MetaCart e-Shop V-8 also includes numerous enhancements to its browser-based administration pages as well as a more modular approach to its design for easier customization.

MetaCart e-Shop V-8 is available in both Standard and PayPal Editions, and each of these are available in versions supporting either Microsoft Access or SQL Server databases. All are also available in UK/International versions. There is now even a Standard Edition for MySQL®.

There are even Access and SQL Server versions of V-8 for VeriSign's PayFlow Link.

MetaCart e-Shop V-8 retains the same basic interface as our other shopping cart and catalog applications but with a more modular design and greater support for CSS stylesheets. These latter two enhancements should make it even easier for the user to modify and customize. Besides the enhancements already mentioned and the features included in previous versions of our other high-end shopping cart applications, e-Shop V-8 also includes:

• improved support for international phone number/address formats
• browser-check coding to ensure customer's browser supports features of the application
• enhanced support for major shippers and shipping calculations
• SKU product numbering support
• support for product size, style and color options for stores selling clothing, shoes, etc.
• supports random display on main page of featured products from featured-product list
• and much more.

MetaCart2 for SQL Server is designed to offer small businesses a way to accommodate larger catalogs, more concurrent users, and faster transactions and response times than systems built with lesser databases.

MetaCart2 for SQL Server retains the same features and basic functionality as MetaCart2, (see MetaCart2 info) but with several enhancements to:

• inventory control
• sales tax calculations and control
• shipping calculations (by weight, percentage, or fixed)
• order processing
• support for unlimited categories and subcategories in your catalog
• automated database clean-up of abandoned orders

It is fully customizable and allows for:

• in-state sales tax calculations
• automated inventory reporting and updating
• calculation of shipping charges based on weight
• support for subcategories under main catalog listings
• an enhanced catalog and products search engine
• browser-based order processing and products management
• browser-based uploading of images for catalogs
• encryption of credit card numbers stored in database

The U.K., European Union Edition supports the Value Added Tax (VAT).

Uses a DSN-less database connection.

MetaCart2 for PayFlow Link remains fully customizable and allows for:

• in-state sales tax calculationsn
• automated inventory reporting and updating
• calculation of shipping charges based on weight
• support for unlimited catalogs and subcatalogs
• an enhanced catalog and products search engine
• browser-based order processing and products management
• and browser-based uploading of images for catalogs.

For more information regarding MetaCart2 for PayFlow Link, click here. To demo and download the application, click the GO button at left.

Uses a DSN-less database connection.

It is fully customizable and allows for:

• in-state sales tax calculations
• automated inventory reporting and updating
• calculation of shipping charges based on weight
• support for subcategories under main catalog listings
• an enhanced catalog and products search engine
• browser-based order processing and products management
• and browser-based uploading of images for catalogs.

Uses a DSN-less database connection.