"ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE ONLINE STORE IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO MANAGE IT VIA A STAFF ADMINISTRATION WEBSITE INTERFACE WITH NO PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE NEEDED"
Eric Gillespie, Finance Operations Manager, University of St AndrewsWHY USE THE ONLINE STORE?
NO LIMITATIONS,
NO ADDITIONAL COSTS
There are no limitations, or additional costs, based on the amount of users, products, orders or customers that the Online Store will support. This makes it an extremely appealing solution to an institution's both short and long term e-payments and e-commerce strategy as WPM Education is continually developing the core and optional functionality in response to the sector's requirements.
KEY BENEFITS
- All departments within your institution can sell services and products online using a single system
- One or more customer facing 'stores' all of which controlled through a single administration interface
- Transparent view of revenue stream
- Centralising and simplifying sales and payment process
- No limitations, or additional costs, based on the amount of users, products, orders or customers
- Reduces amount of onsite cash handling
- Secure managed hosting environment
- No additional hardware or software required
- Fully integrated with online Payment Service Providers
- Online shopping cart with industrial strength security
- Support for secure offline payment processing
- DDA and SENDA compliance for accessibility
ONLINE STORE CORE MODULES
Within each Online Store front-end one or more modules can be enabled, with the core modules covering System Management, Order Processing, the Product Catalogue and System Reporting.
CORE MODULES
The System Management and Order Processing modules provide a wide range of features such as built-in order-processing, accurately calculating shipping, handling and tax, handling orders both online and offline, monitoring stock levels, printing invoices and address labels and full access control based on username and access groups.
The Product Catalogue module allows for the sale of products and services with generic functionality based around configuring these items, including an unlimited number of categories and subcategories, links to external files or URL's, specify shipping weights, add shopper definable fields for personalised products and hide or prevent the purchase of products and information items to selected customers or customer groups.
Additionally the Product Catalogue module covers aspects for marketing products and services, including generating search engine friendly web pages, applying discounts based on quantity or specific products ordered and applying merchandising discounts such as "buy one get one free".
The Order Processing module allows for easy access and control over all customer, order and transaction data within that particular store. This is independent of any additional modules that have been added to the store and ensures there is a central point of access to this data.
EXTENSION & BESPOKE MODULES
All extension modules are optional and can be added, as required, at any future date. As well as the standard modules available, and in development, the framework can also support bespoke modules, which can be developed for specific requirements.