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Custom Software

E-Commerce Software:

This is a complete E-Commerce package which includes everything necessary to get your store up and running. It is extremely easy to understand and use, and yet offers lots of custom flexibility....

	Custom introductory paragraph which is displayed on the first Webpage in your store....
	Category Thumbnails for the Category Lists (optional)....
	Product Thumbnails for the Product Lists (optional)....
	Category Descriptions which are displayed at the top of the Category Webpage where either the Subcategories or Products are listed....
	You may specify as many levels of Categories/Subcategories as you need. For example, if you group Products by Holidays (i.e., Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.), and then Subcategories by Product Type (i.e., Santa's, Christmas Trees, Snowmen, etc.), and then individual Products within each Subcategory. This demo store was originally built with 2 Categories (Dolls and Birdhouses) with 2 Products in each Category. Please note visitors to this Website may have added more Categories and Products...
	Subcategory Summaries on the Webpage that lists all Subcategories for a particular Category....
	Product Summaries on the Webpage that lists all Products for a particular Category...
	Each Product can have up to three Product Options (e.g., color, size, etc.) each having up to 12 values (e.g., blue, red, green, etc.)....
	Full integration with CyberCash for Credit Card Processing....
	Payment Methods - MC, Visa, Discover, American Express, Money Orders, and Checks (you specify the Payments Methods allowed for your store)....
	Customer information is automatically saved (based on the Customer's Email Address) so that it does not have to be re-entered when the Customer places additional orders....
	Your store can have it's own Theme (i.e., background color or pattern, buttons, bullets, etc.) and a Banner with your Store Name.....
	Custom Footer that is automatically displayed on all WebPages in the Store....
	A Questions/Comments Webpage so that Customers or potential Customers can contact you for information (see the Questions button on the left hand column of this Webpage)....
	Complete security for all transactions....
	Shipping and Tax tables....
	Order Entry - Billing Address, Day Telephone, and Evening Telephone may or may not be required based on a parameter that you set for your store (note: in our Demo store all three are required)....
	Automatic Order Confirmations are sent to the Customer including the mailing address for Orders to be paid by Check or Money Order....
	Automatic Order Notifications are sent to your Store Order Processing Manager....
	Extensive validation on all entry screens so that the information collected is as error-free as possible....

We also offer complete support for our package. We wrote the software, and therefore we can fully support it (i.e., we are not simply marketing someone else's software package), and answer all your questions. We also can do custom enhancements, if you find that you have special requirements.

Please feel free to go through the entire store, Just click the link at the top of the page.

If you have any questions as you review our E-Commerce Package, please call us at: (518) 533-9819

Mailing List software package:

Please note the Mailing List button this Webpage, is not part of the E-Commerce Package. The Mailing List Package is a separate software package that allows your Customer or potential Customer to add himself/herself to your Mailing List. This software product also has an Administration Area at http://www.creativesoftwaresolutions.com/MalingList/asp/pml16jj48.asp

Features of the Mailing List software package:

	Your Website Visitor can add, change, or delete themselves from your Mailing List....
	Your Website Administrator can add, change, or delete information about a particular Mailing List entry.....
	Your Website Administrator can Email your entire Mailing List in a single step....
	Your Website Administrator can also get a complete listing of everyone on your Mailing List....

Please note that the Mailing List software is designed for Mailing Lists no bigger than 1,500 entries. Once the Mailing List exceeds that limit, processing should be converted to a List Server. With this set-up your Website Visitors would still submit their Emails in the same way, but then the new Emails would periodically moved to the List Server in a batch fashion. Emails would then be sent to the entire Mailing List via the List Server. Please Email us for additional information....

Catalog Request software package

Please also note the Catalog Request button on this Webpage, is not part of the E-Commerce Package. The Catalog Request Package is a separate software package that allows your Customer or potential Customer to request a Catalog which would be sent either by E-mail or regular Mail....

Features of the Catalog Request software package:

	Your Website Visitor may request that their Catalog be sent either by Regular Mail or as an Attachment to an Email....
	Your Website Visitor also has the option to be added to your Mailing List....

Please note the Catalog sent via the Catalog Request software must not be larger than 150k....

Membership Management Software:

Welcome to our Membership Management demo website. This website will show you many of the features associated with our software, identify the optional functions, and outline the flexibility available in the design of your Website....

We will start with a list of the Membership Management features:

	NonMember information (optional)
	Free Trial Membership (optional)
	The Free Trial Membership may be any number of weeks or months....
	Your Free Trial Member may easily convert his or her Free Trial Membership into a Full Membership
	The Full Membership may be any number of weeks or months.....
	The Free Trial Membership area of your Website may be a single Webpage, several Webpages, or an entire hierarchical structure of Webpages....
	The Full Membership area of your Website may be a single Webpage, several Webpages, or an entire hierarchical structure of Webpages....
	A Full Member may easily renew their Membership when it expires....
	You may specify a Membership Fee and a Renewal Fee
	The Membership Management software is fully integrated with CyberCash so that you can automatically process Credit Cards
	You may specify which Credit Cards you accept (i.e., Master Card, Visa, American Express, and/or Discover)
	When someone becomes a Free Trial Member or Full Member, or Converts to a Full Membership, or Renews a Membership, a message is sent to their Email address. You may customize what is stated in each of these messages....
	If a Member forgets their password, they may request that it be sent to their Email address. This process is fully automated so that you do not have to manually process these requests....
	All Credit Card processing is fully secure....
	Each Member selects their own Username and Password. The Username/Password set-up process is completely automated, and does not require any manual intervention by your Website Administrator....
	A Member also may correct any of their Membership information, again without any interaction with your Website Administrator....

Your Website Administrator also can perform many functions. Access to the Administrative area of the website is secured via an Administrator Username and Password. The Administrative functions are as follows:

	Send an Email to the entire Membership
	Email Full Members
	Email Full Members whose Membership has expired or is about to expire
	Email all Free Trial Members
	Email Free Trial Members whose Free Trial Membership has expired or is about to expire
	Edit a Member's information
	Edit the Parameters associated with the Membership Management software (e.g., Membership Fee, Length of Free Trial Period, etc.)
	Get a listing of all Members, or a list of Members based on a range of Membership Start Dates or Renewal Dates
	Change the Administrator Logon and/or Password
	Change the Administrator Super Admin Password (i.e., an additional security feature required in order to change the Administrator Username and Password, or the Super Admin Password)

The list above outlines many of the features of the Membership Management software. We also can write customized enhancements that will work with this software. For example, if you would like a specific Membership Listing, we can write one for you.....

Feel free to wander through this demo site Just Click on the link at the top of the page.

If you have any questions as you review our Software Packages,
please give us a call

Creative Software Solutions
P.O. Box 5246
Albany, NY 12205

(518) 533-9819

Or fill out our on-line form at: http://www.cbsco.com/contact.htm

Thank-you for your time and consideration of our package....