E-Commerce

 
Actinic Catalog and Actinic Business


For online shopping cart solutions we use Actinic, the market leader in e-commerce solutions.

As a fully trained Actinic reseller, We can provide a catalogue solution to meet your requirements and budget.

Widely recognised as the best value entry-level shopping cart software, Actinic Catalog v8 provides everything you need to build and manage a business web site and online store to start selling on the internet.

Actinic v8 offers great value, ease of use and a powerful range of features, with comprehensive support options and an upgrade path to more advanced functionality.

RRP is £379 + VAT. A Digital Download option provides support for downloadable products such as music, software and images (£150 extra + VAT).

We would of course be able to offer you Domain services as well as Web Site Hosting.

Actinic Catalog Overview
Actinic Catalog incorporates every element of a commerce site, catalogue, cart, security and order processing 'out of the box', with pricing to attract the small and medium size enterprise. With Catalog any company can publish an illustrated, on-line store from a Windows 95 or NT desktop, take secure, encrypted orders over the Internet, and process these orders in-house.

Actinic Catalog includes everything a business needs to design, build and run an online store, for selling direct to consumers. Easy to use design themes provide a choice of styles, or a web designer can create a custom design. Store updates are made easily from the PC through a Windows interface. Orders are downloaded securely to be processed and invoiced; reports for stock monitoring, back order management and shipping can be generated.

Download a 30 day evaluation version of the Actinic Catalog here.

General features

• Self installing on Windows PC
• Uses standard commercial web hosting
• Single purchase license per store
• Windows-based user interface

Product entry Supports

• 10,000 products with images and product descriptions
• Import and export of product data via CSV files
• Unlimited depth of sections and sub-sections
• Tree control with drag-and-drop manipulation
• Support for product variants and components
• Ability to price each variant differently
• Offline stock monitoring and stock reporting
• Create user-definable product fields

Site design

• Choice of design themes with full ‘colourising’ ability
• Template Navigator enabling full customisation of design
• Integration with style sheets
• Support for unique design style for each section
• Import of custom designs
• HTML Template and Script upgrader from previous versions
• Comprehensive site backup
• Offline page and site preview

Business settings

• Vendor defined terms and conditions
• Import and export of shipping values
• Shipping charge calculations based on quantity, order value or weight
• Automatic tax calculation based on geography

Site features

• High speed searching on text and price
• Site map
• ‘Remember me’ facility for customer contact details

Marketing and promotion

• Search-engine friendly store using static HTML pages
• Up-sell using product bundling
• Site referrer programme support
• Accepted by leading portal sites

Security and payment

• High street bank approved security
• All conventional currencies supported
• Support for SSL via a variety of methods
• Supports all market-leading payment service providers

Order processing

• Download of orders into the desktop PC
• Order processing with back-ordering
• Print packing lists and invoices
• Choice of sales analysis reports
• Export of orders
• Customer order status notification via email

Support

• Comprehensive user guide and on-screen help
• Free email support
• Telephone technical support with Actinic Cover