Hello,
 
I am presently running a store in Oscommerce.
 
I want to switch to Viart and i have just downloaded Viart Shop Free in order to test it out and see which features it has and which are missing.
 
I would like to know if you Viart Light/Standard supports the following features.
 
1). Wishlist
 
2). Recover Shopping Cart Orders (Customers sometimes leave products in their shoppingcarts, we email them after a few days or weeks and inform them that they did not place an order, any problems faced etc.)
 
3). Shipping Zones Worldwide ( I use DHL as a courier and they charge by Weight / Volumentric(Dimentions of the product) Weight) and they have different costs for different countries and DHL's costs decrease with increase in Weight.
 
4). Apply discounts to 1 or more products, categories, or the entire order
 
5). Discount can set, reduce, (or even increase) the price
 
6). Quantity based discounts
 
7) . "Buy 2 get 1 free" type discounts
 
8). Can Discounts be applied to an order based on any combination of the following conditions:
 
- Coupon Code
- Date
- Number of products in order
- Ship to country or state/province
- Order product total
- Order weight total
- Number of a specific product in cart
- Number of products from a specific category
 
9). Combine the conditions above into complex formulas to fine tune discounts. For example: offer discount when (Date is between 10/15/2006 - 11/15/2006 AND Product total is more than $50.00) OR Coupon Code is "ABGT5S29"
 
10). Advertise your discounts on a product page
 
11). Display discounts that customer is receiving below checkout form OR as a popup page.
 
 
12). Discount Coupon Manager
(Each coupon should be custom configured to apply discount by dollar amount or percent off, i.e. $5 or 10% off the price of an item or the entire order.
It should also restrict coupons to be applied only to a specific item or to the entire order. Additional use restrictions should include number of times a coupon can be used and coupon expiration dates.
)
 
13). Global Price Manager
(This feature should be able create different pricing schemes for the store and change regular and sale prices at any time. For example, you can raise all regular prices by 10% for the weekend and quickly restore them back on Monday.
You can also create Christmas Prices Scheme and save the Regular and Sale prices for before and after the holiday. It should allow to set new Regular and new Sale prices based on filter criteria you choose.)
 
14). Related products
(Does it allow to show related products when checking a product. It should be auto and manual)
 
 
 
I hope i have listed all my concerns before moving towards Viart Standard.
 
Can you please reply to my questions above.
 
Thank you
 
Awaiting for your reply,
AjnabiZ

Hello, AjnabiZ
 
First of all, let us thank you for your interest in our shopping cart. We do our best to constantly update ViArt Shop with new and important features to meet the growing needs of our clients.
 
Kindly, find the answers to your questions.
  
Unfortunately, at present we do not have this functionality. However, we are planning to add it to one of our future releases. If you do
not want to wait and need this functionality sooner we would be glad to add it as a custom service for you. If you are interested, please, let us know and we shall estimate the price for you.
  
So far, we have the possibility to save/retrieve carts for clients so they can return to their orders later by entering the cart name.
  
At present, ViArt Shop offers UPS, USPS, Fedex and Custom shipping modules. If you want us to implement DHL module we can do it for you for an additional fee. Let us know if it is interesting for you.
  
You can apply discounts to a product, you can also create a discount coupon for a product and for an order. You can also set different prices depending on the amount the client is going to purchase.
  
Please, give more details on this.
  
Yes, we do have this functionality. You can get more information from our online manual: http://www.viart.com/shopping_cart_system_prices.html
  
At present, we do not have this functionality, but we are planning to add it in one of our next releases.
  
Please, provide more details on this functionality.
  
You can use our Highlights feature (on the Edit Page) for the product. If you want something different, please let us know.
  
We can add this for an additional fee.
  
Yes, sure. You can fully use our order and product coupons (You can test coupon functionality via Administration > Products > Coupons).
  
You can view our prices setting on the Edit Page. If you want us to create the same price manager, please provide us with more details so we can review and estimate the cost.
  
Yes, we do have a related products block available in our shopping cart. You can add it via Administration > CMS > Products Details Page. Also, you should add related products via Administration > Products & Categories > select a particular product and click the Related link.
 
 
With kind regards,
 
ViArt Support Team
 
 

<<You can apply discounts to a product, you can also create a discount coupon for a product and for an order. You can also set different prices depending on the amount the client is going to purchase.>>
 
Does this also mean that a discount can be set for the total value of products ordered in a category [or product type]?