Why Magento?

Magento is a website solution that offers integration of all the most recent website and e-commerce technology. We are well-versed in creating custom Magento templates and all the trappings that come along with the Magento platform. Even if you do not know what that means, never fear, we do! We can explain it all to you.
Magento may seem more expensive than your run-of-the-mill website, but that is because it is not your typical website. Magento offers many different functions that normal websites to not, while including all the things you love about your current website.

Our offer is simple: we offer you a custom-built website that will deliver you fantastic results for £1,500. No gimmicks, no tricks.
Below are the features of Magento. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. All of our staff are knowledgeable and happy to help.

Many people ask what Magento is. It is, essentially, an e-commerce platform. It offers the owner complete control over the look and function of an online store.
Site Management

• Control many different websites from a single Administration Panel
• Control the information that is passed between websites
• Multi-Lingual
• Support for localization
• Support for multiple currencies
• Administration Permission System Roles and Users
• Web Services API can be used for easy integration between Magento and third-party applications
• Flexible tax rate management with support for both US and international markets
• 100% customizable design via template
• Customer Groups
• One-Click Upgrades
• Content Management System for Informational Pages

International Support

• Multi-Lingual
• Support for Multiple Currencies
• Tax rate support
• Localization
• Configurable List of Allowed Countries for:
• Site Registration
• Shipping Destination Addresses with ability to specify  shipping method

Billing Addresses with ability to specify payment method
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Site Map by Google
• Control of URL name through URL rewrite program
• Meta-information for products and categories
• Auto-generated Site Map
• Auto-Generated Popular Search Terms Page

Marketing Promotions and Tools

• Flexible Coupons (also known as pricing rules): these can be used to restrict to stores, customer groups, time period, products, and categories.
• Catalogue Promotional Pricing can be fixed by percentage or any set amount. This can be restricted to stores, categories, and products
• Free Shipping Option
• Multi-Tier Pricing for bulk purchases
• Bundled Products
• Customer Group-specific pricing and group-specific tier pricing
• Landing Page Tool for Campaigns
• Search Engine Friendly URLs
• Recently Viewed Products
• Recently Compared Items
• New Items Promotional Tool
• Up-sells in Shopping Cart
• Cross-sells on product pages
• Send to a Friend for all visitors, or registered users only
• Send Wish list to a Friend by Email or RSS
• RSS Feeds for New Products, New Specials and New Tags
• Auto-generated Site Map
• Polls
• Newsletter Management

Mobile Commerce

• iPhone Optimized Theme

Checkout

• One-Page Checkout
• SSL security support for orders on both front-end and back-end
• Shipping to multiple addresses in one order
• Checkout without account/Guest Checkout
• Shopping Cart with tax and shipping estimates
• Checkout with account to use address book
• Option to create account at beginning of checkout
• Accept gift messages per order and per item
• Saved Shopping Carts with configurable expiration time

Shipping

• Integrated for real-time shipping rates from:
• UPS, UPS XML (account rates), FedEx (account • rates), USPS and DHL
• Shipping to multiple addresses in one order
• On-site order tracking from customer accounts
• Multiple shipments per order
• Ability to specify allowed destination countries per method
• Flat rate shipping per order
• Flat rate shipping per item
• Free Shipping
• Table rates for weight and destination
• Table rates for product sub-totals and destination
• Table rates for number of items and destination Free Shipping
• Table rates for weight and destination
• Table rates for product sub-totals and destination
• Table rates for number of items and destination

Payment

• Order status and history
• Re-orders from account
• Recently ordered items
• Address Book with unlimited addresses
• Default Billing and Shipping addresses
• Wish list with ability to add comments
• Email or Send RSS feed of Wish list
• Newsletter Subscription management
• Product Reviews submitted
• Product Tags submitted
• Account Dashboard for review: recent orders, personal information, newsletter subscription status, primary billing address, primary shipping address, shopping cart, wish list, recently ordered items, recently reviews and recent tags

Catalogue Management

• Inventory Management with Backordered items, Minimum and Maximum quantities
• Batch Import and Export of catalogue
• Batch Updates to products in admin panel
• Simple, Configurable (e.g. size, colour, etc.), Bundled and Grouped Products
• Virtual Products
• Customer Personalized Products - upload text for embroidery, monogramming, etc.
• Tax Rates per location, customer group and product type
• Attribute Sets for quick product creation of different item types
• Create Store-specific attributes on the fly
• Media Manager with automatic image resizing and watermarking
• Advanced Pricing Rules and support for Special Prices (see marketing tools)
• Search Results rewrites and redirects
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Tags
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Reviews
• RSS feed for Low Inventory Alerts

Product Browsing

• Multiple Images Per Product
• Product Image Zoom-in Capability
• Product Reviews
• Related Products
• Stock Availability
• Multi-Tier Pricing Up sell
• Product Option Selection
• Grouped Products View
• Add to Wish list
• Send to a Friend with Email

Catalogue Browsing

• Layered / Faceted Navigation for filtering of products
• Static Block tool to create category landing pages
• Ability to assign designs on category and product level (unique design per product/category)
• Configurable search with auto-suggested terms
• Recently viewed products
• Product comparisons
• Recently compared products

• Cross-sells, Up-sells and Related Items
• Popular Search Terms Cloud
• Filter by Product Tags
• Product Reviews
• Product listing in grid or list format
• Breadcrumbs

Analytics and Reporting

• Admin Dashboard for Report Overview
• Sales Report
• RSS feed for New Orders
• Tax Report
• Abandoned Shopping Cart Report
• Best Viewed Products Report
• Best Purchased Products Report
• Low Stock Report
• Search Terms Report
• Product Reviews Report
• RSS feed for New Reviews
• Tags Report
• RSS feed for New Tags
• Coupon Usage Report
• Total Sales Invoiced
• Total Sales Refunded

Best Customers Report by Total and Number of Orders

This is a fairly comprehensive list of Magento’s features. If you have any more questions or concerns, we are happy to help. You can also see example websites that have been created by our company at www.fresh-it-solutions.co.uk.