osCommerce

We can provide your small to mid-size business with a compelling and easy-to-use eCommerce site, along with the knowledgeable advice you need to get your online store up and running.

Experts at customizing osCommerce, we can give your eCommerce site the unique and professional look-and-feel you want for a price you can afford. For example, we can install, setup, and fully customize every aspect of your basic osCommerce online store for as little as $2,450. After that, you can add, edit and remove products yourself via a secure, online administration panel.

Contact us for an a business site proposal.

If you and your customers require lots of extra features, our enhanced osCommerce system – loaded with powerful extra features (including B2C + B2B capabilities) not found in other osCommerce loaded packages – will fit the bill for as low as $2,450. See our demo shop in action. We'll gladly provide you with a formal proposal for your online store based on your requirements and specifications.

see our MRMOSC Enhanced demo shop in action.

osCommerce Features

Here's a listing of osCommerce stock features:

• General Functionality
  • Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default
• Setup / Installation
  • Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure
• Design / Layout
  • Template structure implementation to:
    • allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make (MS3)
    • allow easy integration into an existing site (MS3)
  • Support for dynamic images
• Administration / Backend Functionality
  • Supports unlimited products and categories
    • Products-to-categories structure
    • Categories-to-categories structure
  • Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
  • Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
  • Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation (MS3)
  • Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
  • Easily backup and restore the database
  • Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
  • Statistics for products and customers
  • Multilingual support
  • Multicurrency support
    • Automatically update currency exchange rates
  • Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
  • Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics
• Customer / Frontend Functionality
  • All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
  • Customers can view their order history and order statuses
  • Customers can maintain their accounts
    • Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses
  • Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
  • Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
  • Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
  • Foreseen checkout procedure
  • Secure transactions with SSL
  • Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
  • Global and per-category bestseller lists
  • Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
  • Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
• Product Functionality
  • Dynamic product attributes relationship
  • HTML based product descriptions
  • Automated display of specials
  • Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
  • Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters
• Payment Functionality
  • Accept numerous offline payment processing (check, money orders, offline credit card processing)
  • Accept numerous online payment processing (Verisign, Authirizenet,2CheckOut, PayPal, etc.)
  • Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis
• Shipping Functionality
  • Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
  • Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc.)
  • Free shipping based on amount and destination
  • Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
• Tax Functionality
  • Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
  • Set different tax rates for different products
  • Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

With our MRMOSC Enhanced solution, you get all of the stock osCommerce features plus more than 60 powerful extras listed below. Why have a stock osCommerce installation (below, left) when you can have the powerful MSMOSC Enhanced (below, right) package for as low as $2,450.

Contact us for an a business site proposal.

Extremely Fast Loading Pages with large, clear images! Compare our MRMOSC Demo Shop with other OSC installations and you'll notice a significance difference in both speed and appearance - which translates into user satisfaction. We are image optimization and compress experts, and we let our clients in on our web site acceleration secrets.

Look & Feel + Functionality

1. NEW & EXCLUSIVE! Multiple Product Views or Colors! Now you can show you products from multiple angles or in difference colors. This easy-to-use features permits an unlimited number of additional views or colors, with or without descriptive captions. Mouse0ver swatch swaps product image with alternate view or color. Click on swatch popups enlargement. See this MRM Web Design exclusive new feature action - example one and example two.

2. NEW & EXCLUSIVE!
Product Attributes shown as Swatches!
Ideal for fashion sites or anywhere product attributes need to be visually displayed. Move your mouse over a swatch to see the product image change color! Click on a swatch to view enlargement. Similar to above feature, but buyer may select attribute via radio buttons shown below swatchs. Fully self-activiating. No extra work in Admin. Image swaps and enlargements are active only when appropriate images are present on your server. See it in action!

3. NEW! Tabbed Product Descriptions
Now you can display product info in a number of tabbed sections. For instance, one tab can display the general product description, another more detailed or technical information or specifications, and a third shipping info, special instructions, etc. We create additional fields in the Products database. You upload the info from your Excel spreadsheet or enter/edit the info via your online Admin Panel.

