E-commerce

We have developed an e-commerce solution in-house to meet the particular requirements of some of our customers. Many off the shelf systems simply did not offer the flexibility we needed, so we wrote our own. The system is constantly being developed and refined, whith more and more features being added regularly.

'esales' is the Lycosa e-commerce solution, and boasts the following features:

• Fully customisable
• Full catalogue and shopping basket
• Categories and sub-categories
• Products can have 2 sets of options (eg. colour and size)
• Take real time credit card payments online
• Full integration with PayPal and Protx
• Backend admin system for adding products and order processing
• Automatically resizes thumbnail and full size picture
• International tax and shipping calculation system
• Search and browse by brand or product
• NEW - 'tell a friend' email system

To see some examples of this sytem in action, take a look at Online Kitchenware, The Stone Shop and Masquerade Dance and Western Wear. All these stores were set up using the esales system, even though they look rather different. Our e-commerce system is not a boxed solution, but rather a framework for us from which to create the solution you need. Every shop is different, and we will add features if you need them.

Because we developed the system ourselves, we have full rights and knowledge to change and update it. This means we can integrate it with other systems where necessary. We prefer to host the system on our own servers, because we know them really well. If you need our system to be hosted with another hosting provider, please contact us to discuss your requirements.