, get 2 free)  

 

 

Buy one, get another product free  

 

 

Set Product discounts on Product only or on product and options  

 

 

Highlight product discounts  

 

 

Product discount message  

 

 

Promote next Discount level (alerts customers to quantity discounts applying if they order more)  

 

 

Schedule discount events by time and date  

 

 

Reseller purchasing discount (displays lower prices to resellers after login)*  

 

 

Membership discounts ((displays lower prices to members after login)*  

 

Discount Vouchers*  

 

Gift Vouchers *  

 

 

Free shipping for members*  

 

 

Discounts for repeat customers*  

 

 

 

 

Promotions

When you run an online shop, promoting it and your products is what will get you the sales. By telling people about your shop or customers about related products you build up your sales. So based on the experience of merchants of ShopFactory we have added the functions you really need to become successful.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Highlighted Discounts  

 

 

Many discount types (see also Discount Functions)  

 

Discount Vouchers *  

 

Gift Vouchers *  

 

 

Up-selling (if you buy 3 more, you will get a discount)  

 

 

Link directly to a product or page from other locations such as email or external websites  

 

 

Timed Discounts (automatically expire or repeat discounts at certain times)  

 

 

Newsletter mailing list generation support  

 

 

Email list generation based on customer preference  

 

 

Email list generation based on items purchased by customer  

 

 

Email list generation based on location of customer  

 

 

Integrated Mail-out module in SalesManager  

 

 

Link Boxes — link from any product or page to any other products or pages to highlight a relationship or promote specific products  

 

 

Membership Points rewards  

 

 

List your products on santu, eBay and froogle  

 

 

Search Engine compatible (See also Search Engine Optimization)  

 

 

Advertising tracking — find out how many orders are generated by your advertising campaigns *  

 

 

 

 

Inventory

Save time with ShopFactory by easily importing products into your shop and maintaining them with ShopFactory.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Import basic product details from existing Databases with ImportWizard  

 

 

Import virtually any product data including options and choices with Import Wizard Pro  

 

Stock control on Product level  

 

Stock control on Option and choice (variants) level  

 

Automatically combine catalogue number of a product with a selected option check stock levels (such as a T-Shirt and its colours: T45-green)  

 

 

Manually update stock levels  

 

Automatically update Stock levels when orders are placed*  

 

Real-time Display of available stock levels  

 

Exact or Traffic Light Stock level display  

 

 

Shop wide “Out of Stock” message  

 

Product level “Out of Stock” message (For example to state a delivery time)  

 

 

Define Minimum Purchase Price Total (how much a customer must spend at least to place an order)  

 

 

Define maximum Purchase Price Total (the maximum value of an order you accept via the Internet)  

 

 

Manage orders with SalesManager  

 

 

 

 

Sales Analysis and tracking

Being on top of your sales and resellers requires analysis and tracking tools. ShopFactory either includes or is compatible with Services which allow you to stay on top.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Receive order by email  

 

 

Automatic fraud alerts for high risk orders  

 

 

Search all order data by customer, order number, products ordered, regions and more ^  

 

 

Create order statistics based on number of orders, regions, best selling products and more ^  

 

 

Worst selling products, time frames ^  

 

 

Track Affiliated Reseller sales and commission payments*  

 

 

Track Network sales for up to Five Levels*  

 

 

Track Reseller discounts*  

 

 

Track member purchases*  

 

 

Track advertising results by profitability*  

 

Export order data into backend systems such as Sage 50 and QuickBooks via XML feed*  

 

 

Generate email lists based on order searches for email advertising or newsletters^*  

 

 

 

 

Making it easy for customers

Convert more website visitors into buying customers by making buying easy for them and giving them a feeling of security. ShopFactory does it for you to help you boost your profits.

 

 

  Pro Gold  

 

 

Easy website navigation  

 

 

Fast adding of items to Shopping Cart for faster customer feedback  

 

 

Automatic updating of Order Total based on products in Shopping Cart  

 

 

Automatic tax and shipping costs calculations prior to check-out (see also Tax and Shipping)  

 

Secure easy two step order process with patented fraud protection  

 

Secure-Feel check-out process (being secure and feeling secure are two different things)*  

 

 

Membership support with welcome message and special product discounts*  

 

 

Free shipping for members*  

 

 

Reseller support with different prices for different resellers *  

 

 

Recover Password function for members and resellers  

 

Integrated Blog allows keeping customers and resellers up to date.  

 

 

Automatic remembering of customer details for easy check-out  

 

 

Restore shopping cart function for repeat visitors  

 

 

Integrated search for products and content (Basic search and configurable PHP Power Search)  

 

 

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