4. STS Template System, with modifications and extended functionality by mrmWebDesign.com
Your e-shop's look-and-feel can be completely customize. Our especially modificed tempating system makes it easy to change your store's layout and color scheme. Each category page can have a different template, and an unlimited number of custom product templates can be available for assignment to products - assign the most appropriate layout to a specific product via the easy-to-use admin panel, or let a product use the default layout.

5. Deluxe expanding side menu or dropdown top menu.

6. Customized Buttons throughout your store
Designed by mrmWebDesign.com. No standardized, clunky buttons.

7. Small, Medium and Large Images
Shows a thumbnail product image on "Category" pages, and a medium size image on the product page with a button allowing your visitors to see a large picture of your product in a popup window. MRMOSC Enhanced excluive - Administration free, no extra data to type in!

8. Random Product Displays

9. Versatile Category Pages
List products on category pages in short thumbnail formats (rows and columns), in a row format featuring a "Add to Basket" Button for each product, or in product rows with a quantity field and featuring a single "Add to Basket" button allowing easy and time-savings multiple selection.

10. Sort Products by Price, Name or Custom Data Field
While our Product Sort Order (#46, below) allows you to set the order in which products appear on category and other product listing pages, this feature lets customers re-order product listings according to Price, Name, or by a custom data field that suits your product types.

11. Two-Color Category Titles and Description on Category Pages

12. Main Page Customization
Customized Main Page for your store. Break out of the box!

13. Info Box Customization
Accommodates extended customization of "info boxes"

14. Additional Info Boxes
Makes it easy to create and place Info Boxes not included in the OSC stock package. Requires some programming, which we can provide.

15. Advanced Search

Product Information & Display

16. Additional Product and Custom Data Fields
Our enhanced osCommerce provides additional database fields to better categorize and describe your products. We can add extra product database and customer fields according to your requirements.

17. Custom Product Listing Layout
Product listings can include the fields you want - such as a thumbnail image of product, product name and price, and add to basket button - and displayed in rows and columns (standard "lightbox" format) or in stacked rows allowing for more info to be displayed (click the New Products on the demo shop's main page for an example of "stacked rows"). In any case, more detailed product info can be seen when the user clicks on the product thumbnail or product name on any product listing page.

18. Browse through Next | Previous Products
No need to go back to the Category or Manufacturer "thumbnail" pages every time a visitor wants to view another product detail page. Convenient links allow users go browse though all items of a particular category or manufacturer.

19. Virtual Products Download Manager
Ideal for software and music downloads! After successfully purchasing virtual products, the buyer is directed to a protected download page. You control the number of downloads possible and the length of time within which the downloads are available.

Pricing, Sale & Customer Discounts

20. Customer Loyalty Discounts
Give your loyal customers an discount on the next purchase once their total purchases have past certain thresholds. You determine discounts and thresholds.

21. Discount Levels
Give customers a discount if their current purchase meets or exceed certain levels. You control discounts and breakpoints.

22. Discounts by Customer Group
Define customer groups and grant them a discount on checkout. You determine groups and discounts, and assign registered customers to a group . . . even exempt resellers from sales tax. Full-featured B2C + B2B capabilities.

23. Coupons and Vouchers
Issue and redeem coupons. Issue credits for exchanges.

24. "Specials" or Sale Items
Select items to place on sale. Individually determine their sale price. Set start and end of Sale. Show them in "Info Boxes" linked to a page(s) showing all items on sale.

25. Price Break
Such as buy 2 and get one free.

Note: Sale makers, discount features, price break features and similar features may not be compatible with other sale and discount features. We can install those which best suit your needs.

26. Shop By Price
Display products according to price range. Customers love it!

Promotions & Incentives

27 Gift Certificates
Sell and redeem gift certificates online.

28. Cross-Selling
Place crossing-sell products thumbnail images and links on product pages.

29. Recommendations based on previous customers purchases
Just like Amazon's "Customers Who Purchased this Item Also Purchased These Items" feature.

30. New Items
Display and list new items.

31. Featured Items.
Display and list featured items

32. Wish List
Registered users can add and remove items from their wish list, and email a link to their wish list to others.

33. Customer Reviews
Registered visitors can write review of your products and assign them a 1 to 5 star-rating - pending your approval!

