When designing our software we keep in mind that a modern ecommerce website requires reliable and flexible end-to-end set of ecommerce tools controlled by the single interface. Thus, you are able to provide a prompt and high-quality service for your customers - the most valuable thing in the world of upgrowing online competition.

X-Cart is a complete site-builder solution which provides better functionality than a generic shopping cart does. It's not just a simple shopping cart script but a complete online store with a product catalog, a flexible customer storefront and a powerful back-end administration. By installing X-Cart you will instantly get a complete ecommerce website and become able to conduct high-volume online sales (immediately receiving all necessary infrastructure for successful business in electronic environment).

Setup

X-Cart is a server-side software, which means it has to be installed on a web server environment compatible with the system requirements. The simplest way for this is to have us host your X-Cart license.

Also, you can check the list of hosting companies we recommend. And, of course, you can pick some other company or a dedicated server. In this case we recommend to contact us before making a decision (to avoid possible obstacles in the future).

Once you have purchased the hosting, X-Cart should be installed using web-based installation wizard which guides you through the process.

We offer amount of free technical support along the first license you purchase from us, so our technicians will be there should you have any questions or require assistance.

Customization & design integration

X-Cart's interface is completely template-based. This means that it can be customized to look virtually like anything. A list of selected live stores using X-Cart allows to see how various design schemes can be integrated into X-Cart, providing completely unique look and feel for online stores.

Template engine is Smarty, so design customization takes adequate expertize in HTML and some time to familiarize with the template structure.

And, of course, there is another option: we do the design for you, both the artwork and customization. Please, view our portfolio to see the sample.

Accepting payments & security

X-Cart is integrated with over 100 payment gateways. Using any of these integrations ensures data security in accordance with PCI/CISP requirements.

Our software works fine with SSL and PGP encryption, and Blowfish database encryption can be enabled.

SEO & statistics

X-Cart features all major tools to optimize your product catalog for better performance with search engines. You can define META tags for particular pages and use search engine friendly URLs with HTML catalog feature.

Statistics are proved to be invaluable for online businesses. We back it with a number of options including built-in reports and integration with Google Analytics and Sales-n-Stats (software capable to bring complete statistics on your website operations).

Shipping rates & taxation

X-Cart features 2 basic ways to estimate shipping cost: offline and online.

Offline shipping estimation is based on rules store administrator defines. The cost can be configured to depend on destination, weight of the package, number of items in package, order total and any combination of these. Store administrator can define destination where they do not deliver, add handling fees for particular products, free shipping for particular products and other options.

Online shipping estimation uses online services of UPS, USPS, FedEX, DHL, Canada Post, Australia Post and InterShipper. X-Cart can fetch the actual rates directly from respective carriers.

X-Cart is used in more than 100 countries worldwide, which takes great flexibility in taxes definition. European VAT, Canadian GST/PST, US county-based taxation systems and Australian GST can easily be enabled. Also, a combination of applicable taxes dependant on destination can be defined individually for a particular product.

Add-ons

We've developed a number of add-ons to extend X-Cart functionality for requirements of particular business types. Below we describe them in brief:

• X-Affiliate. Enables to start an affiliate program, i.e. offer commission for solicited sales to people who advertise your store.
• X-Configurator. Helps selling products that consist of multiple components, e.g. Computers.
• X-GiftRegistry. Designed to let customers compile gift lists and share them with guests for particular events.
• X-AOM. Stands for Advanced Order Management. Enables altering order parameters after order is placed. Useful if you expect regular alterations in placed orders.
• X-FancyCategories. A beautification add-on. It adds a fly out category menu to the store.
• X-RMA. Stands for Return Merchandise Authorization. As goes from the name, it helps handling returns.
• X-FeatureComparison. With this add-on you can define criteria for similar products to be compared to each other.
• X-SpecialOffers. As goes from the name, the add-on enables list of rules to define discounts and other special opportunities for the customers.
• Sales-n-Stats. Combines thorough statistics, live website monitoring and live chat functionality. Not really an add-on, but a software which can work with any website, including X-Cart driven ones.
• X-Magnifier. Enables a customer to zoom in a high quality large product picture. Invaluable for jewelry and other items implying appearance the top priority.
• X-Survey. Enables to create polls and surveys for the customers.
• Additional template sets. Extra templates that are nicer than the basic ones and more affordable than a custom design.

Custom functionality and integration with other systems

X-Cart is a PHP software with the open source code. This means that an experienced developer can make any alteration to the software functionality, including building custom systems with multiple software components for specific corporate requirements.

We also offer our expertize to assist with any modification, integration of X-Cart with third-party systems and building large-scale ecommerce projects.

Please consult with us to discuss the options we can offer for your particular project.

As your business grows you do not have to switch to some other ecommerce software, all you have to do is adapt your existing ecommerce shopping cart to fit your new needs. The template-based design and modular architecture are the crucial characteristics that provide such scalability and flexibility.

With the X-Cart ecommerce shopping software you can avoid expenses occuring every time you need to implement a new feature. You can concentrate on sales or marketing and expand your online Internet business without changing your ecommerce shopping cart software.

X-Cart is a solution that allows you to grow!