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Shop Manager Comparison Guide

Shop Manager is a new breed of ecommerce. Deploying the very latest Web 2.0 technologies it is the most feature packed ecommerce system available and includes everything you need to run, promote and profit from your online store. It combines an easy to use, control panel with marketing tools proven to significantly increase your sales.

The following chart outlines the major differences between the three versions of Shop Manager. If you have any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

	Starter	Professional	Ultimate
General Features
Number of Products	100	5,000	Unlimited
Number of Staff Logins	2	3	20
Sell in Multiple Currencies
Checkout
Secure Checkout
Single Page Checkout
Customer can search and browse order history
Real time customer order tracking
Guest/anonymous checkout option
Forced Registration Checkout
Quote Cart, i.e. Ordering disabled, prices replaced with "Call for Pricing"
Customer Registration
Customer Accounts
Order Management
Order Messaging System
Export Orders (CSV/XML)
Global Store Tax Calculation
International Orders
Per Country/State Tax Rates
Order Notification Emails
Order Notifications via SMS
Order Notifications via Windows Live
Order Status Change Emails for Customers
Tracking Number for Orders
Limit Shipping to Certain Countries
Specify Order Handling Fees
Invoices & Packing Slips
Affiliate Conversion Tracking
Bulk Import Tracking Numbers
Supported Payment Methods
2Checkout
Authorize.Net
BPay
E-Way
eSelect Plus
LinkPoint
PayMate
PayPal
Protx
WorldPay
YourPay
Bank Deposit
Cheque
Cash on Delivery
Pay in Store
Money Order
Credit Card (Manually/Offline)
Supported Shipping Methods
Royal Mail
FedEx
UPS
Flat-Rate Per Country
Flat-Rate Per Order
Free Shipping
Fee Per Item
Ship by Weight
Ship by Order Total
Returns Management (RMA)
Customers Can Submit Return Requests from Your Store
Customisable Return Instructions
Customisable Return Reasons
Customisable Return Actions
Advanced Returns Processing
Returns Notifications by Email for Store Owner
Returns Status Update Emails for Customers
Issue Store Credit for Returns
Inventory Control
Per-Product Inventory Levels
Per-Variation Inventory Levels
"Out of Stock" Messages
Low Stock Warning Emails
Easy Inventory Management
Product Management
Sell Physical & Downloadable Products
Images Per Product	5	5	5
Bulk Product Editing
Product Variations
Files Per Downloadable Product	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Limit Access to Downloadable Products
Expiry Dates on Downloadable Products
Product Reviews
Product in Multiple Categories
Set Product's Cost, Retail & Sale Prices
Automatic Thumnail Image Creation
Per-Product Free Shipping
Automatically/Manually Specify a List of Related Products
Per-Product Custom Fields
Specify Sort Order
Choose Different Product Layout Files (HTML)
Full SEO Customisation
Hide Pricing Per-Product
Customer Management
Advanced Customer Search
Customer Order History
Import Customers (CSV/XML)
Export Customers (CSV/XML)
Store Credits System
Customer Groups w/ Discounts & Access Permissions
Promotions & Marketing
Banner Management
Coupon Codes
Newsletter Subscriptions
Newsletter Subscribers Export (CSV)
Google Products Export
Content Management System
Create Web Pages
Contact Form Creation
Syndicated Web Pages
News Management
Analytics Integration
Google Analytics
Easy Integration With Other Analytics Package Via Modules System
Statistics and Reporting
Store Overview
Top Customers
Best Selling Products
Customer Location (via Google Maps)
Orders by Revenue
Orders by Items Sold
Popular Products
Inventory Reporting
Customer Signups
Revenue Per Customer
Search Statistics
Search Keyword Performance
Search Term Corrections
In-Store Features
Sell Physical & Downloadable Products
Pictures for Products	5	5	5
Wish Lists
Quick Search Box
Order History
Active Order Tracking
Unlimited Billing & Shipping Addresses
Ship to Multiple Addresses
Recently Views Products List
Newsletter Subscriptions
Order Messaging System
Gift Certificates
Enable/Disable Functionality
Choose Which Gift Certificate Values You Sell
Custom Gift Certificate Values
Expiry Dates
Customisable Themes
Settings, Maintenance & Logging
Built-In Backup System
Remote FTP Backups
Built-In System Log Files
Database Error Logging
Staff Action Logging
Per-Staff Permissions
Store Import & Export Wizards
OsCommerce 2.2
CubeCart 4.0
X-Cart 4.1
Views (Saved Searches)
Order Views
Customer Views
Product Views
Gift Certificate Views
Return Request Views
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Friendly URLs
Site-Wide Meta Keywords
Site-Wide Meta Description
Category Page Titles
Category Meta Keywords
Category Meta Description
Product Page Titles
Product Meta Keywords
Product Meta Description
Brand Page Titles
Brand Meta Keywords
Brand Meta Description
Web Page Titles
Web Page Meta Keywords
Web Page Meta Description
XHTML/CSS Standards-Based Markup
Store Customisation & Layout
Drag and Drop Page Design
100% Template Driven
CSS-Based Layouts
Download New Store Designs from Control Panel
Store Designs to Choose from	20+	20+	20+
Bespoke Design Option
Integrate an Existing Store Design Easily
Browser-Based HTML & CSS Editor for Store Designs
Localisation
Fully Translatable Store
Configure Currency Settings
Configure Number Formatting
Configure Date Formatting
Configure Weight Settings
Configure Measurement Settings
Other Features
Built-In Help Documentation
Inline Help Tips
Browser-Based Installation Wizard
Browser-Based Upgrade Wizard
Customise Email Messages
Built-In WYSIWYG Editor
Customer Address Verification