BASIC FEATURES:
Many "shopping carts" tout the very basics as if they were some amazing accomplishment to include. Things like secure transactions, or the ability to apply multiple photos to a single product aren't "features" - they're requirements. Every online retail application must include those basics. So you won’t see us tooting our horns about the simple basics. If you’d like to see the basics click here.

SUITE SPOT EXCLUSIVE:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Morphandize™ Shopping Assistant increases conversions and average order size Understand your shopper, then recommend products that fit their demonstrated need. The patented Morphandize™ Shopping Assistant can actually learn how each shopper uniquely defines their need, and then recommend multiple products that fill their perception of their need.
2.	Promotion Event Planner makes launching promotions easy and effective Plan, design, and implement your sales and special promotion events quickly and efficiently using the Promotion Event Planner, exclusively found in Suite Spot Commerce.
3.	Morphandize™ Product Suggester increases conversions by helping customers find products faster Suggest similar products effectively and with minimal labor. Morphandize™ as your first level of cross-sell ensures that shoppers quickly find the product that best fits their needs.

MERCHANDISING FEATURES:

CATALOG PRESENTATION		Basic	Advanced
1.	Sell any product type, including electronically fulfilled & subscriptions
2.	Support for multiple "department trees" to meet different perceptions of need Each shopper perceives their need differently, and your site's merchandising navigation must support the most common ways that shoppers define their need. Suite Spot Commerce helps you achieve this by allowing you to create as many different department structures as you need, so shoppers can browse in the way that best suits them.
3.	Use multiple/custom department layouts to sell different types of products Apparel needs a different style of presentation than a technical product, or a gourmet food in order for the merchandising of them to be effective. You may not sell a range of products quite that diverse - but if you do merchandise different kinds of products, then the ability to have different department styles for different areas of your catalog will help you merchandise them all effectively.
4.	Advanced department filtering options make shopping easier Shoppers need to find their ideal product quickly if you want to earn their business. Allow shoppers to filter the products in a department to narrow down results. For example, t-shirts might be filtered by sleeve length, or neck style. Filter by one or more custom attributes, special offers, price point, and brand.
5.	Create "sale" departments that automatically display only sale items
6.	Create brand centers that allow brand loyal shoppers to browse effectively
7.	Special "product comparison" departments represent products in a grid of features If you merchandise products that are selected on technical specifications, offering shoppers a grid of key technical specs, or features allows them to select the right product more easily.
8.	Easily cross-promote departments to maximize shopper value A shopper buying a t-shirt during the summer may also be interested in shorts - even if they arrived at the site with only the intention to buy a t-shirt. Department cross-promotion allows you to easily create links (with or without graphics) between departments.
9.	Set products per department page on a per department basis Set the default number of products displayed per catalog page on a department basis.
10.	Context Sensitive Cross-Referencing turns any text content into merchandising Select keywords that relate to specific products or departments. Then anytime that word appears in general text content - blog entries, press releases, FAQs, or other content on your website, it will automatically be linked to the appropriate product, department, or product search results. Turns any text content into merchandising.
11.	Integrated blogging feature allows blogs to be effective merchandising tool Blogs are frequently used to help drive search engine placement, and to keep visitors coming back. Make your blog an effective merchandising tool as well with Suite Spot Commerce. Easily link blog entries (or specific text/images in blog entries) back to products or departments in your catalog.
12.	Virtual "display window" allows groupings of products for individual purchase If you sell products that shoppers need to be able to visualize together in groupings (such as furniture sets, or apparel) this feature comes in handy. Display an entire apparel ensemble (or other type of product grouping) as a product - which then allows the shopper to visualize the entire ensemble - but purchase individual items from it.

PRODUCT PRESENTATION		Basic	Advanced
1.	Create custom "product types" that display or behave in specialized ways
2.	Create custom product bundles, and highly configurable products
3.	Dimensional quantity support for products purchased by dimensions
4.	Multiple pricing support for different customer groups, specific customers, quantity
5.	Attach product specific FAQs, downloadable documentation & files
6.	Collect and display customer product reviews
7.	Configure RMA handling differently for different types of products
8.	Display comparison/MSRP prices, and price per unit
9.	Display sizing charts by brand (for apparel retail)
10.	Display unlimited images, size/color/style options per product
11.	Morphandize™ Product Suggester increases conversions by helping customers find products faster Suggest similar products effectively and with minimal labor. Morphandize™ as your first level of cross-sell ensures that shoppers quickly find the product that best fits their needs.
12.	Quick-Buy feature makes shopping easier, more interactive
13.	Selectable tax profiles for different types of products with differing rates
14.	Sell any product type, including electronically fulfilled & subscriptions
15.	Support for fabric/color swatches (designed for apparel retail)
16.	Support for product spec sheets with ability to search, sort, compare
17.	Support for three levels of cross-sell
18.	Virtual "display window" allows groupings of products for individual purchase If you sell products that shoppers need to be able to visualize together in groupings (such as furniture sets, or apparel) this feature comes in handy. Display an entire apparel ensemble (or other type of product grouping) as a product - which then allows the shopper to visualize the entire ensemble - but purchase individual items from it.
19.	Support for advanced personalization, including image or file attachments

