ProStores can offer affordable and accessible eCommerce software solutions for a range of different businesses. The site builder software is so easy to use you will not have to have any training in HTML in order to set up and manage professional and fully functional online stores. ProStores is a part of eBay and this means that you can simultaneously list your products on your website and also on the appropriate eBay auction pages. This increases your customer base and website exposure with very little effort.  ProStores offer two main business packages:

• Professional eCommerce Basic Plan $29.95 per month – this offers 5GB of storage, 50GB of bandwidth and a product catalog up to 5,000 items

• Professional eCommerce Plus Plan $59.95 per month – this offers unlimited storage space and bandwidth and a product catalog up to 10,000 items.

• ProStores can also offer online stores with additional search engine optimization and marketing features including tools to set up and manage affiliate programs, email marketing campaigns and discounts/sales/coupon code options to help drive sales.

Webpage Design
The site builder software from ProStores is very simple to use and you can choose from over 150 professional designed storefront templates, which can be customized and edited to suit your individual business.  If you are a professional web designer or have previous experience with writing code then you can also integrated more sophisticated third party web design software to your ProStores account such as Dreamweaver and Flash.  This can enable you to set up even more unique and tailor made websites with fully imbedded search engine optimization features. The product catalogs offered by ProStores are flexible and can offer full inventory tracking features so that you can keep a close eye on your sales and stock levels and enable you to offer both virtual (downloadable) and physical (shipped) goods. 

Shopping Cart
ProStores offers a quick and easy to use shopping cart which allows you to cross and up sell your merchandise and has fully customizable layout options.  The Business Integration tool seamlessly connects your inventory with eBay’s online auction format so you can process and track all of your sales easily. 

Payment Processing
You can offer real time online credit/debit card processing on your eCommerce store and there is support for reoccurring billing services such as annual or monthly subscriptions.  Additional payment methods such as checks and money orders can also be offered and there is multiple currency support so that you can offer your products worldwide.  You can also set up parameters for automated discounts on bulk orders or seasonal promotions and add shipping and tax costs at the check out stage.

Reliability and Security
ProStores is powered by state of the art 128 bit SSL encryption (certified by Verisign) and this provides reliable protection for data transfer and storage.  Uptime is constantly around 99.9%, so you not have to worry about any significant downtime affecting your customers or sales.

Customer Services
ProStores provides effective customer support with 24/7 toll-free telephone and email helpdesks and also online help with starter wizards and FAQs.

Posted in: Resources - Shopping Cart On May 19 2012