Full Integration

Business rules are preserved and a single source of data maintained.  Data uploads from SAGE to the website are configurable by type of data and frequency

Website Resilience

Continued operation when connectivity to SAGE 200 is lost, using locally stored data (e.g. products, stock levels etc). Some dependant features would be disabled

Browse by Product Type

Configured and maintained in SAGE and uploaded to the website on schedule, allowing product categories to be added or deleted without further development. Navigation structure will be defined by the data in SAGE

Browse by Brand

Navigating products filtered by brand, including Brand Shopping index

Product Attributes

Group products of different sizes and colours (or other attribute) together and display as a single Style, with the ability for the user to choose the appropriate option

Product Keyword Search

Product code or word(s) search against defined product data (e.g. product description, additional product content).

Advanced Search/Product Filters

Top-level Category, Brand and Price-Range filters for search.

Static Content Pages

Admin function to maintain text and image content not held in SAGE (including SEO content in product route) such as Terms and Conditions and About Us brochureware content

Extendable Product Data

Extend product data that can't be held in SAGE with a simple Web Control Panel so that products can be described and tailored specifically for the website

Product Pricing

Show customer specific pricing using the pricelist and discount rules set up in SAGE

VAT Inclusive/Exclusive Price Toggle

Toggle for display of VAT inclusive/exclusive prices. Site-wide variable to switch on or off as parameter

Quantity Breaks

Uses quantity break data set up in SAGE against a product for bulk purchasing

Customer Log In & Registration

Cater for new customers and offline account customers within SAGE

Zoom and detail Product Images

Display multiple images for any single product in a larger format

Stock Availability

Handle multiple stock configurations, E.g. In Stock (product can be viewed and added to basket - actual stock figures can be displayed numerically if required), Out of Stock but back orderable (product can be viewed and added to basket if product is set as back orderable and appropriate due in date message displayed), Out of Stock (product can be viewed but not added to basket and appropriate due in date message displayed).

Search Engine Friendly URLs

Improved search-engine results by using readable URLs.

Back Order Taking

Allow orders to be taken for out of stock items or for not allowing orders for out of stock items.

Special Offers, Featured Products, and Clearance Lines

Elevate individual products or groups of products for display throughout the website, and configure either by dynamic rules or by manual override.

Promotions

Order level promotion (e.g. Basket value thresholds to receive % or numerical discount) driven by SAGE Data

Product Accessories

Cater for mandatory and optional product accessories related to products.

Product Substitutions

Catering for product alternative display when a product is out of stock

Top Selling Products

Data based on product sales (by quantity or value over a defined period). Overridden configuration in SAGE to display 'specific' pushed product

Cross-Selling (Related Products)

Recommended additional related products and/or services.

Multiple Product Units

Cater for buying products in pack and single. Units maintained in SAGE

Shopping Basket

Cater for product line display, qty amendment, product deletion, totals (with VAT permutations) and grand total

Inline Shopping Basket

Cater for number of products and subtotal

Customer Recognition

Personalized information and control preferences when a customer signs in

Customer Profiling

The website will manually collect information on customers e.g. mailing preferences and interests

Checkout Process

Customers choose delivery address, delivery method (from SAGE service codes), supply payment details (authenticated by a secure PCI compliant Payment Gateway Provider such as Protx, Cybersource, Commidea, Paypal or Google Checkout) or 'pay' on credit account.  Customers are always clear about what they are purchasing, when the order has been submitted, and what they can expect the next action to be in the process

My Account

Order tracking, Parcel Tracking (E.g. via carrier website where available), creating/editing addresses, credit account queries, Statements and available credit and changing password/email address

Forgotten Password

Inform customers of their password by email to registered email address

Google Analytics

Integrated analytics and reporting tools

Website USAGE Analysis

Product View Popularity, Product Basket Popularity, and Product Keyword Search Analysis as emailed Excel Reports

Downloads, e.g. Credit Application Form

Download of pdf, Word documents, image files in defined formats

Quick Shop

Simple entry of product code, add to basket with product identification

Site Map

A-Z index displayed by bottom level product category or by categories within top level product category. Population of all sitewide static content links

Website Administration

Setting website specific system parameters (e.g. email addresses), web login maintenance, and meta keyword and description maintenance

Website Utilities

Email a friend, bookmark a page/add to favorites, customer enquiry form, email/newsletter sign up

Catalogue Requests

Requesting catalogue by post

Web Accessibility

W3C Level 1 Web Accessibility standards

Search Engine Compliance

Use of contextual keywords, contextual meta descriptions to product group level

Browser Compatibility

Compatible with the latest browsers (future proofing where possible)