| Search Engine Friendly Pages |
No longer have query strings or ugly url's for your webpages. SiteDirector offers absolute file names for their pages. When search engines spider a page and see the url marked up with dynamic variables, it will spider the site slower, though it still spiders and includes pages, it will do it at a slower pace and could possibly miss some pages. With SiteDirector all of your URLs will look like: http://www.yourdomain.com/product/your-product-name-123.cfm. To search engines, this looks like a static file and will index it and give it a better ranking than http://www.yourdomain.com/product.cfm?id=123. Expect great results in search engines combined with your choice of keywords and descriptions.
Your customers will like the page filenames as well as they are easier to read. Also the filenames will have "keywords" in them thus hopefully giving your rankings a bit of a boost. |
| Promotion Engine |
Our promotion engine allows you virtually ANY promotion you can think of, it is very flexible and allows you to run multiple promotions at once.
Short list of possible promotions
- Buy X product get X product free
- Buy X Dollars get X product free
- Buy X QTY of Product X get Y product free
- Buy X QTY of X Product get X discount off (order total, shipping or product(s))
- Buy between X QTY and X QTY get X% Discount on X Product
- This list goes on...
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| Downloadable Products |
| If you are looking to have your products downloadable after the purchase, SiteDirector now supports downloadable products. You provide the file (image, archive whatever) and the customer is sent download instructions upon purchase. |
| META tag support |
| You can create dynamic META tags by adding keywords and short descriptions to your departments, content pages and products. |
| Meta Title Support |
Need those search engine titles to be keyword rich and descriptive? With SiteDirector, we offer two titles, meta title and regular title. Meta title allows you to have a search engine friendly title for your pages and regular title is what shows up on the page itself for the customer to see.
Very powerful feature for search engines. |
| Pricing Levels |
| Level pricing allows you to select customer(s) to have varying levels of pricing, you define the level(s) and SiteDirector will automatically set pricing for each product, or you can override the pricing for individual products if you do not want them to be included in the discounted level. |
| Multiple Shipping Options |
There are multiple shipping options available, the standard None, Flat, Percentage and Range have all been modified to offer multiple levels of service within each option.
UPS, FedEx and USPostal Service have all been added to round out our shipping options with Realtime rates available before checkout. |
| Multiple Media Types |
| Not only can you have unlimited pictures on your product pages, but you can now include additional types of media, PDF, Flash, Word Documents or whatever you want. The more information you put online the more value your customers find in your website and want to buy from you instead of your competitors. |
| Non Database Products |
| If you have something you want to sell, but do not want it to be in your SiteDirector database, you can now HTML code a page with form fields and populate the shopping cart with those types of products, this is unlimited. |
| Google Base (froogle) support |
You can now export your entire catalog into Google's Base product. With the click of a button, SiteDirector will generate the basics in XML for Google Base. All you have to do once the file is created is upload it to Google.
You can also utilize the multitude of Google attributes to describe your products. These can be defined by each individual product.
This is another powerful feature for SiteDirector and marketing your online store. |
| Paypal Integration |
| During the release of v4 we added Paypal as one of our payment options. Many customers use and trust Paypal as their payment processor. |
| Login Not Required |
| Your customers are not required to create a login/password, they can purchase and not have their "account" setup. |
| Subscriptions/Recurring Billing |
| Your products can now be setup as subscriptions or recurring billing. This is a flexible feature and may require additional programing to utilize. |
| Product Kits |
Combine multiple products into one product to create a product kit
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| Import / Export Products and Customers |
A very powerful product importer, exporter and updater is available with SiteDirector. You can export your products, mass adjust tweak or whatever you need to do and re-upload them to SiteDirector to make your changes. This comes in handy when making multiple modifications. You can use MS Excel to make changes to your products.
You can also import and export your customers to a delimited text file. |
| Gift Wrapping |
Optionally offer gift wrapping to your customers.
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| Member Points |
As customers purchase items, they build up 'member points' to be redeemed later on future purchases.
