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E-Commerce Solutions

E-commerce Plan EC-1
This plan is targeted at first time commerce customers who want to put 10 or less items on line. It doesn't support real time credit card processing, but everything can be done off-line. This is the perfect plan to get started with commerce and test the waters.

E-commerce Plan EC-2
This plan helps merchants with less than 100 items get on-line. Real time credit card processing is not built into the product. This plan is also good for people getting started online and those with more items to sell, but who do not have a high volume of transactions to offset the costs of implementing online processing.

E-commerce Plan  EC-3
This plan supports an unlimited number of items and has built-in CyberCash credit card processing. This plan is ideal for merchants with a large catalog of items and/or more than 100 transactions per month. This is for serious e-commerce merchants.

E-commerce Plan EC-4
This plan allows the merchant to publish an unlimited number of items. The plan includes built-in Cybercash processing, a link to Quick Books, a drop ship order fulfillment module and IC Verify Support. This is the ideal product for a merchant who wants to build a big and automated store online that can process lots of transactions and integrate into the order fulfillment and accounting processes of the business.

  EC-1 EC-2 EC-3 EC-4
Pricing  
Your Price: $55 / mo.
($50 setup)
$100 / mo.
($50 setup)
$150 / mo.
($100 setup)
not yet
available
Bundled E-commerce Solution Includes:  
Hosting Plan:
(included in above cost)
 
Professional
 
Corporate Commercial Enterprise
E-commerce Software:
(included in above cost)

Mercantec
SoftCart(tm)
Start-Up

Mercantec
SoftCart(tm)
Lite

Mercantec
SoftCart(tm)
4.0

Mercantec
SoftCart(tm)
Suite

- - - Commerce Features - - -
Store Size  
Number of Products (SKUs)

1-10

1-100

Unlimited

Unlimited

Site Creation  
StoreBuilder Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Browser Based Site Creation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site Templates Included

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Compatibility with third-party HTML tools
(FrontPage, NetObjects, HoTMetaL, etc.)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Catalog Maintenance  
Browser-Based Maintenance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Graphics Upload through Browser

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add/Delete/Edit Products

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add/Delete Database Table Columns

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Product Categories

No

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited Product Attributes

N/A

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tax & Shipping  
Built-in Tax & Shipping

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of Tax & Shipping Zones

3

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Shipping Models Supported:  
Price Threshold

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Weight Threshold

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Quantity Threshold

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Line Item

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Base Plus Line Item

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Shipping Charge

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Merchandising  
Sales

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upselling

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Discontinued

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Temporarily Out of Stock

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Merchant Defineable Promotions

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Maximum Inventory Items

10

100

Unlimited

Unlimited

Payment Systems Supported  
Supports Purchase Order Acceptance

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

On-line Secure Credit Card Processing:  
American Express

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

CyberCash

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

ICVERIFY

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

PaymentNet

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

Third Party Payment Integration:  
GlobeSet for SET

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

WorldPay

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

Supports Purchase Order Acceptance

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Electronic Wallets:  
Microsoft Wallet

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

GlobeSet Wallet

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Security  
All Payment & Order Information Encrypted

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Public/Private Key Encryption

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automated Encryption Key Management

Yes

No

No

No

Sophisticated Key Management System

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Encryption Keys Assigned by Function

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import Third Party Public Encryption Keys

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Private Keys Available on Web Server

Never

Never

Never

Never

Order Notification  
Email Customer Receipt

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Email Order Notification to Merchant

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Drop Ship Vendor Notification

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

Order Delivery Mechanisms  
Secure Transaction Log

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Creates Invoices

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Creates Packing Slips

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Connects to Intuit QuickBooks

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

Drop Ship Fulfillment Module

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

EDI X.12 850 Support (purchase order)

No

Optional

Optional

Yes

Additional Applications  
Full text search engine included

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Data Collect (survey system) included

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Compatibility  
Supports All Shoppers' Web Browsers (1.0 and up)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Built-in State Tracking

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Requires Cookies

No

No

No

No

Third Party Integration  
Product API

No

No

Yes

Yes

Payment Interface

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Link Application (order delivery)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

User Program Interface

No

Yes

Yes

Yes