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The folks at Interspire are almost ready to release their long awaited shopping cart software, StoreSuite (I’ve certainly been waiting for a long time).

If you’ve never come across Interspire or any of their products before then it’s worth you taking a good long look because they’ve got a lot of excellent products to offer ranging from newsletter management software to website builders and complete content management systems.

What helps to make Interspire software different from the rest is that as well as scoring highly on the usability front (for both users and admins), their software is private label. This means you can remove their branding and replace it with your own. This is great for website developers wanting to resell mature, well-supported, ready-made solutions as their own. Being template-based means that you can customise the front-ends to suit your or your clients needs without having to mess around with embedded code.

Their software is generally licensed on a single-domain basis, but after purchasing any of their full licences, you’re automatically eligible to receive a discount on subsequent licences.

Anyway, back to StoreSuite…

The feature list already boasts such functionality as:

• Drag and drop design mode - using AJAX to let you rearrange panels on your store website. This is something I’ve yet to see featured on another store system. Watch the video demo to see how this works.
• Suggested products (as seen on Amazon) - when a product is added to the shopper’s cart, the system automatically suggests other products they might be interested in.
• SEO-friendly store pages with individual page meta data to improve those search engine results listings.
• Dynamic promotions displayed throughout the store.
• Product reviews - past customer reviews, like testimonials, really help to sell a product and allow your customers to help improve your sales to potential customers.
• Product comparison - so your customers can choose the most suitable products for their needs.

As someone who has spent hundreds of dollars on Interspire products and also used carts such as X-Cart and OSCommerce before, the arrival of StoreSuite can’t happen quickly enough.

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