Beta-launch of CartSmith
10 January, 2006

We are proud to announce the beta-launch of our new shopping cart system (CartSmith). The multi-lingual and multi-currency CartSmith surpasses the functionality of other shopping carts by offering a sophisticated administration engine for merchants to handle the fulfillment of large volumes of orders and an elaborate warehousing backend that empower merchants to manage stock seemlessly for more multiple warehouses.

The following is a brief features list:-

Shopping Cart

• Add / Edit / Remove product to/from Cart - anonymous and post-login
• Manage Account - Change Profile
• Manage Addresses
• Real-time Check Order Status of all past orders
• Real-time Check Delivery Status of orders
• Currency Manager to manage exchange rates and accepted currencies
• Support a number of payment gateway technologies
• Sales management for online and offline orders
• Basic POS system

Product Management 

• Hierarchical product categorisation (unlimited number of levels)
• Product Management (unlimited number of products)
• Automated Image resizing for product images
• All products can have production options (e.g. size, colour, etc. )
• Suppliers management for each individual product
• Out of Stock warning for Out of Stock Products
• Barcode support for all products

Shipping

• Ruled-based shipping costs calculations by weight or by price
• User-defined shipping fulfillment route
• Multiple shipping methods

Fulfillment 

• Outstanding Order handling 
• Checklist to ensure correct order, correct shipping method and speedy shipment
• Invoicing by templates
• Delivery ID management and tracking for individual shipments
• Return Order handling
• Refund Order handling

Payment Gateway 

• Payment Gateway Integration - (Worldpay, PayPal, AsiaPay, et al.)
• Authorise for Order and Capture upon fulfillment

Stock Control

• Warehouse management - setup multiple warehouses
• Automated Stock replenishment
• Stock control of each individual product