General Information

34. Conditions of Use Page
Boilerplate statement ready for use or revising for your special requirements.

35. Privacy Page
Boilerplate statement ready for use or revising for your special requirements.

36. Shipping and Handling Info Page
Ready for your information.

37. Unlimited Additional Info Pages
Add additional info pages. Title them and compose their content via an easy-to-use online form incorporated into your secure Administration Panel.

38. Site Map
Shows links to all categories and products.

Shopping Cart & Check-Out

39 Thumbnail Image of Shopping Basket Contents on Shopping Basket page
Customers see small images of each item when they checkout or view their shopping cart.

40. Shipping Cost Estimator
If your shop features shipping cost by weight and zone, customers omay want to know what shipping costs for their order before checking out. The Shipping Cost Estimator shows estimate shipping cost for UPS and USPS in a popup window invoked via a link on the shopping cart page or elsewhere.

41. Purchase without an Account
Customers do not have to register to make a purchase. Faster checkout and greater privacy.

42. Graphic Check Out Steps Indicator
A graphic milestone indicator lets your customers can see their progress though the four step checkout process.

43. Must Agree to Terms
With this feature customers must indication they agree to your stated terms before they can proceed with checkout.

Administration

44. Quick New Product
Add new products to your online store with our Quick New Product feature, which is much faster and easier-to-use than the standard new product admin control.

45. Multiple Product Updater
Edit and update multiple products at once with our Multi-Product Update. Many times faster and easier than editing products one-by-one via the standard edit product control.

46. Product Sort Order
Control the display order of products on category pages and other listings.

47. Featured and Srecial Product Sort Order
Control the display order of featured or special products on your home page, category pages and other listings.

48. Enable/Disable Categories
Allows you to easily enable and disable any product category. No more empty pages displaying "no products in this category".

49. Handling Fees
Assign a handling fee for any item. You're in complete control.

50. Down for Maintenance Notice
When you wish to close your store for updating prices, etc. you may cause a "Down for Maintenance" to be shown when customers attempt to enter your store. The notice can including closing and opening times. Notices can be shown in the store shortly before "closing".

51. WYSIWYG Product Editor
In your secure Admin Panel.

52. Create new customers in Administration
Create new registered customers in your secure Admin Panel. If you wish, assign them to user groups and assign a special discount, even exempt resellers from sales tax. Great for B2C + B2B sites.

53. Extended Product Attributes Admin (Open Attributes Options)
Powerful product option management.

54. Attribute copier
Takes the tedium out of assigning similar attributes - like sizes or colors - to several products.

55. Attributes Sort Order
Display a set of product attributes in the sequence you want.

56. Edit/Update Orders in Admin
Change or update customer orders.

57. Create Order in Admin
Ideal for taking phone orders.

58. Easy Populate
Easily stock your online store by uploading an Excel file holding product data.

59. Customer Newsletter
Send email Newsletters to customers who have signed-up to receive it.

Search Engine Optimization

60. Easily URL
Our enhanced package includes shorted URL paths.

61. Search Engine Optimization - SEO
Our enhanced OSC package includes our exclusive SEO technology. Meta tags are automatically generated for page titles, descriptions and keywords. Meaningful page titles are the single most important search engine optimization any site can have. Please note, however, that meta keywords tags are no longer of much importance, and abusing them can even cause your site to be penalized by search engines. We advice our clients not to fall prey to so-called "SEO experts" who, for a high fee, promise the impossible - top search engine page ranks (SERPs) almost overnight.

PLUS other options like
FedEx, UPS and USPS Shipping Real-Time modules. Deluxe Invoices and Packing Slips with your logo. UPS, FedEx, USPS Shipping labels. Export Orders and Customers to Quick Books. Point of Sale and back office integration. Store locator and more.

AND
optional custom features according to your requirements.

IN ADDITION TO
the vast number of standard osCommerce features.

Contact us for an a business site proposal.

*Some features may not be compatible with all other features on the list.

Your installation will be customized to fit your requirements. Actual cost of your online store depends on a number of factors, including the mrmWebDesign Enhanced osCommmerce feature set. We will gladly provide you with a formal proposal based on your requirements.

see our MRMOSC Enhanced osCommerce demo shop in action.