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| Wish List |
Integrated application to offer wish lists to your customers.
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| Custom Objects |
| Add additional form fields to your products. Allowing for optional text, quantities, add on's etc. |
| Customer Reviews/Rankings |
| Allow customers to review products online, also allow customers to rank those reviews. |
| Duplicate Products, Departments and Content |
| SiteDirector has a duplicate button that allows you to create an object (product) and duplicate it's features changing whatever you need changed. This helps for rapid online store development. |
| Vendor Association |
| Associate vendors with products. |
| Customization |
| Much easier and more powerful site customization. |
| International Support |
| International support (other than USA). |
| Inline Editing |
| If logged in as an administrator, you can edit pages right on the website, or add options, custom objects, turn status on and off. This is a very helpful addition to give you control where you need it. |
| Inventory Control |
| Allow SiteDirector to optionally disable products when they go out of stock. |
| Multiple Admin Logins |
Setup multiple user accounts and restrictions for managing the SiteDirector console.
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| Upgrade Checkout Process |
Checkout process is now much easier and has a really nice flow.
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| Online Help |
| Help modules throughout the console allow for quick reference. |
| Work Flow |
| The flow of SiteDirector's online console matches the output of your website. Create departments, add content and products quickly and easily. |
| Template-Driven |
| One of SiteDirector's powerful features is its templates. If you're a developer and need to customize the look and feel of a SiteDirector website, all you need to do is modify the templates to suit your clients needs or build your own templates from scratch. |
| Cross Selling |
| With SiteDirector's Grab Object module, you have the ability to place products within various departments, content pages and even other product pages. Cross selling your products in multiple places helps build higher conversion rates. |
| Customized Header/Footer |
| Customize the header and footers to give your website a look all it's own. (Using custom headers and footers are optional) |
| Customized Notes in Cart |
You can now on each page in the shopping cart specify simple notes to your customers, completely custom
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| Object Availability |
With a click of a mouse you can toggle objects on/off (departments, products and content pages). If you want to take a product offline, just toggle it off and it's no longer available on the site, anywhere!
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| Edit Objects |
Edit departments, products and content pages on the fly. Make your modifications in the console and the site is automatically updated.
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| Listing Sort |
| You can sort your objects in any order you wish. |
| Order / Inventory Reporting |
Simple reports for sales and inventory levels.
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| Real Time Credit Cards |
| Included realtime credit card processing with easy integration with popular processors (AuthorizeNet, PayflowPro, CDGCommerce, eProcessingNetwork, LinkPoint, YourPay. |
| Online Administration |
Simple to use online console allows you to manage your orders online. Process orders, and manage your order flow through SiteDirector's online order module.
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| Payment methods |
Choose from a number of payment method types; Credit Card, Credit Card by Phone, Mail, COD and now Purchase Order.
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| Shipping options |
| Multiple shipping options and express shipping configurations, also realtime shipping for rates from UPS, FedEx and USPS available too. |
| Secure Server |
(SSL) Support Supports Secure Socket Layer Support for secure checkouts.
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| Status Check |
Allow your customers to view the status of their orders online.
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| Invoice |
| Printable invoice for customers and your records. |
| Mailing List |
| Mailing List manager to bulk email customers. |
| Order Management |
| Powerful order management module. Sort orders, change order status, notification of order status and tracking information. |
| Multi State Taxing |
Setup tax rates for multiple states.
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| Images |
| SiteDirector allows the use of thumbnail images, Detail Images and you also have the ability to add as many images to your product as you wish. You also add, PDF's, DOC, Video, Audio and more to your product pages. |
| Handling |
| For oversized products, you can now attach an additional handling fee. |
| Option Weights |
| SiteDirector offers weights to be calculated down to individual options. You can specify weight values for each option which would override the default product weight. |
| Analytics Code Support |
| By default our layouts come with the ability to add your favorite analytics code to your site with ease. |
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