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CubeCart - One of the best-known free ecommerce
storefront solutions. The license fee is only taken for removal company
information; the free version is heavily filled with CubeCart
labels and information.
Although this shopping cart has a build-in template
system, the company states that CubeCart is not open source software,
so the PHP code may not be modified or redistributed. So the free
version may be considered only as a way to try the software, as for
copyright removal, there are some open source products with much easier
customization for the price that is not much higher.
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| Features | CubeCart | ViArt Enterprise |
| License fee |
Free - 69.95 USD for copyright removal & access to support.
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299.00 USD |
| Multi-site | No | Yes |
| Trial period | Unlimited | Free version with restriction |
| Technical support |
Ticket support available to
customers + knowledgebase & forums.
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Authorized technical support service, forums, FAQ, online manual, free unlimited support |
| Installation service | Not available | Installation service 50.00 USD. Free installation service for paid hosted clients. |
| Design & development
services |
Not available
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Comes with 20 pre-define templates plus 97% of source code, Custom development service and web design service |
| Store Operation Features |
| Support for downloadable
egoods | Yes | Yes |
| Affiliate system |
Not available
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Yes |
| Real time shipping rates calculation |
Not available
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Fedex, UPS, USPS V3, Customizable shipping modules and methods |
| Moderated product reviews
and ratings | Not available | Yes |
| Statistics tools |
Keywords, page views,
unique visitors
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General statistics and shop summary, Shop statistics, Top Paths Through Site, Top Pages Views, Shopping Cart Conversion Funnel, Visitors environment statistics, Search statistics. customized reports available. |
| Taxes |
Manual tax definition by
State/Zone or Country
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Ability to set tax by state, country, product type, advanced tax structures including VAT. |
| Orders management |
Order status system, order history
for every customer, order progress notifications
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Order status system, automated order notifications, automated and manual credit card processing, order search and filtering, possibility to export/import all and filtered orders, support of recurring orders, PDF invoices and packing slips |
| Inventory tracking |
Customers/hits/product popularity
per month displayed graphically, number of products in stock for
every item
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Reports for number of orders, number of products, options, product /category views sorted by date period, bestsellers, Out of stock messages, number of products/options in stock for every item. |
| Security |
SSL secured checkout
Customer/admin access
restriction by IP
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Full HTTPS/SSL support
Encrypted customer data (Blowfish encryption)
PGP-encrypted e-mail notifications
Customer/admin access restriction by IP |
| | | For complete details |
| Catalog & Storefront |
| Number of products in
catalogue |
Unlimited
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Unlimited |
| Storefront customization |
Valid XHTML & CSS Code
Built-in text editor
Template-based storefront layout
Dynamic content generation
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100% template-based storefront
100% CSS-based
Customizable menus
Customizable logo and
templates layout from browser
Built-in text editor |
| Multi-language support |
Store interface
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Store interface, messages
completely multi-lingual |
| Extended product
specifications | Product options | Extra custom fields, product options and components, dependant options, filters for products. |
| Marketing & Promotion |
| SEO Tools |
Not available
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Catalog, title and meta tags definition, URLs, site map generator |
| Marketing and promotion
tools |
Coupons, Gift Certificates,
Discounts, Special offers
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Merchant Module, Rewards and Bonus Points Functionalities, Call Centre modules, |
| Added Features |
| HelpDesk Modular | No built-in components | Included |
| Forum Modular | No built-in components | Included |
| Classified Ads | No built-in components | Included |
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