| Name of the Cart | |
| Url of the Cart | |
| Type (Software or Service) | |
| Set-up Cost | |
| Monthly Cost | |
| Per Transaction Cost | |
| Is the cart ever free | |
| If so what are the conditions | |
| Is there a free trial, and how long if so | |
| Time to Install (minutes) | |
| Time to add products (minutes) | |
| Does the installer have to know HTML | |
| Can HTML be used for customization | |
| Is ftp or telnet necessary for cart setup or maintnance | |
| Can be maintained from a web browser | |
| Can uploading be done from a web browser | |
| Support terms | |
| Is support available via email | |
| Is support available via phone | |
| Is support available via 800 number | |
| Is support available via 900 number | |
| Hours of Support | |
| Does cart require cookies | |
| Can the cart use cookies to reestablish a connnection when lost | |
| Does cart use ip, browser typ or other information for tracking customers | |
| Does the cart have a limitation on number of product it can carry | |
| For secure access is it necessary to purchase a certificate | |
| Does the cart force the client to display advertising or banners | |
| What Gateways does the cart support | |
| Does cart support images or pictures | |
| Does the cart support thumbnails | |
| Does the cart support exchange rate lookup | |
| Does the cart do real time conversions on exchange rates | |
| Does the cart allow private Dealer Entry with unique pricing for dealer | |
| Does the cart allow password protected entry | |
| Does the cart allow multiple pricing, ie. price breaks | |
| If so how many | |
| Does the cart support options, such as size and color | |
| Can the cart email the customer for orders | |
| Can the cart email the client for orders | |
| Can the cart email the client on errors | |
| Can the cart record orders in a log file | |
| Can the cart record errors in a log file | |
| Does the cart allow COD orders | |
| Does the cart allow a surcharge to be added for COD orders | |
| Does the cart allow Open Account orders | |
| Can Open account be restricted to dealers only | |
| Does the cart support offline credit card orders | |
| If so does it encrypt the credit card information | |
| Does the cart support searching for products | |
| Does the art support customer ids | |
| Does the cart support coupons | |
| Can a customer enter a purchase order number | |
| Can the customer enter a company name | |
| Can the customer enter a comment | |
| Does the cart support both billing and shipping address | |
| Does the Cart handle one state tax | |
| Does the Cart handle multiple state taxes | |
| Can taxes be computed before shipping | |
| Can taxes be computed after shipping | |
| Can the cart support flat rate shipping | |
| Can the cart support shipping computed on weight | |
| Can the cart support shipping computed on total cost | |
| Can the cart support shipping computed on number of items | |
| Can cart obtain actual shipping rates from the shippers | |
| If so which shippers are supported | |
| Can cart compute actual shipping plus handling plus insurance | |
| Does cart support international shipping | |
| Can client tell cart which countries are ok to ship to and which are not | |
| Will the cart only display shipping choices that are correct for where it is shipping to, ie. US, Canada, or International | |
| Can the client select which shippers and services you want to allow a customer to request | |
| Will cart refuse to allow incorrect shipping choices, such as ground to/from hawaii or Europe, or UPS shipment to PO and APO boxes | |
| Will cart display the restrictions regulations and areas served for shipping internationally for each country | |
| Will cart allow an order to be place yet not shipped, ie. no shipping charges for downloading or internet access purchases | |
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| For software Carts |
| What operating systems does the cart run under? | |
| What language is the cart written in? | |
| Can the client modify the operation of the cart (ie. the source code) | |
| Can cart be moved between different operation systems without obtaining a different version | |
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| For Cart Services |
| Can client download a backup fo his cart | |
| Are images hosted on client's site, host site, or either | |
| Does cart supply a secure connection to the customer | |
| What additional features does the cart provide | |