ENHANCED SHOPPING		Basic	Advanced
1.	Advanced department filtering options make shopping easier Shoppers need to find their ideal product quickly if you want to earn their business. Allow shoppers to filter the products in a department to narrow down results. For example, t-shirts might be filtered by sleeve length, or neck style. Filter by one or more custom attributes, special offers, price point, and brand.
2.	Always visible interactive shopping cart helps improve conversions
3.	Context Sensitive Cross-Referencing turns any text content into merchandising Select keywords that relate to specific products or departments. Then anytime that word appears in general text content - blog entries, press releases, FAQs, or other content on your website, it will automatically be linked to the appropriate product, department, or product search results. Turns any text content into merchandising.
4.	Display sizing charts by brand (for apparel retail)
5.	Give shoppers incentives to refer friends to your retail site
6.	Integrated blogging feature allows blogs to be effective merchandising tool Blogs are frequently used to help drive search engine placement, and to keep visitors coming back. Make your blog an effective merchandising tool as well with Suite Spot Commerce. Easily link blog entries (or specific text/images in blog entries) back to products or departments in your catalog.
7.	Live chat help gives shoppers access to immediate customer service
8.	Morphandize™ Product Suggester increases conversions by helping customers find products faster Suggest similar products effectively and with minimal labor. Morphandize™ as your first level of cross-sell ensures that shoppers quickly find the product that best fits their needs.
9.	Morphandize™ Shopping Assistant increases conversions and average order size Understand your shopper, then recommend products that fit their demonstrated need. The patented Morphandize™ Shopping Assistant can actually learn how each shopper uniquely defines their need, and then recommend multiple products that fill their perception of their need.
10.	Morphanize™ Search Assistant allows shoppers to quickly search for the ideal product Used with our Intelligent Catalog Search features, the Morphandize™ Search Assistant allows your shoppers to specify detailed product attributes and quickly narrow search results to just those products that perfectly fit their need.
11.	Quick-Buy feature makes shopping easier, more interactive
12.	Recently viewed products list makes shopping large catalogs more friendly
13.	Special ordering option changes product order by season, customer type, more

PROMOTIONS & SALES		Basic	Advanced
1.	"Best discount" selection feature in checkout
2.	Exclude specific products, sale price items from promotions
3.	Give shoppers incentives to refer friends to your retail site
4.	Limit promotions to specific customer types
5.	Mix n' Match promotions increase average order size
6.	Multiple pricing support for different customer groups, specific customers, quantity
7.	Promotion Event Planner makes launching promotions easy and effective Plan, design, and implement your sales and special promotion events quickly and efficiently using the Promotion Event Planner, exclusively found in Suite Spot Commerce.
8.	Promotion reports detail the performance of sales promotions
9.	Schedule promotional pricing start and end dates for automatic sale management
10.	Support for flexible, powerful promotions and discount codes

CATALOG SEARCH		Basic	Advanced
1.	Collect and view shopper searches to improve results
2.	Intuitive product search provides highly relevant results
3.	Morphanize™ Search Assistant allows shoppers to quickly search for the ideal product Used with our Intelligent Catalog Search features, the Morphandize™ Search Assistant allows your shoppers to specify detailed product attributes and quickly narrow search results to just those products that perfectly fit their need.
4.	Product data sheet search allows for technical spec searches

CART, CHECKOUT & TRANSACTIONS:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	"Best discount" selection feature in checkout
2.	Allow shoppers to schedule shipment to coincide with events
3.	Always visible interactive shopping cart helps improve conversions
4.	Automatic fulfillment of electronicly delivered items
5.	Display up-sell options in the shopping cart
6.	Easy, intuitive shopping cart keeps the sale moving
7.	Limit payment methods by customer type
8.	Live chat help gives shoppers access to immediate customer service
9.	Multiple recipient support allows shoppers to split order to different addresses
10.	Save shopping cart feature helps capture orders, increase lead retention
11.	Simple, effective, customizable checkout process
12.	Support for all common payment methods, easily integrate custom
13.	Support for live shipping quotes (UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, more)

