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San Antonio E-Commerce 


What is ECommerce? - ECommerce or electronic commerce is the buying or selling of goods or services utilizing some form of electronic system such as the internet or other computer network.  What this means is that a whole new exciting way to both increase the amount of exposure your business has in the market-place, and a way to facilitate your ability to expand your business into just about any part of the world you wish, much faster and easier than it could have ever been before, is now available.

The internet has revolutionized the way the entire world does business.  Before the internet most small to medium sized business' focused primarily on regional and local markets within a certain proximity to their physical location.  It was just logistically difficult and very costly to effectively market a business the farther you moved away from the physical address of the home office. 

Today, this is changing rapidly because of the Internet.  More and more, people are no longer concerned with how far away the company they do business with may be located.  The biggest concern now is quality goods and services offered at a good price and excellent customer service.   This means that those business' that do not move into this new arena are going to be left behind and the ones that move forward now are going to be that much better prepared for the future.

Joomla & VirtueMart - We have examined many different ECommerce, CMS, and Shopping Cart systems and after much testing and evaluation we have chosen to use Joomla with the VirtueMart Extension because the flexibility and features were unbeatable.  Together these products allow the creation and design of the perfect online store for any application. 

For more information and documentation about Virtuemart, please visit www.virtuemart.net.

Virtuemart includes the following features:

General Features

  • Capable of using Secure Sockets Layer (https) Encryption (128-bit)
  • Flexible Tax Models
    • Model 1: Ship To Address-based Tax Calculation
    • Model 2: Store Address-based Tax Calculation
    • Model 3: EU Mode (Store Owner based Tax Calculation when Customer comes from an EU Country)
  • Shoppers can manage their User Accounts (registration required)
  • Shipping Address Management (Customers can enter their own Shipping Addresses)
  • Order History: Shopper can view all their previous Orders (and Order Details)
  • Order Confirmation Mail (customizable!) is sent to Shopper and Store Owner

 

Product Catalog Features

  • Powerful Web-Administration Interface (JavaScript-powered)
  • Manages an unlimited Number of Products and Categories
  • Can be used as a Shop or just as an Online-Catalog (you can even turn off Price Display)
  • Quick Search for Products, Categories and Manufacturers; filter by features or discounted Products
  • Product Ratings & Testimonials (moderated or auto-published)
  • Feature specific Products by setting them "on special"
  • Product Availability: show how fast a Customer can expect delivery
  • Handles downloadable Products (virtual Goods)
  • "Product is back in Stock"-Notification for subscribed Customers

 

Administration Features

  • Multiple Images and Files (like Spec Sheets and Flyers) per Product
  • Product Attributes (like Size or Color) can be added to Product
  • Product Types for Classification Shopper Groups for Customers (allows different Price Levels and Payment Options)
  • Multiple Prices per Product (Quantity-based and/or Shopper Group-based Prices)
  • Flexible Price Display (number & currency formatting; including or excluding tax)
  • On-the-Fly Price Conversion between different Currencies using Live Rates from the ECB or other banks
  • Shop Statistics / Control Panel with a Summary of new Customers, new Orders....
  • Stock Level Control for Products and Item
  • Order Management with Order History, Customer Notification and Order Edit Functionality
  • Basic Reporting Feature: sold Items, monthly/yearly Revenue
  • Order Status Management
  • Manage different Currencies, Countries & States

 

Payment Modules

  • Capable of live Credit Card Processing
  • Pre-defined Payment Gateways like authorize.net®, PayPal, 2Checkout, eWay, Worldpay, PayMate and NoChex
  • Extend your Shop with other Payment Modules using the Payment Module API!

 

Shipping Modules

  • Flexible Shipping Carriers and Rates Configuration
  • Live-Shipping Rates using Shipping Modules (e.g. InterShipper, UPS, USPS, FedEx or Canada Post; Modules can use the Shipping Rate API).
  • Extend your Shop with other Shipping Modules using the Shipping Module API!

 

Let our team of San Antonio Web Design Experts create a custom design specifically for your ECommerce needs.

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