Ecommerce System with Online Store, Shopping Cart & Inventory System:

The Dashboard Ecommerce System offers the most complete secure ecommerce system available, including online store builder, shopping cart, credit card processing, PayPal, inventory management, cross-selling, recurring orders, wish list, gift certificates, gift cards, promo codes, customer address books, customer service, UPS integration, online order tracking and much, much more.  The flexible ecommerce system enables you to accept credit cards, checks, money orders, PayPal, gift certificates and 3rd party payment systems.  The Dashboard is more than simple shopping cart software - it is a completely integrated e-commerce solution that automates your online commerce from product entry to fulfillment and customer service.  The Dashboard's ecommerce software is powerful and flexible enough to handle millions of transactions, yet simple enough for the startup merchant to create an e-store or ecommerce template without the need for technical staff or even a webmaster!

How You Can Use It:

• Switch from your existing shopping cart software to enjoy the advanced features and power of the Dashboard complete ecommerce system
• Create an online store in minutes using the Dashboard's easy-to-use e-commerce templates
• Build ecommerce into your website home page, HTML newsletters, micro-sites or partner & affiliate sites
• Cut your costs by eliminating the need for programming, servers or ecommerce hosting
• Sell subscriptions and memberships and manage recurring payments using the Subscription and Membership Management system
• Sell downloads using the Download Management system
• Sell reservations or tickets for events using Reservation Management system
• Sell gift certificates and physical gift cards for use in your online store
• Offer discounts based on discount groups, promotional codes,
• Integrate with 3rd party accounting systems, including QuickBooks, MAS200, JDA and more
  

How It Works:

The Dashboard Ecommerce System is designed from the ground up to be easily managed by non-technical staff - one person with no HTML or programming skills can efficiently manage multiple ecommerce websites.  For the large, high volume ecommerce website, the Dashboard provides advanced features that allow your team to collaborate and separate responsibilities.  Product management, order processing, fraud prevention, fulfillment, marketing and customer service are separated out into intuitive modules, and each administrative action is tracked and logged in a history archive.  Technical and design staff have access to even more advanced features, allowing sophisticated product placement, HTML layout anywhere text can be added and integration with 3rd party software and components.

Selling online is an incredibly easy process.  Simply add your product via the automated product wizard, define attributes (size, color, format, weight, etc.), set inventory levels and create any special processing rules.  Once your product is in your online store, the ecommerce system makes order processing an even easier task.  All processing is segmented in to an automated workflow based system, including credit card processing, fraud prevention, backorders, shipping, order tracking and returns.  Your customers will enjoy state of the art customer service, receiving full access to view orders online, reprint receipts and invoices, create customer service requests, track shipments automatically via UPS, check gift certificate and download status, and much more.

Highlighted Features:

Ecommerce System Product Management

Add Product Wizard
Quickly and easily add products, complete with images, without the need to know HTML.  In just one step your product or service will be online and ready to order.

Unlimited Product Attributes
Define products by any number of attributes, such as size, color, weight, format, speed, etc.  Charge different prices and assign separate handling fees based on attribute combinations.

Unlimited Product Categories and Subcategories
Create any number of categories and subcategories on the fly.  Copy, move or remove products to or from any category.  Create category "splash" pages to automatically provide graphics or promotional information depending on the category clicked.

Advanced Product Types & Rules
Sell physical products, memberships, subscriptions, downloadable items, printed materials, reservations and more.  The Dashboard applies intelligent processing based on the product type, such as no shipping for downloads, and a separate "awaiting print" queue for printed materials.

Cross-sell Products / Suggested Selling
Create product relationships and define products to display when customer hits "add to cart" or "check out".  Suggested products can be displayed beneath cart information or in a popup window.

Ecommerce System Inventory Management

Maintain Inventory by SKU
The complete inventory management system within the Dashboard provides the ultimate method to track inventory sold, inventory unsold, product sales performance, low inventory levels and re-order levels.  Track inventory by individual SKU (Stock Keeping Unit), specific to the physical product defined by product attribute groups.

Sophisticated Inventory Behavior Rules
Track physical inventory, as well as virtual inventory.  Virtual inventory intelligently tracks item sales accounted for, but not shipped.  Virtual inventory allows you to hold inventory for orders that have not been processed yet, items in active shopping carts, and items for which checks or money orders have been sent.

Synch Inventory with 3rd Party Accounting Systems
Integrate your ecommerce inventory with your accounting system in real-time or on a batch basis.  Synchronize inventory with QuickBooks, MAS200, JDA or any custom accounting system used by your business.

Ecommerce System Order Processing

Queue Based Order Processing
The Dashboard Ecommerce software automatically puts orders into intelligent, workflow-based processing queues.  This processing system allows you to bulk process tasks like check arrivals, credit card authorization, backorders, shipping and more.  The work-flow system also makes it easy to separate tasks by job function, department or physical office.

Automatic Notification Emails
Custom define emails that are triggered on virtually every event within your order processing system, including check arrived, payment accepted, order shipped, product backordered, wishlist sent, download ready and much more.  Define rules for administrators to receive emails when orders are placed and ready to be processed.

Configurable Back-order System
The Dashboard allows your ecommerce administrators to split orders into multiple shipments based on inventory availability.  Backorders can be adjusted based on how you choose to handle shipping and any additional fees.

Ecommerce System Payment Processing

Accept Multiple Payment Types
Accept credit cards, checks, money orders, PayPal, gift certificates and 3rd party payment systems.  The Dashboard ecommerce software allows you to accept multiple payments per order and processes accordingly.  Interface with virtually any payment gateway and merchant account for direct deposit of credit card charges to your bank account.

