Emporium is feature packed as you will see from the top level feature overview below. The best way to understand how emporium can work for you is to request an live demo of the software.

Design Features

  • W3C/XHTML compliant design
  • Easily integrate your existing design
  • Drag and drop layout customization
  • Edit email templates from via panel
  • Works in all popular web browsers
  • Web-based control panel

SEO Features

  • Fully SEO optimized HTML
  • Per-page optimization (title, etc)
  • Proper use of H1…H6 tags
  • SEO friendly links
  • Toggle SEO friendly links
  • W3C valid templates

VAT Features

  • Country-based VAT/TAX
  • Unlimited vat/tax rates
  • Prices inc/ex VAT
  • Flat VAT option
  • VAT rate display in store
  • VAT shown on invoices, etc
  • Flexible VAT rules and flow

In-Store Features

  • Full product catalog
  • Online checkout system
  • “Call for pricing” option
  • One click add to cart
  • Optimized usability
  • Product comparisons
  • Order status updates
  • Live order tracking
  • Email/print invoices
  • Customer address book
  • Private wish lists
  • Public wish lists
  • Order messaging system
  • Related products
  • Suggestive cart
  • “You may also like”…

Marketing Features

  • Discount rules system
  • Buy one get one free, etc
  • Free shipping over £x
  • £x on orders over £y
  • Trackable coupon codes
  • Coupon expiry date
  • Coupon limited uses
  • Google Analytics integration
  • Bulk discounts per product
  • Gift certificates
  • Online certificate use
  • Promotional banners
  • Newsletter subscriptions
  • Export to Google Base
  • Affiliate tracking system
  • RSS feeds
  • Google AdWords export
  • Yahoo Search Marketing export
  • Popular products list
  • New products list
  • Top sellers list
  • Quick search popup box
  • “Did you mean?” spelling

Order & Checkout Features

  • Single page checkout
  • Shipping quote estimates
  • Guest checkout option
  • Refunds and store credits
  • Custom checkout form fields
  • Delivery/event dates
  • Shipping tracking numbers
  • Email order confirmation
  • Agree to terms before ordering
  • Add multiple items to cart
  • Create order shipments
  • Order messaging system
  • One click re-order

Product & Inventory Features

  • Per-product inventory levels
  • Automatic inventory control
  • Inventory reminder indicators
  • Sell physical & digital items
  • Product variations (size, color, etc)
  • Configurable purchase fields
  • Gift wrapping options
  • Per-product gift wrapping
  • Live shipping quotes
  • Product reviews & comments
 Payment & Shipping Features

  • Accept credit cards online
  • Support for 50+ gateways
  • PayPal, Google Checkout, etc
  • Support for secure checkout
  • Support for “offline” payments
  • COD, pay in store, cheque, etc
  • Take orders over the phone
  • Sell in multiple currencies
  • Real time conversion rate updates
  • Auto-detect location for currency
  • Real time shipping quotes
  • UPS, USPS, FedEx, Aus Post, etc
  • Define your own shipping rates
  • Limit shipping methods by country
  • Limit shipping methods by county
  • Limit shipping methods by postcode
  • Various free shipping options
  • Add handling cost to orders

Content Management Features

  • Full CMS functionality
  • 100% browser based
  • Publish web pages
  • Display returns policies, etc
  • Easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
  • Page dropdown/pop out menus
  • SEO-friendly pages
  • Restrict to customer groups
  • Publish content from RSS
  • Contact forms on pages
  • Responses sent via email
  • Display page as home page
  • Recent news items
  • Banners and promotions

Customer Features

  • Customer groups
  • Wholesale/retail pricing
  • Per-group pricing
  • Per-group discounts
  • Category level discounts
  • Product level discounts
  • Storewide group discounts
  • Move customers between groups
  • Add new customers to group
  • Filter customers by group
  • Export customers by group

Search Features

  • Search suggest
  • “Did you mean?” suggestions
  • Related searches list
  • Advanced search options
  • Fiter by price
  • Filter by availability
  • Filter by free shipping
  • Search tips and advice
  • Shop by brand
  • Shop by price
  • Saved searches and views

Import/Export Features

  • Import existing products easily
  • Extremely flexible import system
  • Export products to CSV/XML
  • Sync to Intuit Quickbooks
  • Export to MYOB, Peachtree
  • Export to StoneEdge
  • Export to Sage
  • Export in custom formats

Reporting Features

  • 20+ performance reports
  • Daily conversion rate
  • Top 20 customers
  • Best selling products
  • Order locations (Google maps)
  • Orders by item sold
  • Orders by revenue
  • Popular products
  • Inventory report
  • Customers by date
  • Revenue per customer
  • Search keywords with results
  • Search keywords without results
  • Best performing keywords
  • Worst performing keywords
  • Search term corrections