ProStores
is feature rich and highly customizable to fit
almost any business model. If you're not sure which
version you need, review the feature checklist
below. Remember, if you start with the Starter
Edition, you have an upgrade path when your needs
change.
Hosting Features
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ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
| E-Commerce Hosting: |
$14.95/month |
$29.95/month |
$69.95/month |
$169.95/month |
| Setup Fee: |
$14.95 |
$29.95 |
$69.95 |
$169.95 |
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| RAID Web storage |
500 MB |
750 MB |
1 GB |
3 GB |
| Web Transfer Limit |
25 GB |
50 GB |
100 GB |
200 GB |
| E-mail accounts |
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| Advanced Template Manager |
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| Announcer |
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| Announcer Pro |
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| Appointment Scheduler |
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| Change Password |
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| Database Manager |
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| Disk Usage |
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| DNS Manager |
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| EasyBlogBuilder |
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| Easy Blog Builder 2.0 |
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| EasyLiveChat |
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| Easy Mail Setup |
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| EasySite Wizard |
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| EasySite Wizard Pro |
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| File Manager |
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| File Restore |
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| FrontPage |
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| FTP Manager |
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| Log Manager |
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| Photo Album |
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| PHP Manager |
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| Plug-in Scripts |
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| Promote Site |
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| Profile Update |
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| Site Checker |
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| Webmaster Tools |
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| Website Security |
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| Web Stats |
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| Window Services |
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Site Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Option to "close" the site during major
product or format changes. |
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Easy-to-use Site Setup Wizard with
professionally designed templates. |
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Intuitive, easy-to-use Design Studio
that requires no knowledge of HTML,
allowing custom store design. |
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Transfer all or part of an existing site
design to your web store through a
drag-and-drop interface. |
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Easy-to-use ProStores Markup Language
(SSML) for even more design flexibility. |
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Support for multimedia files, including
Flash and MP3s, in your product catalog. |
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Customize all pages seen by the visitor. |
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Store administration welcome page takes
you to the area you need based on the
tasks you want to perform. |
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Basic and Advanced navigation options
allows customized views of the store
administration area. |
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Ability to enable or disable certain
features automatically using a simple
check box, without having to edit the
underlying template. |
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Ability to assign multiple permission
levels within the administrative or
back-office area. |
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Context-sensitive wizards that guide you
through the setup process. |
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Extensive online help and printed
documentation. |
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Upgrade easily and automatically from
within ProStores. |
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Store Operation
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Catalog search by keyword, product name,
manufacturer, SKU, category,
sub-category and/or price range. |
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Link to products currently on sale. |
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Organize your catalog by category,
product name, or manufacturer. |
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Show search results and customer's
location in catalog. |
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View shopping cart at any time,
including estimated order total. |
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Order confirmation via e-mail. |
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Shipping and credit confirmation via
e-mail. |
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Give each product and category its own
unique look and feel using your custom
templates. |
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Billing & Payment Options
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Standard payment options: major credit
cards, store card, checks and money
orders. |
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Additional payment options: purchase
orders, internal department orders. |
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Support for real-time credit card
processing. |
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Support for PayPal - accept payments
online without investing in an online
merchant account. |
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Support for WorldPay - accept
international payments in your store. |
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SSL enabled throughout the order
process. |
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Encrypted payment information. |
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Option to collect additional security
code from shoppers. |
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Integrated FedEx shipping. |
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Integrated with Canada Post. |
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Shipping calculations based on order
amount, order weight or total item
count. |
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Sophisticated tax calculations,
including GST and PST for Canadian
merchants. |
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Support for external tax calculation
service. |
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Taxable shipping charges. |
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Resale option. |
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Customizable invoice notes based on
method of payment. |
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Merchant-defined store order limit. |
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Merchant-defined PO limits per customer. |
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Promotions
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Place individual products on sale,
including start and end sale dates. |
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Quantity discounts by product. |
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Store-wide sale offering a percentage
off all items. Specific products can be
excluded from the sale. |
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Use special promotion codes. Run
multiple special promotions concurrently
with the ability to track the results of
each. |
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Order Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Desktop icon to alert you to new orders
or customers in your store. |
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Access orders by invoice number,
tracking number or customer. |
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View and manage pending orders by status
(missing billing info, awaiting
authorization, ready for shipping, etc). |
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Adjust all elements up or down of an
invoice ready for shipping. |
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Edit shipping tracking number and
shipping date on invoices that have been
shipped. |
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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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Automatically e-mail order notification
to store manager. |
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Product Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Easy access to product update tools
directly on the product list screen. |
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Ability to sell services in your online
store. |
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Ability to add invoices generated
outside of your online store lets you
offer services and other non-tangible
goods. |
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Recurring billing lets you charge
customers automatically at set intervals
for products and services, such as
monthly subscriptions. |
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Allow customers to download electronic
products from your store. |
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Associate products with multiple
categories or sub-categories. |
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Create an unlimited number of
subcategory levels for the products in
your store. |
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Associate unlimited number of keywords
with your products. |
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Import products to product database. |
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Upsell and cross-sell products. |
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Set the featured product in your
storefront with a simple checkbox. |
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Inventory Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Remove products you are no longer
selling from your store's product count
while keeping the information needed for
invoices and reports. |
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Hide products from catalog when
inventory reaches zero or the product
reorder threshold. |
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Track inventory levels at the product level |
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Track inventory at the product attribute level |
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Set inventory threshold levels (reorder
points) per product. |
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Choose whether to allow backorders and
if a customer should be notified at the
time of purchase an item is on
backorder. |
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Display quantity available or "in-stock"
to shopper. |
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Online low inventory and backordered
products reports. |
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Automatically notify designated Store
Buyer when inventory is low. |
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Customer Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Customer order history accessible to
both the merchant and customer. |
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Customer profiles saved for quicker,
friendlier check-out. |
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Automated e-mail look up of lost
passwords. |
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Customer can choose to save shopping
cart for recurring orders. |
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Merchant defined order limits by
customer. |
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| Advanced customer
group management. |
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| Manage wholesale and
retail buying groups/prices. |
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Advanced Reporting Capabilities
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
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Share your product, order and customer
information directly with QuickBooks®. |
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All reports available with pre-defined
date ranges (such as "Last Month"), or
choose your own. |
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View your top selling products by total
sales. |
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View your top customers by total dollars
spent. |
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View the percentage of visitors who
place orders. |
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View your total sales. |
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View your total costs and profit margin. |
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View number of new customer orders vs.
returning customer orders. |
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Learn what visitors are searching for
and if their search was successful. |
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See how many times a product is
requested and placed in a cart. |
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View sales by product, category and
manufacturer. |
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Track the success of your special
promotions. |
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View the total cost of your current
inventory. |
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View your sales tax liability. |
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Additional exports available: credit,
customer, products, manufacturers. |
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Export your orders database for custom
reporting using applications like Excel
and Access. |
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| View your top
customers by total dollars spent. |
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| View your total costs
and profit margin. |
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| Track the success of
your special promotions. |
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| View the total cost of
your current inventory. |
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| Additional exports
available: credit, customer, products,
manufacturers. |
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Sales Management
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Description |
ProStores Starter |
ProStores Standard |
ProStores Professional |
ProStores Professional Plus |
| Affiliates programs. |
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| Sales team management. |
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ProStores Add-On Modules offer advanced
customer, supplier and sales management
capabilities.
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