Coming Soon: Build a Website AND an Online Store
The biggest upgrade to DesignCMS in its history is coming soon. It's the culmination of years of planning and months of careful development. So what's so great about it? I'm glad you asked:
On June 8, 2011, we're adding powerful yet easy-to-use online store functionality to the DesignCMS platform.
Revolutionary Interface
There are no confusing dashboards to navigate. With DesignCMS, just browse your site as normal and drop the new "Product Listing" element into any region on any page with a click. One more click, and you'll be setting up your first product. Creating a store has never been so easy.
Robust Product Settings
Though extremely easy-to-use, the LightCMS online store offers powerful features. For each product, you can configure basic information, upload multiple images, create unlimited product variants with customizable options, track product inventory, track weight for shipping, add product tags, and much more.
Seamless, Secure Shopping Cart and Checkout
The user experience for customers is managed by an intuitive, well-designed shopping cart and checkout process that's built into every site. SSL security is automatically ensured. Payment processing can be handled by PayPal, Google Checkout, or Authorize.net.
No Additional Monthly Cost!
That's right! The new online store functionality will be added to all paid DesignCMS websites at no additional monthly cost (free websites will have access to store functionality in test-mode only). This means that all existing paid websites on the DesignCMS system will instantly be able to implement the store.
The only cost for using the DesignCMS online store functionality is a 1% transaction fee (2% on the basic plan) in addition to any fees charged by the payment processor you choose, such as PayPal or Authorize.net.
Plan Limits
The only limitation on the store functionality is the number of product SKUs you can have in your website's store. The SKU limitation for each plan level will be:
- Basic - 100 SKUs
- Plus - 500 SKUs
- Advanced - 2,500 SKUs
- Pro - 10,000 SKUs
- Premier - Unlimited SKUs
Scheduled to Launch June 8, 2011
We're so excited to bring you this update. Our team is working hard on the final details and planning to launch on June 8, 2011. There is no scheduled downtime for this update. At the time of the launch, we'll also be unveiling a completely redesigned DesignCMS website that will include new and improved help resources. More details on this and other store-related information to come, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Posted on
Fri, May 20, 2011
by Lisa Washington
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