Setup and Support

No programming required
Complete store-builder package
Easy-to-use web interface
Export/import all types of store data (config data, states, users, categories, products, destination zones, taxes, shipping rates, orders, membership levels, etc.)
Out-of-the-box storefront system
Customizable localization: multi-language, configurable currency symbol and weight/dimension measurement units, configurable list of states/provinces
24/7 customer support
Free access to all future releases
Built-in self-upgrade engine

Design and Layout

100% template-based storefront
Fully customizable design & layout
W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant code
A choice from several pre-designed template schemes and color sets
Intuitive navigation
WYSIWYG editor for product/category/manufacturer descriptions, language variables and static pages
Support for thumbnails
Category thumbnail images
Side-bar "mini-cart" viewable at all pages
Build-in template editor: preview, edit and restore templates
WYSIWYG text editor (webmaster mode)
CSS-compatible design. Cascading Style Sheets allow you to easily change styling of your pages.
Debug console: displays a tree of templates for all pages
The possibility to find, create and modify static HTML pages
Customizable heading tabs
HTML emails

Customer Care

All orders stored in MySQL database
Customers can search & browse personal order history
Integrated configurable store product search
Real time order tracking
Customer can choose between account registration and express checkout
Fast Lane Checkout module for quick and intuitive checkout
The possibility to disable checkout without registering
Password reminder for customers
Customizable e-mail notifications/invoices
Wish list
"Send to friend" section
Ability to save the customer's cart
Newsletter management for multiple lists, edit/import/export of subscribers, news archive for customers
Printable versions of pages
Multiple customer types w/unique pricing for every customer type
Memberships and special pricing
"Clear cart" button
Edit product options in cart/wishlist/Gift registry wishlist
Printable invoices
Configurable contact form
Second address line for user profiles
Ability to change the order of products on the customer side

Product Catalog

Unlimited number of products
Unlimited number of categories
Unlimited category nesting
Products can be assigned to unlimited number of categories
Ability to modify multiple products simultaneously
Members-only categories
"Featured Products" box
Automated display of bestsellers
Related products, up selling and cross selling
1-click enable/disable switch for products and categories
Support for up to two different currencies
Automatical currency conversion
Configurable search by title, description, category, SKU, price and weight
"Stop words filter" for product search facility (a special filter ensures that service and link words occurring in the search pattern are ignored when search by individual words is performed - available for English language only)

Product Details

Unlimited product options/variants/properties w/optional price modifiers
Unlimited custom input fields for products
Customer-defined prices
HTML-enriched product descriptions
Unlimited number of product images
Storing images in DB or on a file system
List a product in several categories
Manufacturers module
Ability to display product detailed images in popup windows

Merchandising and Inventory

Discount coupon codes and gift certificates
Full inventory control
"Out of Stock" Messages
Quantity discounts
Retail and wholesale price
Limit minimal order amount

Shipping and Tax

Real-time USPS, FedEx and UPS shipping calculation from one location
Unlimited number of custom-defined delivery methods
Flate rate, weight, order total and per-item based shipping
Different weight limits for different delivery methods
Markups for realtime shipping
Mark your products as "free shipping" products
Promotional "free shipping" coupons to your customers
Add handling/freight charges
Handle international, domestic and local shipping
Ability to clone a zone and all zone information
Restrict shipping by location
Allow your customers to choose delivery methods
Full support for downloadable goods (e-goods)
Customizable tax calculation
Product-specific taxes
Taxes & shipping fees depending on client's location
"Tax exempt" feature
GST/PST (canadian tax system)
Canada post shipping
DHL (Airborne) ShipIt API support
Australia Post's Delivery Rate Calculator support
Shipping Label Generator for USPS and UPS
AustraliaPost order tracking

Sales Analysis & Tracking

Comprehensive statistics:
   - Number of orders
   - Number of customers
   - Product views
   - Category views
   - Products removed from cart by customers
   - Sales by product / best sellers
   - Total sales
   - Client environment settings
   - Statistics on search patterns customers use when searching products
Searchable order data
Order data is easy to print
Printable shipping labels
Automatic creation of shipping labels for orders intended to be shipped by USPS and UPS
Search engine & incoming traffic tracker: the cart keeps referrer data for all customers
Shipment/fulfillment interface
Export sales & customer data for use in a spreadsheet
Export orders to QuickBooks format

Payment Gateways & Methods

Accept payments in any currency
Allow payment via several online payment modules
Payment systems (including PayPal payments)
High variety of real-time credit card processors (over 100 payment gateways)
Check processors
Manual (offline) credit card processing
PayPal payments
Google Checkout as an alternative to X-Cart's standard checkout
Predefined set of payment methods (offline): checks, purchase orders, phone orders, wire transfer and etc.

Search Engine Friendly

Pages can be indexed by all major search engines
Define custom META tags for every category
Customer referrer info is stored in database
Product catalog can be generated as static HTML pages for better SE indexing and ranking
Search engine optimization options group

Database and Platform Compatibility

Open source PHP code
Support for UNIX/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X servers
Powered by MySQL database
Multi-language: your e-store can work with unlimited number of languages
Multi-lingual products
Multi-lingual categories
Multi-lingual product options
Payment processing modules for all major gateways
Flexible implementation: you can easily add new features and/or disable existing ones.

Repeat Customer Accommodation

All customer's data is stored in database
Greet regular visitors
Registered customers can be offered discounts
Registered customers do not have to enter their data again
Registered customers can edit their profile
Registered customers can access history of their orders
Built-in newsletter engine
Real-time order tracking for registered customers
Moderated product reviews and ratings
Return Merchandise Authorization add-on to return customers' payments.

Web-based control panel

Password-protected administrative access
All changes are real-time
Control the cart from anywhere in the world using your web browser
Unlimited number of admin accounts
Support for restricted "shipping/fulfillment" admin accounts
User-defined date/time format
Ability for administrator to act on behalf of other users (e.g. to place phone orders for customers and use X-Cart as web based point of sale system)

Security

Full HTTPS/SSL support
Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access
Password-protected administrative access
Strong Blowfish encryption for sensitive customer data
PGP-encrypted e-mail notifications
Real-time security notifications of all failed login attempts
Anti-Fraud module validates customer's address during checkout
Stop list module allows disabling shop usage from specific IP
Backup sub-system
System fingerprints: ability to compare the status of the store files before and after modification and to discover which files have been deleted, added or modified
Protect registration pages and e-mail forms with a random-number image