As we are now innovating much more quickly, we want to show our progress and give information that may help our customers grow. To help keep our customers up-to-date, we have added a news feed to the admin console which will be fed directly by our new website’s news feed. We’ll dish out information on features and changes that affect our loyal customers and help them to succeed online. Happy carting!
We have spent a few days adding some great new features to our public website and streamlining it. Our goal is to make the entire website simpler and easier to understand and consume. Be sure to email us with any suggestions for improving it at support@americart.com.
Nothing is changing in how AmeriCart functions, we are just trying to further simplify the website and make it easier for all of our customers to find the features and help they need. Simplicity is the name of the game and we will always stick to that motto!
Also, stay tuned, the new AmeriCart v2012 version is going to be simplified too and have many new features to help you succeed online! But don’t worry, every feature you know and love will not be changing.
Now that it has launched, our marketing team will be spending the next few weeks trying to further simplify and remove noise and add clarity throughout the site, updating content and help.
Some of the website enhancements include:
Happy Carting!
Add a display of cart contents to your website on any platform using the new “Cart Contents Widget”. By adding a code snippet to your website, you can display the shopper's subtotal and/or number of items purchased. For more information, please visit our FAQ page.
With One-Click Order Printing, you can now print full order summaries and packing slips directly from your Order Log, without navigating to a separate page.
To make it easier to add ecommerce features to your websites on any platform, AmeriCart has created a Shopping Cart Code Snippet Generator that helps show some of the basic features of AmeriCart and generate the code for each feature. See it here.
CODE GENERATOR: http://americart.americommerce.com/faqs_code_generator.php
This let’s you turn all the features on and off easily and generate the carting and checkout snippets to place on your Wordpress blog, Facebook site, Twitter or any website on any platform.
Be sure to check out our shopping cart example use cases to see even more of the power that AmeriCart can add to your site on any platform.
SAMPLE CART USE CASES: http://americart.americommerce.com/s_sample_carts.php
Added integrations with the UPS, USPS, and FedEx APIs for real-time shipping calculations. Rate tables and custom shipping methods are still supported as well.
Expanded the shopping cart's functionality for product upsells, allowing relevant upsells within the cart page and checkout process.
AmeriCart has spent some time polishing the Admin control panel interface with new collapsible regions, fresh colors and other fixes and features. See highlights below:
Improved support for 3rd-party tracking and conversion scripts like Google Analytics and many others. These are now placed properly on all the relevant pages and at the correct times in the conversion cycle.
Americart LLC and ScanAlert, Inc. have partnered to offer ScanAlert's HACKER SAFE® program to Americart merchants at a discounted price. ScanAlert's HackerSafe program makes your web site secure from hackers and certifies it to your customers. According to research published by Visa, 61% of cardholders say, "I would shop online more if I knew my credit card information was secure." Americart merchants can take advantage of the new offer by visiting the ScanAlert website.
The two companies are also jointly offering a free PCI compliance program, in which ScanAlert is waiving its $149 annual fee. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is being introduced worldwide by MasterCard, Visa, JCB and American Express. The aim is to stamp out debit and credit card fraud by imposing strict security standards on how cardholder data is handled and kept. Failure to comply with PCI DSS and any subsequent breach of card data within a Merchant’s site, may result in substantial fines and potentially, the inability to accept card payments. Americart has negotiated with ScanAlert to offer its customers a free PCI Compliance program. To take advantage of this special offer, please visit theScanAlert PCI Program information page.
Americart LLC and Atandra Systems have announced that Atandra's T-HUB now provides QuickBooks integration for the Americart Online Shopping Cart. T-HUB software is easy to use, allowing merchants to manage orders from a single screen. Atandra's T-HUB complements QuickBooks to help merchant manage their ecommerce businesses more efficiently, and works with all the QuickBooks versions: Pro, Premier, Enterprise and Point of Sale. The software automates Americart order fulfillment, integrating both shipping (UPS, FedEx and USPS) and credit card processing. Atandra's product also enables store owners to enter phone and mail orders. Americart merchants can learn more about the product by visiting Atandra.com.
Added a flexible, robust system for coupon code discounts to replace many custom additions for many customers. This system adds very flexible power to your pricing routines.
AmeriCart now supports PayPal's newest payment offerings.
Learn how to set it up here: http://www.americart.com/paypal.php
Our first supported payment gateway is Authorize.net for real time credit card processing.
AmeriCart now supports Google’s new checkout and payment system. Google Checkout is a great way to increase conversions by offering your customers another payment option so that they may transact the way they desire.