Zope E-commerce puts sophisticated e-commerce stores within the reach of growing organizations throughout the world.

Zope E-commerce is a database driven eCommerce application. 'Database driven' means that every page is automatically generated 'on demand' whenever a user requests to it. Because all of Zope E-commerce web pages are made this way, they can display unique information for different groups of users, opening up a huge range of eCommerce possibilities.

By using a database rather than creating a series of normal web pages, we can create a catalog from an existing database of products that will update whenever you make a change without you needing to perform complicated coding tasks. Zope E-commerce also saves you time, because you can define options that apply to the entire database, or a category or single product.

Building your store

Make all your changes yourself: just type it into one of Zope E-commerce management screens. You don't need to know any HTML and you don't need to know how to make web pages

No waiting for changes to appear, everything happens instantly

If you do have a basic knowledge of HTML, you can incorporate it in the product and category descriptions and the front page of your store.

Running Zope E-commerce

It doesn't have to be installed on your own computer

You don't have to download anything

You can have many people in the same office working on the same store at the same time.

You don't have to have the right operating system to run Zope E-commerce

You can manage your store from anywhere you have Internet access

Product catalog

No product limits

Unlimited product options

Supports downloads and memberships

Automatic image resizing

Database import made easy

Customer's can search your store - fast

Search engine friendly - Google, Yahoo, etc

Features "specials" and "most popular" products

Unlimited additional properties

Stock levels can be defined

Pricing

Provide different prices, product ranges and payment methods to different types of customers

Discounts can be specified

Setup maximum and minimum order quantities

Access privileges

Instant changes

Popular currencies supported

Price dependent product options

Managing shoppers

Create shopper groups

Searchable Customer database

CSV import

Order tracking

Inbuilt order manager

Export to popular accounting packages

Automatic email of orders

Keep customers informed of their order's progress

Payment Options

Define multiple payment methods, including 'real time' credit card, manual credit card, account, cheque/money order, pay on pick-up, credit card by phone, or a custom payment method.

Connects to most transparent 'real time' payment gateways.

Define payment methods and required information

Give credit to registered shoppers

Shipping/Freight

Define your own freight methods and pricing

Restricted freight methods to set groups of shoppers

Calculate freight costs by product, by total order weight, or by as a percentage of the total order cost

Taxation

Define tax by zones or countries

Tax automatically calculated upon checkout

Limit tax to specific shopper groups

Apply taxes to shipping/freight methods

Security

Secure emails, store

Credit card details are not stored

Price protected against fraud

128-bit SSL and SMIME encryption for all sensitive information

Password-protected management functions

Stability/Reliablity

Very reliable, stable database

Handles complex tasks like multiple hits and high amounts of server traffic

Scalability - planning for the future

Add an unlimited number of products in your store

Designed to handle a very large number of hits

Can be easily set up on a dedicated server

Can be run on server clusters with no modifications

This product uses Zope Technology.

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Key Features:

Easy to deploy

Flexible administration

Professional shopping cart

Supports physical and downloadable items

Compatible with most payment systems

Integrates easily with your design

Questions?

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