Product management

Product listing software is a relatively complex application; made of several sections.

Administration

We offer two different types of product administration:

Simple product administration using our content manager

Simple product management is available using Smooth Step CMS extension. To add a product you will have to create a new page, add product information and image components there and CMS extensions will generate listings on your website. This option is very useful when company has only a few products (up to 100) as each product is presented in a handmade page with unique document title and description that ranks better in search engine listings.

Advanced product administration using Smooth Step DB

Smooth Step DB allows manipulating personalized databases. For product management we usually build:

Product management

Allows adding your products, their photos.

Product table supports large amount of items, provides search capabilities.

Client control

Clients will have to register and create an account on your site to order your product.

Client table is going to show a list of clients, you will be able to perform search and manage each client there.

Product stock

Firstly one adds initial product amount, then when some products have been sold - software calculates remaining products and displays totals in product stock table.

Invoice table

Provides a list of invoices, they can be edited and sent via email to your client.

Invoice archive

Since your product prices might change - after the invoice is sent to client it is moved to archive table.

Here you can resend invoices, mark them paid or not paid.

Administration user table

Allows managing users that can access your product administration.

Products on your website

Once your products are added using administration software they are displayed on the website. Basic solution provides categories of products with their photos and text fields.

Online business requires several extra services:

Interactive shopping cart

If you are planning add an ability to order more than 1 product, shopping cart has to be implemented.

Client will be able to add products to it.

Client registration

Clients will have to create their free account; activation email will be sent to them.

Once it is confirmed client details are added to the database, allowing to proceed with the order.

Online payment

This area is required to calculate final price, collect client billing information and generate printable invoice.

If sensitive information is collected this area is usually protected with SSL.

Thinking of building website with products?

We offer reliable product management solutions based on our servers. Please specify what kind of product database you need and we will estimate pricing.

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