| CKShopEX vs.
CKShopLE Feature Comparison Matrix |
EX |
LE |
 SPECIAL FEATURES |
| - |
Add items to wishlist link
appears beneath products |
Y |
N |
| - |
Send customized confirmation
and tracking emails |
Y |
N |
| - |
Customer Login to view order
history information |
Y |
N |
| - |
Email to a friend link appears
on item detail to increase interest
in your catalog. |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Wholesale login accounts and
admin management tools. |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Supports decimal item qtys.
Great for selling length and weight
based products. |
Y |
Y |
| - |
FIVE SEARCH METHODS
- keyword, price range,
category, item number plus an
extensive Advanced Search page.
You define which ones are available. |
Y |
Y |
| ORDER HISTORY REPORTS |
| - |
Search order by date, email
name, order number |
Y |
N |
| - |
Combine searches By Date
Range, By Date Range and Total
Dollar Range, By Email Address
and Date Range |
Y |
N |
| - |
Show total sales, tax, shipping
and total number of orders placed
between a date range. |
Y |
N |
| - |
Purge Orders By Date |
Y |
N |
| - |
Download Tab delimited data
file of orders |
Y |
N |
| - |
Upload CSV file from Mals
Premium Account |
Y |
N |
| - |
Custom Order Detail Header
And Footer with Printer Friendly
Browser View |
Y |
N |
| ITEM OPTIONS |
| - |
Unlimited combinations
of price changing options.
Configure dropdown lists, radio
buttons and checkboxes with or
without prices. Add text or memo
fields to collect shopper input |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Option Wizard
for easy attribute entry |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Add shipping
units to any dropdown or radio
button option |
Y |
Y |
| ITEM ENTRY |
| - |
Thumbnail and Detail image upload
with resizing options |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Regular and Sales price listings |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Support of Our Shopping Cart Shipping Units
(including decimal units) |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Keyword field to enhance catalog
search results |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Set the default product entry
for rapid entry of new items this
includes the first option if desired |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Set inactive or "out of stock"
status |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Cross-share items in up to FIVE
categories |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Long Description and Integrated
html editor allows for additional
images and richly formatted text |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Toggle tax per item |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Cross-sell up to five products
that complement each other. System
automatically generates links
to related items to push sales! |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Item Meta Keywords
& Description |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Custom page
<TITLE> |
Y |
N |
| - |
Addition
Info Pop up window |
Y |
N |
| - |
Additional
Full Size Image |
Y |
N |
| CATEGORIES |
|
|
| - |
Unlimited Category Depth
(LE 2 level limitation) |
Y |
N |
| - |
Custom page
<TITLE> |
Y |
N |
| - |
Assign meta descriptions and
keywords for enhanced search engine
visibility |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Integrated html editor for Long
Category Description allows you
to customize the top of your category
pages with additional graphics
and rich text formatting |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Control page layout per category
by column and row settings |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Time Limited Discounts on a
per category basis to promote
products & sales |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Wholesale discounting on a category
level |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Category sequencing |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Supports like named categories |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Sell multiple products with
one click using the multi-item
page feature |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Thumbnail with order button
category page |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Control columns of sub categories
displayed in main cateogry |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Category ON/OFF graphic buttons
|
Y |
Y |
| INVENTORY MANAGEMENT |
| - |
Keep track of inventory quantities
per item |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Keep track of inventory for
first option: colors, sizes etc.
in the first option you can set
how many red, blue or green items
you have. When one sells out the
option to purchase is disabled! |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Disallow purchases over available
quantities |
Y |
Y |
| ADD-ONS |
| - |
We are pleased to offer
The Froogle Data Feeder
add-on which fully integrates
in to the CartKeeper catalog administration.
More add-ons are on their way!*** |
Y |
Y |
| CMS, CSS and Theme Management |
| -
|
Create New Pages of Content
for pages outside item catalog |
Y |
N |
| - |
Control Colors, Fonts, Hover
buttons and tables through style
sheets |
Y |
Y |
| - |
ON/OFF Buttons for special pages,
categories and content pages |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Manage Header and Footers |
Y |
Y |
| SYSTEM |
| - |
Automated Installation Script |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Change password in admin |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
First time download fully brandable
Admin |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Global settings for search output,
paging and column display |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Ability to turn search, and
inventory features on/off |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
FIVE Product sequencing methods
to choose from |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Default Meta Description &
Keyword entries |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Control special categories for
All products, Sale Products, New
Products |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
On/Off buttons for special categories
including home page |
Y |
Y |
| - |
Product Sales Listings show
the quantities and dates of the
items ordered for a quick check
of your most popular items and
the quantities sold. |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Advanced item search allow products
to be pulled up by item name,
category, keywords, catalog number,
active state, low inventory, out
of sale or out of stock. |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Configure price search dollar
amount ranges |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Complete documentation
integrated in to administrative
area. Most fields have additional
help icons. |
Y |
Y |
| -
|
Enjoy the speed and stability
of PHP and MySQL architecture.
See
System Requirements. |
Y |
Y |
icons in the admin demos. With
a few clicks put entire categories on sale for
a day, a week, a month. Easily enter per item
sales and adjust wholesale discounts too! Enjoy
the ease of full-featured tools at an entry-level
cost.