MANAGEMENT FEATURES:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Advanced fraud flagging, transactional & geographical blacklisting reduce fraud
2.	Advanced shipping, handling, surcharge options Easily specify and manage shipping surcharges, rate markups and handling fees on a per carrier / shipping method basis.
3.	Automatic fulfillment of electronicly delivered items
4.	Configure RMA handling differently for different types of products
5.	Create multiple management accounts with specific access permissions
6.	Easily bulk import product and customer data
7.	Easily export product, customer, order data
8.	Easily manage payment methods, sales tax, shipping quotation and RMA rules
9.	Easy catalog and site content management
10.	Email campaign tools to send effective content to targeted customer groups
11.	Entirely web based site management, manage merchandising, service, fulfillment from anywhere
12.	Fully integrated customer service tools
13.	Manage automated email content
14.	Shopping Monitor lets you watch shopper interaction in real time
15.	Use Automated Price Management for managing prices in large catalogs

CUSTOMER SERVICE TOOLS:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Checkout assist allows customer service to help shoppers complete their checkout
2.	Customer & order history notes keep your staff informed
3.	Customer self-service center empowers customers, reduces support call volume
4.	Fully integrated customer service tools
5.	Integrated RMA functionality automates the return/replacement process
6.	Live chat help gives shoppers access to immediate customer service
7.	Shopping Monitor lets you watch shopper interaction in real time

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP TOOLS:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Collect advanced demographic data from your shoppers
2.	Easily export product, customer, order data
3.	Email campaign tools to send effective content to targeted customer groups
4.	Event Triggered Automated CRM Cycles help you keep in touch in a meaningful way. Ever wished you could contact shoppers who created shopping carts but abandoned? Or contact all shoppers who buy a specific item, or type of item to upsell them, or pursuade them to repurchase a consumable item? Event Triggered Automated CRM Cycles allow you to do exactly that. Create groups of emails (CRM Cycles) that are triggered by specific shopping or purchase behavior, and sent on a schedule you specify.
5.	Group customers using collected demographic data for content targeting
6.	Manage automated email content
7.	Shopper Profiling provides deeper insights into shopper behavior This reporting tool allows you to specify detailed shopper profiles that each shopper on your website is classified into based on several key aspects of their visit. Then, run reports that show detailed conversion data for your shopper profiles - you'll learn something new and powerful each time you review your profiling reports!
8.	Special interests subscribed email lists improve latent conversions

MARKETING TOOLS:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Campaign specific traffic and conversion reporting
2.	Collect advanced demographic data from your shoppers
3.	Email campaign tools to send effective content to targeted customer groups
4.	Event Triggered Automated CRM Cycles help you keep in touch in a meaningful way. Ever wished you could contact shoppers who created shopping carts but abandoned? Or contact all shoppers who buy a specific item, or type of item to upsell them, or pursuade them to repurchase a consumable item? Event Triggered Automated CRM Cycles allow you to do exactly that. Create groups of emails (CRM Cycles) that are triggered by specific shopping or purchase behavior, and sent on a schedule you specify.
5.	Give shoppers incentives to refer friends to your retail site
6.	Group customers using collected demographic data for content targeting
7.	Keyword reports demonstrate effectiveness of each keyphrase used by shoppers
8.	Promotion Event Planner makes launching promotions easy and effective Plan, design, and implement your sales and special promotion events quickly and efficiently using the Promotion Event Planner, exclusively found in Suite Spot Commerce.
9.	Promotion reports detail the performance of sales promotions
10.	Schedule promotional pricing start and end dates for automatic sale management
11.	SEO META Assistant empowers your search optimization efforts This administration feature allows you to browse your catalog and see an analysis of how many times each targeted keyword is used in each department page. Change and optimize META tags and content on the fly. Even see the last time each major search engine indexed each page of your catalog.
12.	Shopper Profiling provides deeper insights into shopper behavior This reporting tool allows you to specify detailed shopper profiles that each shopper on your website is classified into based on several key aspects of their visit. Then, run reports that show detailed conversion data for your shopper profiles - you'll learn something new and powerful each time you review your profiling reports!
13.	Special interests subscribed email lists improve latent conversions
14.	Support for flexible, powerful promotions and discount codes

REPORTING TOOLS:

		Basic	Advanced
1.	Campaign specific traffic and conversion reporting
2.	Detailed cart abandonment reporting
3.	Detailed price point reports for products
4.	Email campaign result reports
5.	Executive Pulse Reports quickly show sales status, compare with history data
6.	Keyword reports demonstrate effectiveness of each keyphrase used by shoppers
7.	P&L Summary reports make tracking your bottom line easy
8.	Promotion reports detail the performance of sales promotions
9.	Sales tax liability reporting
10.	Shopper Profiling provides deeper insights into shopper behavior This reporting tool allows you to specify detailed shopper profiles that each shopper on your website is classified into based on several key aspects of their visit. Then, run reports that show detailed conversion data for your shopper profiles - you'll learn something new and powerful each time you review your profiling reports!
11.	Site search reports help you better match products with shopper needs