eCommerce
Flex4 has many years experience in designing, developing and supporting eCommerce solutions. Today we offer two solutions offering a choice between a low-cost entry-level solution (ie Standard) or a feature rich, bespoke solution (ie Pro).
The matrix below provides a functional comparison between the two solutions.
Functionality Comparison
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| eCommerce Website Design
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| Bespoke design |  |
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| XHTML 1.0 compliant | |
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| Control of colours, fonts and graphics using cascading stylesheets (CSS) | |
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| Coding to W3C standards | |
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| Static Pages
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| Wide range of standard website functionality via Flexiweb integration | |
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| Multiple content pages | |
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| FAQ page | Option
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| Enquiry form | Option
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| Find Us / Google map | |
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| Privacy
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| Terms of business | |
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| Newsletter subscription | Option
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| Integrated eMail campaigns
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| Customer Status Options
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| Public access to full product catalogue | |
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| Register to view prices | |
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| Register to view prices and product details
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| Display only (ie ability to browse but not buy online)
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| Catalogue Status Options
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| Showcase mode without prices | |
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| Showcase mode with prices | |
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| Normal shopping mode
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| Quotation basket mode (including shipping / collection dates)
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| Categories and Products
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| Unlimited categories and sub-category depth | 
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| Physical products
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| Downloadable / virtual products
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| Products in multiple categories | |
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| Product options as dropdowns, radio buttons, and checkboxes
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| Product summary and detail pages
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| Product image zoom / scroll | Option
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| Promotions, Sales & Discounts
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| Individual special prices | |
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| Global sale reductions | |
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| Category-wide sale prices
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| Discount coupons | |
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| Customer group discounts (e.g trade prices) | |
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| Quantity discounts | |
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| Minimum order quantity per product
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| Prices by attributes | |
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| Featured products
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| Customer Retention Tools
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| Periodic newsletter in plain text or HTML | Option
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| Order status records | |
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| eMail order status updates | |
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| Global eCommerce Ready
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| Multiple language support | Option
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| Multiple payment methods | |
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| Multiple Currency Support
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| Delivery & Shipping
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| Multiple shipping options | |
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| Customer collection | |
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| Fixed price | |
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| By weight | |
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| Zone / country based
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| Checkout Options
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| Special instructions | |
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| Multiple / stored delivery addresses | |
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| Payment Methods
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| Cheque
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| Credit / Debit Card (see Payment Gateways below) | |
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| By account / invoice | |
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