Features:

Setup and Configuration

• Configure your Americart online with your browser, adapt one of our demo pages to your own product, and you're up and running, right now, no waiting.
• Doesn't need CGI capability on your server. If you can have images and text, you can use Americart.
• Doesn't rely on java, javascript, or plug–ins that your customer may or may not have, thus maximizing your catalog compatibility. Cookies are used to some extent, but the cart is FULLY functional for non-supporting or cookie rejecting browsers.
• Our Product Search Engine requires NO CGI on your website, and returns products complete with “add to cart” buttons!
• Varied and attractive color schemes to match your site and your logo shown on the cart display.
• Checkout Form designer tool to design your own order forms if the system forms don't suffice.
• Database Support: When your site grows to the point you need to generate html pages out of your database or spreadsheet, Americart is ready. Database support including Product Search Engine is included with your shopping cart at no extra cost. This is a feature that other services charge large fees for, but our automation allows us to offer it for no extra charge. Automation also means you can rebuild your data any time you wish.

• Secure Socket Layer encryption for sensitive credit card information assures customer confidence.
• Orders are sent securely to the email address of your choice.
• Supports secure single page Express Ordering for those times you don't need the complexity or the full shopping cart. (See our example pages.)
• Verifies Credit Card Numbers to assure mathematical validity.
• The Americart servers are tested daily by ScanAlert for security vulnerabilities and displays the HackerSafe logo on your cart. Tests have shown that sites displaying this logo generate sales averaging 15% higher than identical non-HackerSafe sites.

• Simple for your customers to use, making your site easy to shop.
• Eliminates customer confusion with its clean, intuitive interface.
• A total of quantities and prices is kept at all times.
• Displays a Summary of the Shopping Cart contents when an item is added to the cart.
• A “clear shopping cart” button for starting over.
• Support for upselling or impulse buying, suggesting a related product to complement the item to be purchased. (See the FAQ: Special tags and Modifiers)
• Place one or one hundred items in the cart with a single button.
• Issues unique order numbers to you and the shopper to match them up with their order for inquiries.
• Allows customers to change the quantity of items in their cart, or remove them altogether.
• Always provides a link back to the last html page where the customer was shopping.
• The cart display features a “view”. button which shoppers can click to easily see an image of what they've placed in the cart.
• Varied and attractive color schemes to match your site and your logo shown on the cart display.

• Powerful discount system for all your quantity based discounts and sale needs. Multiple breakpoints, selectable by partnumber or range of part numbers. Discount by percent, flat amount, or just set the price!
• Nearly infinite support for height, width, size, color, material, etc. including whether or not the options add or subtract from the item cost.
• Support for various currencies, units of measure, etc.
• Wide choice of ordering and payment methods for you to offer your customers.
• Verifies fields in order submissions for completeness.

• Allows customers to choose their shipping method from what you offer them, and calculates the cost for that method.
• Tracks shipping and handling costs with a variety of calculation methods including on the fly UPS charges by zone and weight! Our UPS shipping calculator will also handle orders which must ship in multiple boxes!
• Calculates sales tax for application to “home state” customer orders. Multiple home states and variable tax rate handled also.
• Handles “intangible” items such as services so they do not inadvertently incur a shipping charge if ordered by themselves.
• Allows a mix of tax exempt and non-tax exempt items, tracking taxes accurately.
• Allows a mix of shipping exempt and non-shipping exempt items, tracking fees accurately.
• Programmable threshold below which you can charge a small order fee, reminding customers to increase their order amount.

• Supports Yahoo! Search Marketing (Overture), Google AdWords and Microsoft adCenter sales tracking.
• Supports Google Analytics (Urchin)
• Supports nearly ALL sales Affiliate Programs, including Commission Junction and Shareasale. This allows advertisers and direct marketers to pay affiliate partners on a per–visitor (click), lead or sale basis. Americart support is provided to facilitate the per–sale basis.
• Just enter your affiliate program number in the Americart set–up form and your shopping cart products will be fully supported! Other programs hooked up on request at no additional charge.