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General Features	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Familiar and easy to use Windows interface	Yes	Yes	Yes
MS Access database	Yes	Yes	Yes
High performance MS SQL local database	No	No	No
Start-up and Design wizards to get started quickly	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prompted backup and restore feature	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fast upload facility for Actinic Hosting and compatible specialist hosts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create multiple sites from a single licence	No	No	Yes
Multi-user option for catalogue management and order processing (up to 4 users)	No	No	Yes
Multi-user option for catalogue management and order processing (4+ users)	No	No	No
Manage user access to assign user roles and responsibilities	No	No	No
Site selection on start up	No	No	Yes

Flexible Product Catalogue	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Explorer-style ‘drag and drop’ style interface	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create multiple page layout options	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sell downloadable, digital products	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create unlimited number of product sections and subsections	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add additional text or images in a pop-up window or supplementary page	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unlimited product variations such as size and colour with prices assigned to each variant	Yes	Yes	Yes
Display product choices as radio buttons, drop downs or button grids	Yes	Yes	Yes
Define additional components for each product	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add shopper definable fields for personalised products	Yes	Yes	Yes
Display prices in two currencies simultaneously, using a fixed exchange rate	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enter and display product prices exclusive or inclusive of tax	Yes	Yes	Yes
Specify delivery cost by weight, geography, order value, quantity and size of package	Yes	Yes	Yes
Export/import product and section data	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create links to external files or urls	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hide products and information items from selected customers or customer groups	No	Yes	No
Show different payment methods for online and offline orders	No	Yes	Yes
Set up different data fields for different types of product	No	Yes	Yes

Customisable Store Design And Layout	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Real-time preview of your store as you build it	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple preview modes provide easy navigation and access to any part of your store	Yes	Yes	Yes
Design Wizard to help you choose your site layout, buttons and colour scheme	Yes	Yes	Yes
Select from a range of pre-designed themes or mix and match elements to create a unique design	Yes	Yes	Yes
Complete flexibility to edit site colours, layouts and fonts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Library of design snippets for use in creating a design	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create additional non-product content and information pages	Yes	Yes	Yes
Built-in HTML code editor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Import designs from and / or edit them with Adobe Dreamweaver	Yes	Yes	Yes

Order Processing and Customer Management	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Built-in order-processing module processes orders from receipt to shipment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calculates shipping, handling and taxation costs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Full range of online payment options including Actinic Payments and PayPal	Yes	Yes	Yes
One click order processing feature	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stock level monitoring with alerts for low stock	Yes	Yes	Yes
Print invoices, packing lists and address labels	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create and view sales reports	Yes	Yes	Yes
Set up email templates and generate customer emails	Yes	Yes	Yes
Import customer account information	Yes	Yes	Yes
Order entry form for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders	No	Yes	Yes
Customisable order entry form for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders	No	Yes	Yes
Real-time card payment processing for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders (requires Actinic Payments account)	No	Yes	Yes
Customise the order summary screen	No	Yes	Yes
Make notes and add reminders to orders for actions on specific dates	No	Yes	Yes
Barcode scanning to track orders	No	Yes	Yes
Order picker to speed up picking and packing	No	No	No
Real time stock control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Handle components independently	Yes	Yes	Yes
Credit Card Shredder	Yes	Yes	Yes
Order Filter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quick find on orders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Queue order email sending	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add order number to custom emails	Yes	Yes	Yes
Date defined by shopper on purchase	No	No	No

Integration With Other Systems	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Interface directly with Sage Line 50 accounts system to transfer orders and import product and customer data	No	Yes	Yes
Interface directly to Actinic EPOS	No	Yes	Yes
Dynamically link products to an external database	No	Yes	Yes
Easily accessible MS SQL database for linking to external systems	No	No	No
Integration with Google Checkout	Yes	Yes	Yes

Powerful Marketing Features	Catalog	Business	Business Plus
Generates search-engine-friendly web sites	Yes	Yes	Yes
Meta keywords, meta description, title tags and image alt tags are automatically generated and can be edited	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create customer accounts to increase shopper loyalty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create Best Sellers list for publication to the web site	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create Related Product lists to encourage additional purchases	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatically generate a New Products list and publish to web site	Yes	Yes	Yes
Generate email and mailing lists including labels, envelopes and reports	Yes	Yes	Yes
Google Analytics integration (requires free Google Account)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apply discounts based on order value and display in the shopping cart	Yes	Yes	Yes
Customer feedback	Yes	Yes	Yes
‘Condition’ Field for Google Product Feed	Yes	Yes	Yes
Recently viewed products	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create Also Bought lists to show products other shoppers have purchased	No	Yes	Yes
Apply discounts based on quantity or specific products ordered	No	Yes	Yes
Apply discounts such as ‘buy one get one free’, date-expiring and multiple use coupons	No	Yes	Yes
Advanced mailing list generation allowing filtering based on a variety of criteria	No	Yes	Yes
Set up a range of customer groups and apply specific criteria (discounts, messages, payment methods)	No	Yes	Yes

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