eCommerce is growing and changing at a rapid pace. It is being driven by ever-evolving technology and consumer needs. Keeping pace with this change can be difficult.

eCommerce consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

Electronic commerce typically uses electronic communications technology of the World Wide Web, at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although of course electronic commerce frequently depends on computer technologies other than the World Wide Web, such as databases, and e-mail, and on other non-computer technologies, such as transportation for physical goods sold via e-commerce.

In many cases, an e-commerce company will survive not only based on its product, but by having a competent management team, good post-sales services, well-organized business structure, network infrastructure and a secured, well-designed website.

Errasys's ecommerce solution is very easy to use. it allows you full control of categories, products, pricing and shipping costs.

if you would like to discuss an ecommerce solution you require please contact us for a free consultancy and estimate 

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The process is easy, quick and very flexible; and products can be date allocated so that you can put all your products into the system and will only appear when you tell them to appear on the internet.

A company that wants to succeed will have to perform 2 things:

• Technical and organizational aspects and customer-oriented.
• A successful e-commerce organization must also provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience to its customers

Certain products or services appear more suitable for online sales; others remain more suitable for offline sales.

While credit cards are currently the most popular means of paying for online goods and services, alternative online payments will account for 26% of e-commerce volume by 2009 according to Celent.

Our ecommerce solution is powered by an SQL2000 database and is stable, robust and scalable.

You can just add content and the coding does the rest for you, maintaining your clean format and accessibility standards.

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Our powerful eCommerce system allows you to:

• Features
  W3C Standards Compliant
  W3C XHTML CactuShop's default template and the code created by all front end pages is designed to adhere to the W3C's recommended XHTML specification. The placement and appearance of almost every page element can be controlled thanks to the extensive CSS implementation. CactuShop's skinning system means graphic designers can work on the look and feel without touching any ASP files.
• Product Options
  Multiple product options per item such as size, colour, style, etc. are possible. You can also turn these options into specific combinations and track stock of each separately.
• Multiple Language Capability
  Database driven for easy editing and changes online; supports individual skins for each language.
• Multiple Currencies
  You can customize each one separately, so users can see each displayed in its preferred form, for example £ 5.20 (with space), $4.60 (no space), 7,30 Kr (symbol after amount and comma as decimal separator) or ¥165 (no decimal fractions). A real-time exchange rate update facility is available as part of support coverage.
• Search Engine Friendly URLs PRO*
  Replaces Google-unfriendly parameterized URLs with friendly hierarchical ones without requiring any components installed. You just need to be able to set the custom 404 page for your site.
• Search Engine Extras
  Google Sitemaps support and static page generator (a useful stone age alternative to Search Engine Friendly URLs).
• Quantity Discounts PRO*
  Bulk pricing for 2+, 5+, 10+ etc. - you can define the break points and number of bands
• Promotions PRO*
  'Buy one get one free', 'Buy X get Y% off', 'Buy 2X get Y for free', etc.
• Customer Groups PRO*
  Create customer groups such as 'reseller' and 'valued customers', then restrict access to certain categories of products to a specified group only or give these customer groups a percentage discount.
• Configurable Tax and Shipping
  You can choose prices including or excluding tax, tax displayed or hidden until checkout, US state tax, EU VAT support, tax exemption for overseas/out-of-state customers and base shipping charges on UPS real time quotes or the built-in CactuShop banded shipping system.
• Saved Baskets, Wishlists and Speedorder
  Save a basket to your account or during checkout and reload it whenever you need it. Set up wishlists for others to purchase items for you. Enter item codes of products from a printed catalogue or other source and add them straight to your basket.
• Customer Reviews
  Configurable to allow anyone to post, only customers or only those who have bought the item they wish to review. You can also require reviews to be approved before going live.
• Product Attributes PRO*
  Create new attributes such as ISBN (for books), author, manufacturer, etc. and choose whether these are searchable and can appear as options on the search form too.

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Also featuring:

• Affiliate system to track clicks and sales via affiliate.
• 'My Account' section to review order history and other account info
• Support for downloadable items including time limiting and manual approval option
• EU VAT number format check
• Opt-in verified mailing list manager
• Enquiry feature (with option to attach cart details)
• Cross-selling 'people who bought this also bought' and manually configured 'related items' as well as 'try these categories'
• Sophisticated search based on keywords and categories; can search custom-defined attributes such as ISBN (Pro version only)
• Search results displayed in plain text format or using the category and product display options
• Highlight search terms in results
• Back end global search box finds customers, orders, config settings and site text matching terms
• Back end 'to do' list automatically keeps track of tasks that need attention
• Admin logs keeps track of changes
• Markup tool - easily modify prices on all items matching the criteria you specify
• Back end affiliate and product statistics
• Fixed price or % coupons that properly account for tax
• Customizable CSV export generator; allows customizable CSV exports to be created, stored and run without hacking scripts
• Skinned HTML invoice/receipt in back end and customer account section for printing/saving
• Free Data Tool for importing data, upsizing from prior versions, transitioning between MS Access, MS SQL and MySQL (for Windows)
• Optional display of stock level, weight and RRP ('recommended retail price' - list price)
• Backlinks from basket to individual versions
• Product and category display options: multi-column, extended, normal
• Add extra text pages with basic CMS functionality
• Edit most page and email text through the back end system; no script hacking requiredContact us today to discuss how we could implement CMS on to your site or even create a new site from scratch.

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Payment Gateways

2Checkout v2 system

AuthorizeNet SIM
AuthorizeNet AIM

DIBS

Barclays ePDQ

Google Checkout (CS v6.1 BETA)

Paypal Instant Payment Notification
Paypal PayFlow Pro (formerly VeriSign) Paypal PayFlow Link (formerly VeriSign)

Protx VSP Form (Protocol 2.22)

Netbanx

Realex Pay and Shop

SecPay Premium

Secure Trading ST Payment Pages

VelocityPay Hosted Pages
VelocityPay Direct Connection

WorldPay WorldDirect: Select Junior

Other Payment Methods

Payment by purchase order or offline payment (cheque, fax card details, etc.)

Shipping

Real Time rates quote from UPS

Banded system based on weight or price, region and shipping method.