Virtually limitless ways to describe and manage Products in your catalog allow you to make a consistent, attractive, and informative presentation of each Product you sell. Managing prices, sales, descriptions, images and other things about your Products can be quite an overwhelming task, especially if your catalog is large or dynamic. MEI Shop Site simplifies management of your Product Listings by using intuitive and user-friendly screens for managing individual Products as well as Bulk Update tools that allow you to make changes across your entire catalog at once.
Unlimited Number of Products
Shop Site imposes no restrictions on the number of Products you may have in your catalog. There are no extra charges for Product listings.
Products may appear in multiple categories
Because of Shop Site’s powerful SQL database and system design, Products may appear in multiple Categories making it easy for your customers to find what they are looking for.
Customizable Categories
Categories are completely definable by you, the store owner. You may create as many Categories and Sub-Categories as necessary to optimally present your catalog to your customers.
Customizable Item Comparisons
Knowing that Product Comparison area powerful selling tool, Shop Site is designed to provide you with maximum flexibility in designing and presenting Product Comparisons enabling you to steer customers to the Products you prefer.
Customizable Item Properties
In addition to the many standard properties or characteristics of Products in the Shop Site database (i.e. Item Name, Description, Price, etc.), you may also create Custom Fields for Products to further define them and control where these fields appear.
Item Description Templates
To make populating your catalog easier, you can define Item Description Templates that will make creating a uniform look-and-feel to your Product Descriptions a snap.
Related Items
Another powerful selling tool, “Related Items” is a proven method of cross-selling used to increase Average Order Value (AOV). Related Items are Products that appear on the Item Detail page along with the Product being viewed by the customer. Shop Site provides the ability to assign “Related Items” to individual Products in your catalog. In addition, you can assign Related Items to a Category so that they are virtually assigned to all Products within that category.
Accessories
Another powerful selling tool, “Accessories” are a proven method of cross-selling used to increase Average Order Value (AOV). Accessories are Products that “go with” another item and are displayed with the Product being viewed by the customer. Accessories are often used with the “Main Item” and strongly suggest that they be purchased in tandem with the “Main Item” (i.e. batteries with a flashlight).
Item Specifications
Select information about Products including County of Origin and Manufacturer Part Number are displayed as “Specifications”.
Customizable “Interests”
“Interests” are a definable property that may be assigned to Products creating an additional way for customers to search for them. (i.e. Wildlife, Portrait, Still Life, Astronomy may be options for a Camera Store and can be assigned as appropriate to Products such as Binoculars, Backgrounds, and Telescopes. Customers can then be prompted to search by Interest (i.e. “Astronomy” and find Products related to Astronomy – in our example, Telescopes).
Categorization of Products by Interest
Categories populated by Interest may be created and automatically populated with Products classified relevant interests making Category assignment virtually automatic.
Categorization of Products by Age
Products may be classified by Age Appropriateness. Categories may then be created based upon Age and auto-populated making Category Assignment virtually automatic.
Categorization of Products by Gender
Products may be classified by Gender. Categories may then be created based upon Gender and auto-populated making Category Assignment virtually automatic.
Categorization of Products by County of Origin
Products may be classified by Country of Origin (manufacture). Categories may then be created based upon Country of Origin and auto-populated making Category Assignment virtually automatic.
Customizable Gift Wrapping Options
Gift Wrapping may be enabled on any Shop Site web store and used as a method of attracting customers and “closing the deal”, especially in industries where gift-giving is common (i.e. Toys). Unlimited Gift Wrapping options (papers for Birthdays, Holidays, Get Well, Multi-Purpose, Get Well, etc.) may be defined, each with its’ own representative image and price (per item wrapped).
Customizable Personalization Options
Shop Site is extremely unique in its’ offering of “Personalization” of Products. Store Owners can offer various types of personalization (embroidery, silk screening, etc.) on all or part of their catalog.
Inventory Control
Shop Site tracks automatically inventory from time of order (from supplier) to shipment to the customer. The Order Processing system combined with the Purchase Order system allows store owners (and optionally, customers) to see real-time inventory (QOH), quantity on order (QOO), quantity committed and quantity available.
Product Reviews
Product Reviews offer a zero-labor-required method of creating unique and fresh content on your web store by having your customers do all the work! Shop Site can be configured to allow any of your site visitors to post Product Reviews or it may be configured to only accept Product Reviews from customers who have purchased the Product from your store. The latter are solicited using Order Follow-up e-mails that are sent automatically 14 days after shipment of the Product. Product Reviews may also be incentivized, motivating customers to participate and write honest, positive reviews. Finally, customers may include a photo to be displayed with their Product Review. All reviews solicited or not, must be approved by the store owner prior to being displayed on the web site.
“Clearance” Option
Products may be flagged as “Clearance”. Flagging a Product as a “Clearance” Product causes it to be displayed as a “Clearance” item indicated by the word “Clearance” appearing in Red.
Serial Number Tracking
During the “Ship Order” phase of Order Fulfillment, a Product’s Serial Number may be recorded in the system and displayed on Packing Lists and Order History screens.
Customizable Options Per-Item such as Size, Color, Etc. (Single SKU)
Products may have any number of Options associated with them (i.e. size/color) using a single SKU.
Bulk Update Catalog (Items)
Many Item Properties (Sale Price, Cart Price, Gift Wrapping, Status, Inventory Location, QOH, Cart Message, etc) can be updated in bulk using Shop Site’s “Update Catalog” feature by downloading desired subsets of the catalog to a .csv file, editing the file in Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet program, and uploading the edited file.
Bulk Update Categories
Category Properties (Items per Page, META Tags, Page Title, and Featured Item) can be updated in bulk by accessing Shop Site’s “Bulk Update Categories” tool.
Sort by Price ($-$$$, $$$-$), Description, Added-On, Random
When viewing any Category, the customer may choose the sort order of the contents of the Category (i.e. List all items in this Category by Price, showing Lowest to highest).
Automatic Population of Categories
Categories can be set to Auto-Populate based upon Item Properties making population and maintenance of many categories Automatic.
Sales Tax by Item, State, and County
Shop Site supports Sales Tax Tables for all States and Counties. Sales Tax applicability may be assigned on a per-item basis providing maximum flexibility and compliance. During Checkout, Shop Site automatically computes Sales Tax based upon the customers Shipping Address and presents this right in the Cart Screen.
CPCSIA Warnings
Shop Site allows customizable CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) warnings and application to individual Products. Warnings are displayed on the Product Detail pages as applicable. Also supported are “Safety Statements” provided by Manufacturers and are automatically displayed on relevant Category pages.
Document Attachments
Instruction Manuals, Rebate Forms, links to web sites and other related materials can be added to individual Products and made available to customers on the Product Detail page.
Shipping Charge Override
Every Product in your catalog can have a “Shipping Override” configured for it providing fixed-cost shipping charges per zone, independent of your store’s general Shipping policy.
Shipping Restrictions by Zone, Country
Every Product in your catalog can have a “Shipping Restriction” configured for it restriction shipment to specified zones (including International).