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