Store Configuration Features
- Store name used in emails sent out by the store, and various other places.
- Store URL used in the extended logging format.
- Enable, and disable SSL.
- Site disclaimer message. When any customer visits the web site for the first time during each session he has to agree these terms, and conditions, and disclaimer message.
- Anonymous User Maintenance allows you to specify how long anonymous users and their associated basket are stored in the database before they are automatically purged. Their is also a separate setting for anonymous users which have been referred by an affiliate.
- Gift Certificate Expiration. How many days should it take beforea gift certificate expires.
- Set your next order number. e.g. You can start your store at order 1001. Order number increment allows you to increment order number by n.
- Order minimum and maximum amounts. e.g. You are required to purchase $25.00 before you can proceed to checkout, and you can enforce an order maximum amount should your merchant account have limits.
- Checkout terms, and conditions that a customer must agree to during checkout. e.g. All sales are final, and products are non-refundable. Pretty typical for someone selling things like Halloween costumes, and prom gowns.
- Unit ofweight can be set to pounds, ounces, kilograms, and grams
- Unit of measure can be set to inches or centimeters.
- Time zone offset is an important feature for shared hosting customer allowing you to set your store time to your business hours regardless of the servers time setting.
- Enable or disable inventory management for the entire store. Inventory control is enabled at the product level so not all products are required to have inventory tracking.
- Display inventory level on the product page yes or no. e.g. n units available , and This product is currently out of stock, current quantity is n.
- Volume discount setting. Inline item mode, eligibility for a discount is calculated for all products from that category on a line item basis. In grouping mode, the quantity , and values of all products in that category are added together for the purpose of determining eligibility for the discount. e.g. In line item mode you would have to purchase 100 of the same pencil to qualify for the discount. In grouping mode you could purchase 20 of 5 different pencils from the same category to qualify for the discount.
- Catalog Mode. Enabling this feature will hide the add to basket button for all products, so customers can browse your catalog but are unable to purchase directly online.
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