Ultra Cart - For Merchants, By Merchants

Why settle for a cart that requires a Ph.D. to set up and maintain? Or, a cart that cannot meet your e-business demands? UltraCart offers the industry's most robust and flexible e-business platform, with setup and maintenance that is a breeze.

Setup and Support

  • Easy to setup and use
  • Integates seamlessly with existing web sites. No CGI or scripts to install, SSL certificates to purchase, or advanced knowledge of web site design is required
  • No need to have your own IT staff
  • Integrates well with Microsoft Frontpage, Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver, and any other popular web site design software
  • Works with any web server including Apache, Microsoft IIS, JBoss, Jetty, Resin, and Tomcat
  • No SSL support requred on merchants server (a savings of several hundred dollars a year)
  • Web based administration
  • Customizable to allow a seamless transition of look and feel between website and shopping cart
  • Free pre-signup and post-signup email and phone support

Item Management

  • Allows logical grouping of products, including sub-groups, for easy management
  • Supports taxable and non-taxable products/services
  • Configurable volume discounts for each item
  • Configurable item options such as size, color, length, etc
  • Variable billing support for product customizations, such as personalized messages, custom colors, etc
  • Tools to batch import and update items
  • Inventory controls to prevent ordering of items once they're out of stock
  • Configure different pricing tiers for different segments of customers. Great for merchants that sell wholesale and retail
  • Restrict shipping methods that are available for a specific item
  • Specific measurements and weights in English or Metric

Secure Digital Delivery

  • Sell and deliver digital content easily and securely
  • Automatic digital content mirroring insures always-available delivery of your digital content
  • Secure and easy to use delivery systems allow your customer quick & easy access to their digital content purchases
  • Digital delivery services support all digital content, as well as such advanced download features such as HTTP resume, server cache management, and bookmarkable URLs
  • Customers can download all their digital content as a ZIP file or have small purchases emailed to them
  • Provide an option to download an item instead of purchasing the physical version. Great for musicians selling CDs and MP3 files
  • Support for registration keys (including keys generated on remote servers by 3rd party program)

Order Processing

  • Quickbooks Integration (FREE)
  • Customizable e-mail messages sent to the customer upon product shipment including tracking link
  • Multiple email notification when orders are received and when payments have been processed. Allows for separate accounting and shipping departments in larger companies
  • Platform independent professional packing slip printing. Customizable to allow printing on your company's letter head, etc
  • Return policy automatically shown to customer on invoice and printed packing slip
  • Edit orders to correct the most common errors that customers make
  • Export order / shipment information to 3rd party applications such as credit card processing or shipping software
  • Export your order information in the universal format, XML, for easy import or integration with other systems such as accounting packages
  • Robust support for third-party fulfillment providers, utilizing industry standards such as HTTP, SMTP, XML and PDF
  • Route all your orders from sales channels through UltraCart. Support for
    Amazon Seller Central
    eBay Stores
    EDI (Eletronic Document Interchange)
    InpulseResponse
    LiveOps
    Overstock.com
    SkyMall

Shopping

  • Embeddable search system to allow customers to locate products quickly in large stores
  • Cart holds item description, part number, quantity, price, and custom options
  • Accepts both billing and shipping addresses
  • Gift message and wrapping paper configuration
  • Configurable customer contact information
  • First line validation measures to assist in validating credit card numbers
  • Calculates proper tax rates based upon customer's state and county. Supports multiple states simultaneously for multi-state companies
  • Incredibly fast real-time shipping cost calculation for Austrailian Post, Canada Post, DHL, FedEx, USPS and Watkins with individually configurable markups. UltraCart enables you to take advantages of special USPS pricing on music, books, and magazine products
  • Support for customer profiles makes it easy for repeat customers to place orders
  • Allow customers to automatically reorder products based upon their own schedule
  • Auto order allows customers to select when the merchant can automatically ship them additional products. Great for merchants selling supplements, subscriptions and memberships that require recurring billing!

Shipping

  • Configurable shipping methods including built-in USPS, Fedex, Airborne Express, and Canada Post. Charge users based upon cost, weight, real-time estimate, or by the item. Configurable handling charges for international countries
  • Support for Fedex Freight
  • Geo-location technology to determine where your customer is located for incredibly accurate shipping estimates
  • Integrated support for APO / FPO addresses
  • Automatic shipping estimation directly on cart view screen
  • Automatically calculate insurance costs on shipments
  • Standardize addresses (USPS shipments only)
  • Verify city, state, and postal code combination for US customers (including APO/FPO addresses)
  • Export/Import to/from UPS OnLine Worldship, FedEx ShipManager, and Endicia Dazzle software
  • Print DHL Domestic Labels directly from UltraCart
  • Restrict shipping methods to specific regions or address types
  • Specify which shipping methods are valid for free shipping offers on specific items
  • Sophisticated packing calculation to handle multi-box shipments
  • Provide free shipping for orders over a certain dollar amount automatically.
  • Support for most third party fulfillment houses: View All of Our Integrated Fulfillment Partners