Order Manager Features: Shopping Cart Features Matrix

Order Manager Features: Shopping Cart Features Matrix

The level of integration of the Order Manager with a shopping cart varies depending on the features and capabilities of the shopping cart system. The following chart lists the types of integration that the Order Manager includes with which shopping cart systems.

Shopping Cart	Direct Import	Text File Import	Real Time Inventory		Customer Import*	Product Import*	Status Updates
Shopping Cart	Direct Import	Text File Import	By SKU	By Option	Customer Import*	Product Import*	Status Updates
3DCart	●		●	●	●	●	●
AbleCommerce⁴	●		●	●	●	●	●
Altura⁸	●						●
Amazon (Seller Central, zShops, Marketplace)²	●	●					●
Americart	●
ASP.Net Storefront	●		●	●	●	●
BVCommerce	●		●	●	●	●
Cart32⁸	●
CartManager	●
ChannelAdvisor	●		●				●
Commerce v3	●		●	●	●	●	●
CoreCommerc (SumEffect)	●				●	●
digiSHOP (SumEffect)	●				●	●
eBay via Blackthorne³	●						●
Generic Systems⁷	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Global Web Cart⁴	●					●
Grab Cart	●
Half.com		●
Infopia		●
Instant eStore	●		●		●	●
LaGarde Storefront	●		●	●	●	●
Make-A-Store (Heavy Metal)	●
Mediachase eCommerce Framework 2005 v3	●		●		●	●
Miva Merchant^{1, 4}	●		●	●	●	●	●
Modular Merchant	●		●		●	●
MonsterCommerce	●		●	●	●	●
Mountain Commerce	●		●		●	●
Network Solutions		●
Nexternal	●		●		●	●
osCommerce⁴	●		●		●	●	●
Overstock.com		●
PDG Commerce⁸	●
Pinnacle Cart	●		●		●	●
Product Cart	●		●		●	●
ProStores	●	●			●	●
ShopSite⁵	●	●				●
Underbid	●		●		●	●
Volusion	●		●	●	●	●
VP-ASP	●		●		●	●
Xcart⁴	●		●	●	●	●
Yahoo!Store⁶	●	●	●	●		●	●

* All systems include downloading of customer and product data with orders. These columns indicate shopping carts that support downloading of customer and product data independent of orders.

1) Requires Viking Coder's "Inventory Manager" or ModStop's "Inventory Trk Pro".

2) Text file import from FTP site or XML import. (XML import requires Wrinkle Brain's "WASH" program, available at a special price from Stone Edge Technologies.) Status updates available only if using WASH.

3) Data exchange with Blackthorne or Seller's Assistant Pro.

4) Stone Edge Technologies will supply any necessary scripts or modules needed for the Order Manager to communicate with your website.

5) Download text file from ShopSite Back Office and import into Order Manager or for ShopSite 6.3 and higher direct download via XML.

6) Requires an annual subscription to the Yahoo Real-time Inventory Link.

7) All features are supported for generic shopping carts provided you develop that part of the integration.

8) This cart does not allow the users to pull orders from it as needed so it requires an annual subscription to an order hosting and delivery web service provided by Stone Edge Technologies.

Direct Import: Most shopping carts allow the Order Manager to pull your orders down directly into the program by simply clicking a button in the Order Manager. While most direct imports are through a script that is installed on your site, this term can also refer to a direct database connection as with eBay's Seller's Assistant Pro.

Text File Import: For shopping carts that do not support a direct import you are required to download a file(s) from your shopping cart onto your PC in order to import your orders.

Real Time Inventory: Real time inventory refers to the Order Manager updating your shopping carts quantity on hand levels in real time as you sell and/or receive products within the Order Manager or other sources of orders that will eventually be imported into the Order Manager. By SKU refers to the Order Manager being able to update inventory at the SKU level; by option means that the Order Manager can go deeper and update inventory levels at the option level (e.g., You will not only know how many t-shirts you have in stock, but you will know how many red large t-shirts and blue medium t-shirts you have).

Customer Import: Customer import is the ability to import a customer list directly from you shopping cart.

Product Import: Product import is the ability to import your product database from your shopping cart.

Status Updates: These shopping carts have the ability to have the Order Manager update status information (e.g., Shipped, Backordered, etc) and usually tracking numbers and ship dates. For shopping carts that do not support status updates and even for those that do we encourage the use of our comprehensive Order Status System.