Professional eCommerce Plus
Professional eCommerce Plus – Professional E-Commerce Plus Product of ProStores
Extended product of ProStores from its basic product of “Professional E-Commerce” is its “Professional ecommerce Plus” in which it provides all the facilities a subscriber gets in its “Professional E-Commerce” plus some additional and advanced services. The limitation of maximum number of products listing in catalog is enhanced, number of unique email addresses is increased, the limit on monthly data transfer is removed, and even the limit on the storage space is removed when the product subscription is extended from “Professional E-Commerce” to “Professional E-Commerce Plus”.
“Professional E-Commerce Plus” is a great solution for growing retail and service businesses with large catalogs or advanced management needs. With this product of ProStores, the users can integrate online sales with existing back end systems, enable drop shipments, create their own affiliate marketing programs, set up special pricing for customer groups, and manage a sales team.
Following are the additional features a subscriber of “Professional E-Commerce Plus” gets over and above the facilities of “Professional E-Commerce”:
1. Limit for number of products is increased by twenty times: In the “Professional E-Commerce Plus Solution”, the subscriber gets a permission to list out One Lakh (1,00,000) products, which is as much as twenty times the “Professional E-Commerce” subscriber has.
2. Number of Unique Email Boxes increased by four times: The “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscriber of ProStores can have twenty unique email boxes which is four times the number of unique email boxes provided in the “Professional E-Commerce” of ProStores.
3. Upper Limits on Storage Spaces is removed: As compared to five giga bytes limited storage space in “Professional E-Commerce” the extended “Professional E-Commerce Plus” offers unlimited storage space for information about the products on sale, e-mails, data in database, and other items. The only restriction implemented on this is that the content stored on the storage space should be related to the operation of the ProStores Web store and not for general storage or data delivery. Other terms and conditions may also apply. For this the users are suggested to see the Merchant User Agreement for details.
4. Upper Limits on Monthly Data Transfer is removed: As compared to fifty giga bytes limited data transfer every month in “Professional E-Commerce” the extended “Professional E-Commerce Plus” offers unlimited data transfer every month subjected to the restriction that the content should be related only to the operation of the ProStores Web store and not for general storage or data delivery. Other terms and conditions may also apply. For this the users are suggested to see the Merchant User Agreement for details.
5. Multiple Buyers Group Facility Added: The “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscribers of ProStores can create multiple buyer groups including frequent, retail and wholesale buyers. For these multiple groups of buyers, the owner or administrators of the storefront can provide unique discounts or pricing for different groups of buyers on the same store. This facility is also promoted in the name of “Customer Plus” by the ProStores. In this facility, the subscriber can create segmented buyer groups to control access to wholesale and special pricing of the products.
6. Affiliate Programs: With its affiliate programs, the “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscribers of ProStores can create, manage and track a sales affiliates program with the help of automated tools and can make it easy for sales affiliates to drive traffic to their storefront. Affiliates receive commissions on sales generated by their traffic. The Affiliate Program service in this subscription can also be used for assigning Sales Team Managers, collect and manage sales leads, manage a sales team, and set up customized affiliate programs of the users.
7. Sales Team Management Service: The “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscribers of ProStores can avail sales team management service with which they can organize, track and manage their sales organization.
8. Drop Shipping: The “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscribers of ProStores enjoy the facility of Drop Shipping. This facility automatically communicates the fulfillment details to the suppliers for the necessary actions when orders are received for their products. This service is also known as Supply Connect Service of “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscription with which the subscribers can set up custom settings for automated purchase orders (PO), drop shipping notices, virtual inventory, and other supplier notifications.
9. Supply Chain and Vendor Management: The “Professional E-Commerce Plus” subscribers of ProStores also enjoy the facility of Supply Chain and Vendor Management and very efficiently manage their supply chains and vendors with virtual inventory management, drop shipment and supplier notification capabilities. The combination of these facilities in this subscription makes the supply chain management and vendor controls very simple, easy, and convenient.
