The e-commerece Toolkit offers the Development of an e-shop with the following specifications:

Entrance Page

Entrance page with animation (Flash Animation Technology) and choice of language (English- Greek). The website will be available in 2 languages with the possibility to expand easily the language selection. The entrance page is optional and it is often preferable the direct transition of the visitor to the home page from which s/he can start immediately his/her navigation in the site.

Home Page

Home page of the e-shop with selected products and services. Possibility to put advertising banners in main points of the website which will advertise products of the e-shop or other (third) companies. Possibility to insert video, flash movie and introductory text.

Categorized presentation of the products

Categorized presentation of the products in the internal pages with the possibility to create multiple level sub-categories (the category tree has unlimited width and depth). Beyond the possibility to present the products by category it is possible to present them by price (e.g. 300-500 euro) or by manufacturer. Also, it is possible the sorting (ascending or descending) of the products by price/ by manufacturer/ by model.

Ways of Presentation:

• Showing of a “Top Sellers” list (a general list as well as separate lists in each product category).
• Separate Deal Zone.
• Section of new- selected products.
• Clearance- stock house section with older products, opened products etc.
• Download section with entertainment (e.g. wallpapers) or practical (e.g. manuals, drivers) files which will be available also from the specific page of each relevant product.
• Pre-order possibility with which the visitor could order products that are not immediately available but can be ordered.
• Possibility for the creation of a comprehensive- comparative table with selected products (title, photos, small description, price).
• Detailed presentation of the offered services.
• Search of the products on the basis of key words which can be included wither in the title or in the text of the description of the product.
• Possibility to present information for the product in a form or a table. Possibility to register in a newsletter group for the information of the users regarding the last news relevant with the platform.

Order Management

Use of the software for safe and easy management of the orders and the client list. Indicative characteristics:

• Support of all the methods of payment (credit card, Pay Pal, Bank transfer, mail order, money transfer)
• On-line connection with the bank server for real time approval and charging of the credit cards
• Optional questionnaire for the client which just completed his/her purchase regarding his/her impression from the shop (in order to get feedback)
• Order- tracking
• Sending to the client of the basic data of the order after the order is completed
• Central Management and filing of all the orders
• Statistical data relevant to the orders
• Possibility to select check out procedures (express checkout, guest checkout)
• Possibility to select different modalities for the dispatch (FedEx, UPS, USPS)
• Automatic Calculation of the delivery costs depending on the destination
• “Print this page” and “Send this page to a friend” options in each page

Shop Monitoring

• Full monitoring for all the products and categories (practically for all the content of the website) 
• The parameters that are set for each product: 
  • Name 
  • Full Description 
  • Photo 
  • Normal Price- Deleted Price- Instalment Price- Automatic Calculation of VAT 
  • Selection of the number of the flat instalments 
  • Possibility for automatic/massive import of products 
  • YES/NO options which will stipulate for each product if it will be possible to pay with installments, if it will appear as an offer in its category and if it is a new product 
  • Possibility to edit the description text through an advanced word processor 
  • Platform for the management of the commercial clients (wholesale trade with special prices for each trader) 

Statistical Data

Statistical data for each product (how many times it was added in the favourites, how many times it was projected, how many times it was added in the shopping basket).

Additional software packages

• Inventory manager for suppliers and orders
• Coupon manager for the clients of the platform
• Gift- wrapping of the products
• Calendar Management
• Photo manager
• Support form for the users of the system

Wholesale Price List, just for Traders

• Automatic managements of clients- traders (registration of a new trader- approval with a click).
• Easy creation of many price lists with different percentages, quantitative discounts and product groupings.
• Special prices for each specific trader, beyond the general price list.
• Creation of price lists with discount percentages (not with prices) and therefore automatic update of all the prices in all the price lists with each change of prices.
• Entrance of the trader with username/password. Projection of personal messages/ announcements in the first page.
• Projection to each trader of its own price list.
• Possibility of electronic order from the trader.
• History of orders- full statistics.
• Statistics per trader/product and comprehensive statistics.
• E-Mail and address lists for the massive sending of information material through post or e-mail.