| Feature | Monster Commercetm | iHTML Merchant |
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| Price | 2500US + 19/month | 1995US includes iHTML |
| Version | Pro | 2.5 |
| # of Stores | 1 + $700/store | Unlimited |
| Stock Templates | 10 | 30 |
| # of Payment Processors | 8 | 50 |
| Source Provided | No | Yes |
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| Payment |
| Accept real-time credit cards | Y | Y |
| Authorize.net | Y | Y |
| Verisign Payflow Pro/Link | Y | Y |
| Card Services International | Y | Y |
| World Pay | Y | Y |
| Bank of America | Y | N |
| Linkpoint | Y | Y |
| Pay Pal | Y | Y |
| Cybercash | N | Y |
| IC Verify | N | Y |
| Redi-check/iTRANSACT | N | Y |
| InternetSecure | N | Y |
| Moneris | N | Y |
| PaymentTech | N | Y |
| PSI Gate | N | Y |
| ClearCommerce | N | Y |
| Verify Online | N | Y |
| WebShop Greece | N | Y |
| Total Merchant Services | N | Y |
| ClickPay | N | Y |
| ICS Paypoint | N | Y |
| CyberSource (GeoPay) | N | Y |
| Telecheck | N | Y |
| The Processing Network | N | Y |
| SurePay | N | Y |
| E-Xact | N | Y |
| EZIC | N | Y |
| Echo Online | N | Y |
| Go RealTime | N | Y |
| EFT Secure | N | Y |
| CreditNet.com/IPOSS | N | Y |
| TotalPay/TMS/QuickLink | N | Y |
| Caledon Card Services | N | Y |
| ParaData | N | Y |
| Beanstream/Emerge/ValueNet | N | Y |
| ECX QuickCommerce | N | Y |
| Online Data/Blue Pay | N | Y |
| Intellipay | N | Y |
| Verisign XML Pay | N | Y |
| Paymenttech/Global Payments | N | Y |
| Military Star Card | N | Y |
| iBILL | N | Y |
| PC Authorize | N | Y |
| Web Transact | N | Y |
| Offline credit card processing | Y | Y |
| Accept payment in any currency | Y | Y |
| Checks, phone orders, and P.O. | Y | Y |
| Create your own payment options | Y | Y |
| Performs credit card validation | N | Y |
| Refund processing from the admin | N | Y |
| Ability to order on COD | N | Y |
| Ability to delay credit card payments | N | Y |
| Non-Real time credit card payment to Email | N | Y |
| Non-Real time credit card payment to File | N | Y |
| Multiple currency support | N | Y |
| Exchange rate handling | N | Y |
| Select the credit cards supported to display on the site | N | Y |
| Option to not store CC numbers in the database | N | Y |
| Customer can select Secure or Insecure for payment | N | Y |
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| Marketing | | |
| Search engine submission features | N | Y |
| Meta tag creation assistance | N | Y |
| Easy subscribe options to electronic web marketing/sales newsletters | N | Y |
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| Tax & Shipping | | |
| Number of shipping calculation options | 5 | 8 |
| Ship by price, weight or dimensions | Y | N |
| Use of shipping zone tables | N | Y |
| Shipping range table for the number of products to calculate shipping amount | N | Y |
| Percentage rate of order for calculating shipping amount | N | Y |
| Shipping methods based on order total and product price ranges | N | Y |
| UPS, FEDEX, DHL & USPS calcs | Y | Y |
| Tax calculation (state or county) | Y | Y (state) |
| Add handling charges | Y | N |
| Full international shipping | Y | Y |
| Restrict shipping by location | Y | Y |
| Create tax & shipping options | Y | N |
| Offer free shipping | Y | N |
| Pickup shipping option | N | Y |
| Handles North American and non-North American tax systems | N | Y |
| Three levels of tax handling | N | Y |
| Selection for weight type (lbs. kgs.) | N | Y |
| Intershipper Support | N | Y |
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| Support | | |
| Toll free tech support | Y | N |
| Training videos | Y | N |
| User Documentation | Y | Y |
| Wizards and Help System | N | Y |
| Javascript help in admin system | N | Y |
| Award winning Support | N | Y |
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| Order Management | | |
| OrderMotion Integration | Y | N |
| Backorders allowed | Y | Y |
| Partial shipments allowed | Y | Y |
| All orders stored in your database | Y | Y |
| Live order tracking | Y | Y |
| Customers can view order history | Y | Y |
