E-Commerce Shopping Cart Assessment

Your answers to the following questions will help you and D & D Media Group determine the best e-commerce shopping cart solution for your business:

• Do you need a Payment Gateway
• What kind of products do you plan to sell? Physical products such as books, clothing, tools? Electronic Products such as e-books, music, or software.
• Feature: Do customers need to download electronic products such as music or software?
• Feature: Will you need Drop Shipping?
• Feature: Will you need real time shipping calculations?
• Feature: Do your customers need ability to store more than one shipping address?
• Feature: Will you need the ability to print orders?
• Feature: Will you need the ability to manually enter orders?
• Approximately how many products will you list on your site?
• Product Images? Do you have professional images?
• Feature: Do you need a "Featured Products" function?
• Feature: Do you need products to be in more than one category?
• Feature: Will you need Product Review/Ratings/Comments?
• Feature: Do you need a bestseller list function for your products?
• Feature: Do your customers need a wish list?
• Feature: What kind of tax functionality do you need?
• Feature: Do you need the ability to offer quantity pricing?
• Feature: Do you need the ability to offer coupons?
• Feature: Do you need the ability to offer gift certificates?
• Feature: Do you need inventory control?
• Feature: Do you need a newsletter function?
• Feature: Do you need to send promotional emails to customers?
• Feature: Do you require a customer login?
• Feature: Do you need an "Items in Cart" indicator?
• Feature: Do you plan to have an affiliate program?
• Do you need Search Engine Marketing and Optimization for your site?
• Do you need print marketing for your site? For example, flyers, brochures, or newspaper.