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e-Commerce

Last year, online sales exceeded $100 billion, excluding travel. Why wait any longer?eCommerce chart with increasing revenues

E-commerce is huge, and is increasing by 20 - 25% every year. It's no wonder. Selling online has so many advantages -- global reach, 24/7 availability, low overhead, and unmatched flexibility are just a few of the benefits.

If you're ready to step into the exciting world of Ecommerce, Spritz can help. Choose from a wide variety of solutions and features, and get the expertise andshopping cart guidance you need to navigate the complexities of an eCommerce solution.

e-Commerce for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

e-Commerce for Startups

For Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

If you need a full-blown, feature-laden electronic storefront, you can expect all the options you need for premium eCommerce functionality. You'll need to start with these 4 components:

1. Secure, Online Shopping Cart: We can customize and implement a variety of open source and commercially available carts. Based on your needs, we'll select just the right one for you.

2. Merchant Account: You need a special merchant account for payment processing through the credit cardInternet. We can assist you with all of your electronic payment processing needs -- establishing a merchant account, selecting the appropriate virtual terminal/payment gateway software, and more. We are authorized partners of Newtek Business Services, and can assist you with a full range of other services, as well.

3. Payment Gateway: Select from a variety of available payment gateways, or let us recommend one for you. We support most gateways, including Authorize.Net, WorldPay, USAePay, VeriSign, 2Checkout, LinkPoint, and many others.

4. SSL Digital Certificate: You can take advantage of an economical, shared certificate by X-Ramp if you choose a hosting plan from Spritz. Other options include dedicated certificates from Thawte, VeriSign and others.

Spritz eCommerce Solution: Features and Options

Naturally, you'll want your eCommerce component to integrate seamlessly into the rest of your site. Research indicates that a successful e-Commerce site must also sport a user-friendly layout and full feature set. Based on your requirements, Spritz will implement a solution that includes any or all of these features:

  • Product Mgmt
  • Marketing
  • Processing
  • Administration
  • Customer
  • Unlimited category depth
  • Assign products to multiple categories
  • Electronic Downloads for virtual products
  • Multiple product options and attributes (size, color, format, etc)
  • Custom configurations for products
  • Image manipulation capabilities (thumbnails, zoom, 3D, etc)
  • New products feature
  • Catalog Search
  • Ability to hide products
  • Low stock alerts
  • Inventory management with backorder capbilities
  • Multiple pricing levels
  • Discount coupons
  • Quantity discounts
  • Group discounts
  • One-time charges
  • Free shipping capability
  • Prices by attribute
  • Minimum & maximum purchase
  • Gift certificates
  • Gift wrapping/notes
  • Referral tools
  • Cross-selling
  • Newsletter capabilities
  • Product reviews
  • Featured products
  • Wish list feature
  • Real-time credit card authorization
  • Online shipping integration with UPS, DHL, USPS and FedEx
  • Automatic tax calculations
  • Automatic shipping calculations
  • Automatic currency conversions
  • Data import and export
  • Real-time inventory management
  • Virtual Terminal
  • Web-based administration console
  • WYSWYG editing
  • View & process orders online
  • Automated order status emails/records
  • Automatic shipping confirmation emails with tracking
  • Print packing slips, receipts & invoices
  • Variety of sales/activity/customer reports
  • Easily enable or disable store features
  • Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) system
  • Account Login
  • Ability to update profile
  • View and change orders
  • Email confirmations for order processing & shipping
  • Live package tracking
  • One-page checkout for repeat customers

Security

padlockYou can sleep at night with an e-Commerce solution from Spritz. You'll have the assurance of 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, and state-of-the-art fraud protection. Security measures include Address Verification Service (AVS) and card verification value 2 (CVV2). We will manage the complexities of the mandatory PCI compliance validation for you. Additionally, we can help you certify your e-Commerce website through ScanAlert's Hacker-Safe® certification service.

 

For Startups

If you sell a very limited number of products, your needs may be met by a simple, low-cost PayPal solution. We can also implement Google Checkout functionality for you, or assist you with several other options.