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Website Hosting and Management
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| Cost (per month) |
$11.95 |
$39.95 |
$84.95 |
$239.95 |
| Cost (monthly w/annual payment) |
$10.95 |
$34.95 |
$77.95 |
$219.95 |
| Cost (monthly w/bi-annual payment) |
$9.95 |
$29.95 |
$69.95 |
$199.95 |
| Set-Up Fee |
$20.00 |
None |
| Shopping Cart Transaction Fees |
None  |
| Product Catalog |
10 Unique Items |
Unlimited Number of Items |
| Personalized Domain |
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| Hosted Storefront Domain |
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| Unique Email Boxes |
5 |
Unlimited |
| Storage Space |
1 GB |
5 GB |
25 GB |
100 GB |
| Data Transfer |
25 GB |
100 GB |
500 GB |
1000 GB |
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ProStores 8.2 New Features
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Enterprise |
| Integration of AvaTax Sales Tax Service |
*third-party service for an extra fee |
| View all certified third-party applications available through Support Manager |
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| Sitemap generation to increase visibility to search engines (for merchants with dedicated URLs) |
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E-Commerce Features
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| Simple and automatic upgrade capability as your store grows |
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| Ability to "close" the site during major product or format changes |
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| Ability to sell services, subscriptions, memberships and downloadable content/products |
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| Sophisticated tax calculations to match your sales needs |
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| Saved customer profiles |
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Security
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Enterprise |
| SSL security data encryption ensuring order protection |
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| Password protected access rights to different groups (employees, vendors, etc) |
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Design/Customization
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Enterprise |
| Easy-to-use Store Setup Wizard with professionally designed templates. |
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| Ability to integrate 3rd-party functions (including Dreamweaver, Flash and MP3s) to customize your store's look and feel. |
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| Transfer existing site design elements through a simple drag-and-drop interface |
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| Easily customize your store design with Design Studio (no HTML knowledge required) |
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| Context-sensitive wizards that guide merchants through the setup process. |
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| Extensive online help and printed documentation. |
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Marketing
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Express |
Business |
Advanced |
Enterprise |
| Integration with eBay.com and eBay Stores marketplace |
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| Integration with popular shopping search engines including Yahoo!¨ Shoppingª, Shopping.com¨, Shopzillaª and Froogleª |
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| Manage email marketing campaigns with Constant Contact. |
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| Create and manage own affiliate program and even organize, track and manage your sales organization |
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| Lead generation and sales team management |
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Merchandising
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Business |
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Enterprise |
| Easily set a featured product to be displayed in your storefront |
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| Advanced promotional capabilities including storewide sales, quantity discounts and promotion codes. |
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| Create and manage different merchandising programs and promotions for members. |
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| Create multiple buyer groups including frequent, retail and wholesale buyers on the same site providing unique discounts, pricing and products |
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| Manage wholesale and retail buying groups/prices. |
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| Download of electronic products from the storefront. |
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Inventory Management
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Advanced |
Enterprise |
| Product Catalog |
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| Organize and cross-reference catalog by category, product name, or manufacturer |
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| Supply chain and vendor management, including virtual inventory management with drop shipment and supplier tification capabilities |
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| Share your product, order and customer information directly with QuickBooks¨ and QuickBooks Merchant Services |
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| Organize products with multiple categories and unlimited sub-categories |
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| Differentiate price and track inventory of products by attribute |
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| Import products to database |
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| Remove products from your store's product count while keeping the information for invoices and reports |
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| Hide products from catalog when product is sold out or reaches reorder threshold |
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| Set inventory threshold levels (reorder points) for each product |
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| Display item availability ("in stock" or quantity available) |
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| Virtual inventory management with drop shipment and supplier tification |
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Order Management
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Business |
Advanced |
Enterprise |
| Order confirmation via email |
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| Shipping and credit confirmation via email |
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| Shipping integration with FedEx¨, UPS¨, USPS¨, and Canada Post. |
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| Create your own custom shipping tables |
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| Invoice adjustment for most elements of an invoice. |
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| Automated e-mail look up of lost passwords. |
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| Customer, products, and orders export. |
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| Create your own custom shipping tables. |
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| Ability to issue credits, partial credits and partial line item credits. |
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| Issue store credit for orders, goodwill, or promotions |
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| Share your product, order and customer information directly with QuickBooks¨ and QuickBooks Merchant Services |
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| Access orders by invoice number, tracking number, or customer |
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| Desktop icon to alert you to new orders or customers |
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Payment
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Express |
Business |
Advanced |
Enterprise |
| Real-time credit card payment processing, plus store card, checks, and money orders.
(note: merchant account not included for credit card processing) |
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| Option to collect additional security code from shoppers |
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| Additional payment options: purchase orders, internal department orders and cash (COD) orders. |
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| PayPal - real time payment acceptance and verification
(no merchant account required) |
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| Support for WorldPay - accept international payments in your store |
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| Recurring billing for products and services, such as monthly subscriptions. |
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| Additional payment options: purchase orders, internal department orders and cash (COD) orders. |
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Business Reporting
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Express |
Business |
Advanced |
Enterprise |
| All reports available with pre-defined or custom date ranges |
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| View top selling products by total sales |
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| Over a dozen reports to better manage a store. |
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| Analyze customer activity in your store |
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| View sales tax liability |
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| View sales by product, category, and manufacturer |
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| Credits, manufacturers export. |
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| Order extensions, related products, serial numbers, suppliers, promotions export. |
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Support
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Express |
Business |
Advanced |
Enterprise |
| Online Tools and Help |
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| Priority Email |
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| 24/7 Technical Support PLUS M-F 9am-6pm Phone Support (PST) |
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