| Basic features of oscommerce |
| General Functionality |
| Compatible with all PHP 4 versions |
| All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution |
| Object oriented backend (MS3) |
| Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default |
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| Setup / Installation |
| Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure |
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| Design / Layout |
| Template struture implementation to: |
| allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make (MS3) |
| allow easy integration into an existing site (MS3) |
| Support for dynamic images |
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| Customer / Frontend Functionality |
| All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval |
| Customers can view their order history and order statuses |
| Customers can maintain their accounts |
| Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses |
| Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers |
| Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features |
| Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience |
| Forseen checkout procedure |
| Secure transactions with SSL |
| Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden |
| Global and per-category bestseller lists |
| Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown |
| Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation |
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| Administration / Backend Functionality |
| Supports unlimited products and categories |
| Products-to-categories structure |
| Categories-to-categories structure |
| Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews |
| Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products |
| Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation (MS3) |
| Contact customers directly via email or newsletters |
| Easily backup and restore the database |
| Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen |
| Statistics for products and customers |
| Multilingual support |
| Multicurrency support |
| Automatically update currency exchange rates |
| Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page |
| Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics |
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| Payment Functionality |
| Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing |
| Accept numerous online payment processing (2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment |
| Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis |
| Shipping Functionality |
| Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules |
| Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx |
| Free shipping based on amount and destination |
| Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis |
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| Tax Functionality |
| Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis |
| Set different tax rates for different products |
| Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis |