Ecommerce software modules and features
The latest version of Sparkstone Ecommerce has been re-written from the ground up to be one of the most feature rich systems on the market today.
Check out our Ecommerce features list below and discover just how advanced our system is compared to other products.
*Note this is the 2019 target features list and includes some items that may not be considered 'standard code' until later this year
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Product features
- Permissions based administration
- One click Template Set and Theme purchase
- Fully customisable template based structure
- Multiple templates for products, categories and brands etc
- A/B split test all pages and content areas, including product pages, category listing and bespoke landing pages
- Time sensitive and sponsorable content – allows you to give suppliers design control over their own brand pages
- Content versioning and rollback
- IP Address Lookup for country detection
- Personalised content – based on user id and cookie detection, content can be personalised to match a visitor’s previous purchases or browsing history. E.g. if they have previously shown interest in gold rings, you can display gold rings on the homepage banners
- Subscriber content
- Webpage Output caching
- Fast hosting using content delivery network – provides faster page loads for lower bounce rates and more conversions
- Multi Language Support and right to left text flow support – ideal if you want to sell to Arabic or Chinese speaking countries
- Multi-Currency support with up to the hour exchange rate lookup
- Multiple Device Support, mobile and tablet (All web pages are built using responsive HTML/CSS)
- Multilingual Recaptcha style support for anti-spamming
- Multiple website support
- Advanced SEO
- 100% Search Engine Friendly
- Sitemap and Site Index
- Control of Meta dta on every page
- Google Shopping feed (additional charges apply)
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Catalogue
- Product structure, nested categories and brands with nested product ranges
- Breadcrumbs – with recent changes to Google’s search algorithm these can help to improve SEO
- Category and Brand landing pages
- Product Matrix with range of displaying options
- Category Matrix
- Product and Category attributes
- Parametric filtration
- Product comparisons
- Customer Group pricelists, for Matrix and non-matrix products
- VAT and Sales Tax Handling
- Comprehensive Stock management – warehouse, in-store and online (Sparkstone back office)
- Quantity Breaks - Multi-tier pricing for quantity discounts
- Price records
- Product Bundles and Assemblies
- Product reviews
- Competitions and Polls
- Age Restricted products – DOB Check
- Location Restricted products – Country Check
- YouTube video support
- Fast filterable product search
- Customer saved searches
- Add product to basket and stay on page
- Collections “Catalogue” Pages
- Product Reserve and Try
- Size Guides and Free Swatch requests
- Products restricted to regions
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Marketing
- Cross sell, upsell and down-sell of products (e.g. ‘Customers also bought’ or ‘You might also like’)
- Promotional Icons on Products
- Personalised product suggestions
- Product social media support
- Flexible special offers available in-store and online
- Flexible discount coupon codes
- Online Sale, reduces price for all, or categories of products, and show saving
- Gift Vouchers redeemed and sold on line and in-store
- Other vouchers
- Discount and points based loyalty schemes
- Trustpilot, Feefo and eKomi
- QR Code integration
- Channel Aggregation: EBay and Amazon (separate modules)
- Email and SMS marketing tools (separate modules)
- Sophisticated customer segmentation tool
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Checkout
- Single Page Checkout
- Express Checkout, no need to have an account
- Restricted products filter
- Choice of major payment providers
- Google Checkout and Amazon Payments
- Integration with online finance providers
- Order Reserve and Collect
- Repeat and scheduled repeat Order management
- Add to previous order and order cancellation
- Guaranteed PCI DSS compliant
- Secure Sock Layer protected
- Flexible delivery options, by product price, weight or dimensions and country
- Next Day, Same Day Delivery with time and region constraints
- Order status update emails
- Payment on account
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Account Holders
- Account Dashboard
- Multiple Saved Addresses
- Multiple Saved Credit Card Tokens
- Wish-list and gift-lists
- Saved Baskets
- Postcode Lookup address finder
- Order history
- Copy previous order
- Order returns mechanism
- Cookie Cutter
- Forgotten Password
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Customer Service
- Order returns management
- Analytics and Reporting
- Live Ecommerce chat plugin
- Telephone agent shopping help
- Collect prospect details before a sale is made
- Suggested Products
- Seen Better Prices
- Stock Notifications