Following is a tabular comparison of the “Professional E-Commerce” and “Professional E-Commerce Plus” from ProStores:
| S. No. & Feature | Professional E-Commerce Basic | Professional E-Commerce Plus |
| SECURE ECOMMERCE HOSTING” | ||
| 1 “Web Storefront Hosting | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 2 “Hosted Storefront with Secure Shopping Cart | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 3 “Personalized Domain | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 4 “Number of Products” 5000 100000 | ||
| 5 “SSL Security | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 6 “Unique Email Boxes” 5 20 | ||
| 7 “Storage Space | 5 GB | Unlimited (subject to conditions) |
| 8 “Data Transfer | 50 GB per Month | Unlimited (subject to conditions) |
| 9 “Multiple Admin Users | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| SUPPORT SERVICES FROM PROSTORES” | ||
| 10 “Getting Started Checklist | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 11 “Online Tools and Help | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 12 “Priority Email Technical Support | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 13 “24/7 Toll-Free Phone Technical Support | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| STOREFRONT DESIGN & CUSTOMIZATION” | ||
| 14 “Easy-to-use Design Templates | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 15 “5Logo Generator | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 16 “Customize Basic Design Settings | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 17 “Theme builder and HTML design editor | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 18 “Advanced Customization | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| MERCHANDISING” | ||
| 19 “Shopping Cart Cross-Sell/Up-sell Merchandising | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 20 “Run Promotions | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 21 “Coupon Codes | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 22 “Member Promotions and Merchandising Programs | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 23 “Related Products Merchandising | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 24 “Downloadable Products | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 25 “Services, Subscriptions and Memberships | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 26 “Multiple Buyer Groups | NOT Available | Yes, Available |
| ONLINE SALES & MARKETING TOOLS” | ||
| 27 “Integration With eBay | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 28 “eBay Sync | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 29 “Free Shopping Site Submission | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 30 “Managed Shopping Site Feeds | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 31 “Search Engine Optimization | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 32 “Site map Management | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 33 “Email Marketing | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 34 “Affiliate Program | NOT Available | Yes, Available |
| 35 “Sales Team Management | NOT Available | Yes, Available |
| PAYMENT PROCESSING” | ||
| 36 “Process Payments With PayPal | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 37 “Multiple Payment Methods | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 38 “Compatible Payment Gateways | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 39 “Invoice Adjustment | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 40 “Recurring Billing | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 41 “Additional Payment Options | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| SHIPPING & TAX TOOLS” | ||
| 42 “Tax Calculators | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 43 “Custom Shipping Tables | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 44 “Product Level Shipping Options | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 45 “Cart Level Shipping Options | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 46 “Drop Shipping | NOT Available | Yes, Available |
| POST SALE MANAGEMENT” | ||
| 47 “Lost Passwords | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 48 “Export Products, Orders and Customer Information | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 49 “Credits and Partial Credits | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| CATALOG & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT” | ||
| 50 “eBay Sync | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 51 “Product Catalog | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 52 “Product Category and Subcategory Levels | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 53 “Product Attributes | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 54 “Attribute-level Inventory Tracking | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 55 “Inventory-Based Catalog Control | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 56 “Back-Orders and Order-Splitting | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 57 “Supply Chain and Vendor Management | NOT Available | Yes, Available |
| REPORTING & ACCOUNTING TOOLS” | ||
| 58 “Business Reporting | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 59 “Site Traffic Reporting | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| 60 “QuickBooks® Integration | ||
| (Share your product, order and customer information | ||
| directly with QuickBooks.) | Yes, Available | Yes, Available |
| UPGRADES” | ||
| 61 “Upgrade Options | Yes, Available | NOT Available |
| 62 “Subscription Fees | Professional E-Commerce Basic | |
| $29.95/month | ||
| 0.5% Transaction Fee | ||
| One month trial | Professional E-Commerce Plus | |
| $59.95/month | ||
| 0.5% Transaction Fee | ||
| One month trial | ||