| Automated confirmation emails | Y | Y |
| Real-time order tracking for registered customers | Y | Y |
| Provides merchant e-mail notification | N | Y |
| Can search/filter orders in admin | N | Y |
| Able to mass delete orders | N | Y |
| Review/Duplicate Previous Orders | N | Y |
| Emails customer when order status changes | N | Y |
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| Product Management | | |
| Bulk upload products | Y | Y |
| Import existing database | Y | N |
| Import Products from Yahoo! Store | Y | N |
| Import/Export inventory data | N | Y |
| Inventory control | Y | Y |
| Batch picture uploads | Y | N |
| Single Picture uploads | Y | Y |
| Variants w/optional surcharges | Y | Y |
| Product configurator for items like computers | N | Y |
| Support for styles such as color/size etc… | N | Y |
| User Defined Styles for products (ie: Color, Size etc...) | N | Y |
| Function to remove products from being set as New | N | Y |
| Function to remove products from being set as Special | N | Y |
| Function to set all inactive products to active | N | Y |
| Ability to change the display order of the product styles | N | Y |
| Fast Style data entry system | N | Y |
| Price change utility | N | Y |
| Disallow discounts on certain products | N | Y |
| Set certain products only available to members | N | Y |
| Allow Free products | N | Y |
| Max/Min Order quantities per product | N | Y |
| Product can exist in multiple categories | N | Y |
| Electronic Software Distribution/Downloadable products support | Y | Y |
| Add custom fields to the products record to extend the functionality | N | Y |
| Handles subscription and recurring billing for magazines or monthly billing | N | Y |
| "write in" option to allow monogrammed items | N | Y |
| Number of products | 100000 | unlimited |
| Number of categories | unlimited | unlimited |
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| Reporting | | |
| Sales reports | Y | Y |
| Product cost vs. sales price | Y | Y |
| Search query reports | Y | Y |
| Total sales by payment type | Y | N |
| Total shipping charges | Y | Y |
| Best seller reports | Y | Y |
| Sales by customer report | Y | Y |
| Traffic reports | Y | N |
| Search engine ranking reports | Y | N |
| Affiliate program reports | N | Y |
| Tax Reports | N | Y |
| Sales reports by category | N | Y |
| Date range selections on any report | N | Y |
| Low stock level notifications | N | Y |
| Sales reports based type of order | N | Y |
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| System | | |
| Language written in | ASP | iHTML & C |
| MS SQL Database Support | Y | Y |
| MS Access Database Support | Y | Y |
| Postgres SQL Database Support | N | Y |
| mySQL Database Support | N | Y |
| Oracle Database Support | N | Y |
| Direct database access | Y | Y |
| Windows (NT/XP/2000/2003) | Y | Y |
| FreeBSD | N | Y |
| Linux | N | Y |
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| Promotion | | |
| Related products and cross selling | Y | Y |
| One click featured products | Y | Y |
| Coupon codes, gift certificates | Y | N |
| Set quantity discounts | Y | Y |
| Set wholesale pricing | Y | Y |
| Upselling abilities | Y | Y |
| Allows special promotions to be created and managed | N | Y |
| Discount levels can be created and managed | N | Y |
| Volume pricing calculations on orders | N | Y |
| Discounts and loyalty programs | Y | Y |
| Registered customers can be offered discounts | Y | Y |
| Discount percentage per customer | N | Y |
| Discount table qty or percentage | N | Y |
| Supports individual product promotion | N | Y |
| Multiple Pricing Levels | N | Y |
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| Look & Feel | | |
| Fully customizable design | Y | Y |
| Customizable templates provided | Y | Y |
| Easy customization and creation of new templates | N | Y |
| Template options to change colors of textured graphics | N | Y |
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| Customer Management | | |
| Repeat customer recognition | Y | Y |
| Password restricted member entry | Y | Y |