Built-in Fraud Prevention
Integrated CVV (credit card security code) and AVS (address verification) credit card verification.  "Last line" credit card capture queue gives administrators final chance to visually verify orders.  Flag or block orders from particular countries.  Block IP addresses of problem visitors.

Gift Certificates & Gift Cards
Create digital gift certificates for use with your online store.  Customers can use any number of times until the entire balance is used up.  Bulk export gift certificates to CVS or XML to print physical gift cards to be sent by mail or sold directly through retail locations.

Ecommerce System Shipping & Fulfillment

Complete UPS Integration
Create a UPS account directly through the Dashboard and enjoy real-time shipping features.  Print shipping labels directly from your Dashboard system, verify legitimate customer addresses automatically at time of checkout, and allow customers to track their orders in real-time directly via your ecommerce website.

Unlimited Shipping Providers
Define any number of shipping services and shipping configurations.  Set up shipping for UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, Airborne, or any provider you use.  Define additional charges for next day, second day, priority or any period you choose.  Charge shipping based on order total price breaks, order total percentage, weight, flat fee and by provider.

Batch Print Invoices, Pack Slips, Return Forms & UPS Labels
Dynamically print PDF versions of receipts, invoices, pick slips, pack slips, return forms, UPS labels and more.  Save time by batch printing your forms in one simple step.

Customer Order Tracking Interface
Cut down on customer service hours by allowing customers to see their order status, track shipping and even reprint old receipts and return forms online.

Ecommerce Marketing & Promotions

Marketing Campaigns
Use the Dashboard's Marketing & Campaign Management system to find and purchase online advertising, create campaigns and track your click-thru's and sales conversions in real-time.  See detailed reports that calculate your return on investment (ROI) for each sales campaign you create to easily see where your marketing budget is working best for your business.

Affiliate Management System
Use the Dashboard's Marketing & Campaign Management system to create and track your own online affiliate program.  Use the affiliate program to offer incentives to partners, brokers and reseller sites for driving traffic to your site and facilitating sales.  Offer flat fees or commissions on sales.  The Dashboard reporting system easily provides you click-through's and sales conversions for each affiliate.

Promotional Codes & E-coupons
Create custom promo codes and online coupons to offer percentage off, flat rate off, free item, free shipping or any combination of incentive to entice your customers to purchase while on your site.

Email Management System
Offer promotions and incentives to your customers using the Dashboard's sophisticated Email Management system.  Track read rates, clicks per link and more.  Use with the Marketing & Campaign Management system for complete performance analysis and sales conversion tracking.

Online Store Shopping Features

Wish List
Allow your customers to create "wishlists" to save products to a list for later purchase or to send to a friend, co-worker or family member to purchase for them.  Customers can create wish lists that contain out of stock items (if you allow it) and the Dashboard will notify them when an item returns to inventory.

Address Book
Your customers can create "address books" of multiple shipping addresses to use within your online store.  Configure your ecommerce system to allow the address book option, or force customers to ship to the address in their profile.

Send to a Friend
Allow shoppers to quickly and correctly send a product page via email to another potential customer.  Use with the Dashboard Incentive & Loyalty system and offer discounts or loyalty points for customers who achieve sales conversions when they email a product to a friend.

Related Features:

Subscription & Membership System
Create a paid subscription offering - whether a fan club, magazine / newsletter offering, union membership, or anything else that requires date-based offerings.  Create "Product of the Month" clubs that ship new products to paying members.  Offer your own discount clubs similar to Costco by creating discounts based on membership level.  Restrict premium content to paid subscribers only, including news articles, photographs, video, message boards, chat rooms, webcams and much more.

Paid Downloads System
Sell downloadable products, such as songs & videos, how-to documents & training, informational databases and data files, high resolution artwork, and much more.  Maintain separate inventory to automatically remove limited run downloads once limits are reached.  Create digital gift certificates or offline gift cards to allow customers to offer your downloads as gifts.

Marketing & Campaign Management
The Dashboard Affiliate Management software and Campaign Management software tie directly into the the Ecommerce software.  Enjoy complete integration and reporting to accurately gauge your campaign performance.  Create different campaigns for each product.  Use the built-in Cross-selling software to promote products related to those in your campaign.  Create special promotion codes and discount coupons for each campaign to offer further incentive for purchase!

Customer Service & CRM
Track detailed information on every order placed with the Dashboard Customer Service & CRM system.  Allow your customers to view past order history, re-print invoices and receipts, check order status and even track UPS shipments directly through your Dashboard-powered website.  Track down and ban problem customers or fraud suspects by barring their use of credit cards on your site or preventing them from purchasing altogether.  Create gift certificates your customers can redeem online as a reward or as a goodwill gesture.

Surveys, Polls and Message Boards
Use the interactive features of the Dashboard to engage and receive feedback from your customers.  Deliver surveys to your customers via email or specify post-checkout surveys.  Offer coupons or other incentives for completing surveys.  Place multiple choice polls at various locations within your online store to get quick feedback on shopping experience, product selection or any other point to help you better understand your customer.

Incentive & Loyalty Systems
Reward your members with points they can redeem for further purchases on your site or to use within points-based auctions.  Offer points for purchase of a particular product, sales referrals or ecommerce survey participation!

Email Publishing & Tracking
Deliver your products and services directly to your customer's inbox using the Dashboard's Email Publishing & Tracking system.  Create purchase links and "add to cart" buttons inside your email newsletters and track clicks to individual products.  Keep customers up to date on your latest sales and promotions.  Create special promotional codes for each email, targeted specifically to groups of customers based on region, age, gender or any other criteria you choose!

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