When creating LiteCommerce, we have included all the necessary tools required to build a successful ecommerce store. Plus, we are constantly improving and upgrading the software according to our clients requests. We have listed some of the features that are built into LiteCommerce for you below.
LiteCommerce control panel for Windows is a convenient tool for performing various maintenance tasks for your LiteCommerce based online shop. You can completely operate your online store from LiteCommerce web interface however when direct operation with LiteCommere files is required (like restoring, customizing, upgrading etc.) control panel can be a great help, it connects to your remote server by ftp and helps you to perform routine tasks saving your time. Control panel is bundled with LiteCommerce for no additional charge (N/A in LiteCommerce ASPE). Control panel features:
2. Setup and Support
 | No programming required |
| | Windows installation wizard (N/A in LiteCommerce ASPE) |
| | Web-based installation wizard |
| | Control Panel for Windows (N/A in LiteCommerce ASPE) |
| | Quick-start wizard |
| | Complete store-builder package |
| | Easy-to-use web interface |
| | Bulk uploading of products and pictures |
| | Out-of-the-box storefront system |
| | Customizable localization: configurable weight/dimension measurement units, currency, configurable list of states/provinces |
| | Free customer support |
| | Supported platforms: Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X, Sun Solaris Sparc, NetBSD |
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3. Design and Layout
| | 100% template-based storefront |
| | Fully customizable design & layout |
| | 4 predesigned skin sets, 2 of them are W3C compliant (N/A in LiteCommerce ASPE) |
| | Intuitive navigation |
| | Support for thumbnails |
| | Category thumbnail images |
| | Unlimited number of product images |
| | Storing images in DB or on the file system |
| | Side-bar "mini-cart" viewable at all pages |
| | Integrated store search |
| | Build-in template editor: preview, edit and restore templates |
| | Built-in image editor |
| | Built-in CSS editor |
| | Support for WYSIWYG web editors (MS Frontpage, Dreamweaver and others) |
| | CSS-compatible design. Cascading Style Sheets allow you to easily change styling of your pages. |
| | checkout mode (function as checkout area for existing web-sites) |
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4. Customer Care
| | All orders are stored in MySQL database |
| | Customers can search & browse personal order history |
| | Customer can choose between account registration and express checkout |
| | The possibility to disable checkout without registering |
| | Password reminder for customers |
| | Customizable e-mail notifications/invoices |
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5. Product Catalog
| | Unlimited number of products |
| | Unlimited number of categories |
| | Unlimited category nesting |
| | Members-only categories |
| | 1-click enable/disable switch for products and categories |
| | Product Search |
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6. Product Details
| | Unlimited product options w/optional price modifiers * |
| | Unlimited custom input fields for products |
| | Add custom information field for products |
| | HTML-enriched product descriptions |
| | Unlimited number of product images |
| | Multi-homed products (list a product in unlimited number of categories) |
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7. Merchandising and Inventory
| | On-screen mini-cart with brief cart info |
| | Full inventory control * |
| | Support downloadable goods and PIN codes * |
| | Option-based inventory tracking * |
| | "Out of Stock" Messages * |
| | Limit minimal order amount |
| | Limit maximal order amount |
| | Featured products showcase |
| | Engine for generaing special offers * |
| | Loyality discounts * |
| | Discount coupons * |
| | Gift Certificates and e-cards * |
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8. Shipping and Tax
| | Real-time UPS shipping calculation * |
| | Real-time USPS shipping calculation * |
| | Real-time CanadaPost shipping calculation * |
| | Real-time Australia post shipping calculation * |
| | Intershipper support * |
| | Unlimited number of custom-defined delivery methods |
| | Flate rate, weight, order total and range based shipping |
| | Different weight limits for different delivery methods |
| | Handle international, domestic and local shipping |
| | Allow your customers to choose delivery methods |
| | Customizable tax calculation |
| | Import/export predefined tax schemas |
| | Product-specific taxes |
| | Taxes & shipping fees depending on client's location |
| | "Tax exempt" feature |
| | GST/PST (Canadian tax system) |
| | VAT (European tax system) |
| | 'Free' shipping method Additional shipping and handling charges for both standard and real-time shipping methods |
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9. Payment Gateways & Options
| | Accept payments in any currency
| | | Real-time credit card processing:
| | | - 2CheckoutCom * |
| | - Authorize.Net AIM * |
| | - BeanStream * |
| | - ChronoPay * |
| | - CyberSource * |
| | - Echo * |
| | - ePDQ * |
| | - eSelect Plus * |
| | - eWay XML * |
| | - HSBC * |
| | - LinkPoint * |
| | - Netbilling * |
| | - NetRegistry * |
| | - NetworkMerchants * |
| | - Nochex * |
| | - Ogone Direct Link * |
| | - PayFlow Link * |
| | - PayFlow Pro * |
| | - PayPal Standard & Pro * |
| | - PaySystems * |
| | - Plug'n Pay * |
| | - ProtX * |
| | - SecureTrading * |
| | - SkipJack * |
| | - TrustCommerce * |
| | - WellsFargo * |
| | - WorldPay * |
| | Other payment options: |
| | Manual (offline) credit card processing |
| | PayPal payments * |
| | Google Checkout * |
| | Checks, purchase orders and phone orders |
| | Support for Solo and Maestro cards |
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10. Sales Analysis & Tracking
| | Searchable order data |
| | Orders summary and top sellers statistics |
| | Order data is easy to print |
| | Export sales & customer data for use in a spreadsheet |
| | Export orders to MS Excel XP format |
| | Export sales data to accounting software: QuickBooks, MYOB, Peachtree * |
| | Product search statistics |
| | Possibility to review order history of a particular user |
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11. Search Engine Friendly
| | Pages can be indexed by all major search engines |
| | Autogenerated static HTML catalog |
| | Autoupdate static HTML catalog feature * |
| | Configurable context dependent meta tags |
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12. Platform and Database
| | Open source PHP code (97% of source code is open) |
| | Object-oriented |
| | Developer Toolkit (Documentation & Code Samples) |
| | Support for UNIX/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X servers |
| | Powered by MySQL database |
| | 100% customizable template-based look & feel |
| | Payment processing modules for major gateways * |
| | Full HTTPS/SSL support |
| | Module-based architecture |
| | Create your own modules |
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13. Repeat Customer Accommodation
| | All customer's data is stored in database |
| | Bulk shopping * |
| | Registered customers do not have to enter their data again |
| | Registered customers can edit their profile |
| | Registered customers can access history of their orders |
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14. Web-based control panel
| | Password-protected administrative access |
| | All changes are real-time |
| | Control the cart from anywhere in the world using your web browser |
| | Unlimited number of admin accounts |
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15. Security
| | Full HTTPS/SSL support |
| | Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access |
| | Password-protected administrative access |
| | Real-time security notifications of all failed login attempts |
| | List of recently logged admins |
| | Backup sub-system |
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