| Password entry for pricing levels | Y | Y |
| All customers data is stored in database | Y | Y |
| Greet repeat visitors | Y | Y |
| Registered customers can access history of their orders | Y | Y |
| Registered customers do not have to enter their data again | Y | Y |
| Built-in newsletter engine | Y | Y |
| Newsletter management | Y | Y |
| Mailing List Support | N | Y |
| Email and customer management center | N | Y |
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| Catalog Functionality | | |
| Unlimited main / sub categories | Y | Y |
| Browse by price, mfg, category | Y | Y |
| Integrated store search | Y | Y |
| Customizable product display | Y | Y |
| Thumbnails and large image views | Y | Y |
| Email items to a friend | Y | N |
| Allows customer to create a custom catalog of their favourite items | N | Y |
| Enhanced search results and options | N | Y |
| Allows customization of the search parameters | N | Y |
| Ability to turn off the commerce option and just use as a catalog | N | Y |
| Width and height of an image is used to draw screens quicker | N | Y |
| Fine Tuned control of display order of products | N | Y |
| "Continue Shopping" button on the basket page | N | Y |
| Multiple hostnames for the store allowed | N | Y |
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| Basket/Cart Functionality | | |
| Add shopping carts to existing sites | Y | Y |
| Customizable checkout | Y | Y |
| Allow custom checkout questions on a per order/product basis | N | Y |
| Shopping cart total in a frame option | N | Y |
| Floating basket option allows faster shopping | N | Y |
| Ship to and bill to addresses | N | Y |
| Ordering on account with login | N | Y |
| Minimum order size option to be able to place an order | N | Y |
| Fast checkout Process | Y | Y |
| Paste buy button on an existing page | Y | Y |
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| Banner Ad Management | | |
| Banner sales and management | N | Y |
| Banner Ads can be targetted by keyword from the search system | N | Y |
| Banner Ads can be set to run over a specified time period | N | Y |
| Banner Clickthroughs and impressions are tracked | N | Y |
| Banner Maximum clickthroughs and impressions can be set | N | Y |
| Banner Ads can be tied to categories and products | N | Y |
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| Content Management | | |
| Javascript based HTML editor built in | N | Y |
| Browser based management of site, banner, product and category graphics | N | Y |
| Common text areas can be modified from the admin | N | Y |
| Can add additional pages to site | N | Y |
| Privacy policy page | N | Y |
| External URL's possible on certain content pages | N | Y |
| Edit subject content for all system emails | N | Y |
| Customize pages | Y | Y |
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| Affiliate Program | | |
| Affiliate program creation and management | Y | Y |
| Various affiliate reports | N | Y |
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| Security | | |
| Full HTTPS/SSL support | Y | Y |
| Secure HTTPS/SSL administrative access (optional) | Y | Y |
| Password-protected administrative access | Y | Y |
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| General Settings/Features | | |
| RGB chart for the link colours in the admin | N | Y |
| can override default SMTP server settings | N | Y |
| Multiple users levels for the admin | N | Y |
| Separate error email address | N | Y |
| Set store to be offline | N | Y |
| Logout option from the store | N | Y |
| No browser plug-ins / programming required | Y | Y |
| Browser based control panel | Y | Y |
| HTML knowledge not required | Y | Y |
| Graphic design skills not required | Y | Y |
| Complete storefront system | Y | Y |
| Can export data files | N | Y |
| Show video / audio demonstrations | Y | Y |
| On screen shopping list | Y | Y |
| Free updates | Y | Y |
| Site graphics management | N | Y |
| Member/Non-Member Pricing | N | Y |
| Thumbnail handling of product images | N | Y |
| Suppliers can be managed | N | Y |
| Quickbooks Integration | Y | N |
