With a store of vast size you may need several people updating the store's content and the products you sell. Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  has two levels of ownership. One, the Administrators, who have access to every aspect of the store, and Two, the Store Staff who only have access to certain specific areas. The main areas the staff cannot go to are the 'Configuration', 'Purchase History', 'Customer Viewing', and 'Reports'.

This gives you control over the " major" sections, while making it so you do not have to do " all" of the work.

Customer Viewing

Viewing a popular store's purchase history can be a real eye sore, which is why Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions    allows you to sort the history by several different columns allowing you to see the most current purchases, the purchases marked as invalid or pending, at the top instead of having to scroll down or search several pages to find them.

Payment Methods

A variety of Payment Methods is the key to good e-commerce software and Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  is grabbing several of the popular ones to start off with and will then venture to the less popular. Installing a payment method is a easy as choosing to " Activate" it.

Categories

Like other e-commerce packages, Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  allows you to easily organize your products using Categories and Sub-Categories. However, unlike some of the other packages, Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  lets you make an unlimited amount of Categories and Sub-Categories. In fact you can also make an unlimited level of tiers. Such As:

Main Category > Sub-Category 1 > Sub-Category 2 > Sub-Category 3 > etc...

Another feature regarding the Categories in Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  is you can set them to" Invisible" , meaning they are not viewable on the Store Front by your Customers. However, the store lets you see them if you are the Administrator that way you can ensure everything is displaying as it should be.

Manufacturers

Most products have a Manufacturer and Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  requires that each product you enter be given a Manufacturer. Whether each product has the same manufacturer or a different one has no affect to the software. The Manufacturer value of a product is primary used for organization and for searches processed on the store front.

Products

Through Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  you can create a variety of different products. Products with Options, such as, color and size, Products that are Downloadable after Purchase, Products with Options that are Downloadable after Purchase (each set of options having its own downloadable file), etc.

Each product can also have a Full Size image and a Thumbnail image attached to it for display on the store front. These options and many more make Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  a great choice when needing to provide flexibility among products.

Sales

Putting certain products or certain set of product options on sale is also included in Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions. Not only can you specify the sale start and finish dates, but you can also specify the time the sale starts and finishes.

When you combine this with the " Sales" report, you can even see how many days, hours, and minutes are left in the current sales.

E-mail Templates

All emails that are sent by Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  are stored in the database as templates. They can easily be exported for backup purposes, and modified through the Administration Area to fit your specified needs. When a new email template is required by the software, it can easily be imported into the database and if it finds a relatively close match, it will ask you if you want to " Replace the Matched Template" , " Insert the Import Template as a new Template" , or " Do Nothing" .

The email template system is smart and will recognize a variety of variables to be replaced making it easy to send out professional emails without hard coding a lot of the details.

Announcements

Posting announcements for customers to read, is very easy. Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  allows you to quickly write up a professional announcement and tell it the date range to be shown. Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  also enable you to attach an image to the announcement to make it more professional.

Newsletters

Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  allows you to create Plain Text or HTML newsletters to send to your customers. Realize that customer's have the ability to turn off the receiving of newsletters and Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  will go based on their settings to decide who is sent the newsletters.

Site Documents

With the owning of a store, you are likely to have Shipping Information, a Terms of Agreement, and other policy documents regarding your company. Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions  allows you to make these documents quickly and easily through the Administration Area, and like the Announcements, you can include an image to add professionalism.

Contact Form

When working with customer's you need an easy way for them to communicate with you and/or your staff. Hermit Search. Com e-Commerce solutions    allows you to build your own 'Contact Form' for customers to fill out regarding issues they are having or questions regarding your company's policies.

Language Pack Phrases

All of the phrases used throughout the Administration Area and the Store Front are stored in two files appropriately named 'english.php'. This allows you to translate the phrases to a language more suitable to your store and your target customers.

In the same situation it also allows a customer to change which language they are viewing the store in, if you have multiple language files stored in your 'language' folders. This now increases your target audience and will hopefully increase your sales.