SunShop  - Shopping cart software at the same price range as ViArt Standard version. This product is very flexible if we speak about storefront design, taxes, shipping and many other features. The company which sells this ecommerce platform also offers a good range of services such as design, web development etc.

There are some weak sides,  no availability for additional skins and plug-ins, quite poor statistics system. Also, theres only a flat-rate support subscription for general questions while small modifications require separate development projects. Upgrades are also paid after 1-year period.

Features

SunShop

ViArt Enterprise

License fee

  189.00 USD

  299.00 USD

Multi-site

No

Yes

Trial period

Not available

Free version with restriction

Technical support

1 year of free support on general questions, further support renewal
by flat-rate subscription (half of software price/year)

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

Web programming and web design services

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

Available

Yes

Real time shipping rates calculation

USPS, UPS, Australia Post, InterShipper, FedEx, DHL, Canada Post

Fedex, UPS, USPS V3, Customizable shipping modules and methods

Moderated product reviews
and ratings

Edit/Delete product reviews

Yes

 Statistics tools

Transaction reports for products, clients, regions

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

Separate tax rates for each area,
add handling charges, set product specific shipping costs

Ability to set tax by state, country, product type, advanced tax structures including VAT.

 Orders management

Order status system, order notifications, order search,
automated and manual CC processing

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

Number of products in stock, transaction reports

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

HTTP and HTTPS support
SSL support Encrypted sensitive information

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

Unlimited

Storefront customization

Template-based system, built-in
CSS support, built-in HTML editor

100% template-based storefront
100% CSS-based
Customizable menus
Customizable logo and
templates layout from browser
Built-in text editor

Multi-language support

Only store interface

Store interface, messages
completely multi-lingual

Extended product
specifications

Extra fields, product options

Extra custom fields, product options and components, dependant options, filters for products.

Marketing & Promotion

SEO Tools

Static HTML pages, meta tags for product and categories

Catalog, title and meta tags definition, URLs, site map generator

Marketing and promotion
tools

Coupons, Discounts, Featured products

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