Shopify Features

Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience

Ability to display and manage photos, 3D views, videos etc for each product

Personalize the buyers experience by displaying the most relevant products to the consumer and increase conversions using past buyer behavior and merchant-driven rules. Tools may include such as cross-sell/up sell, promotions, recommendations, guided selling, etc

Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes.

Provide tools to help convert abandoned carts into sales. Saves items in shopping cart if a users does not complete the purchase. Allows users to continue order process in a future session. Emails users to remind them they have items in their cart.

Ability to display reviews and enable users to write reviews for each product. Integrations to review syndication software to include most recent reviews for products

Provides tools to drive traffic to pages via organic search

Ability to add/update products, product pricing, product information and other content included on eCommerce site.

Ability to all users select options to configure the product or select product options. For example, color, size, etc.

Provides rich user experience to find products on site through site wide search, faceted navigation, product filtering and sorting

Provides functionality specific to selling intangible products such as: Subscriptions, Trials, Perpetual Licencing, Downloads, Free Trials, etc.

Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts.

Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies.

Displays appropriate tax to user based on local laws. Contains functionality to process tax in back end systems. May integrate to 3rd Party tax solutions.

Supports required payment methods including credit card processing, purchase orders, paypal, etc. Contains appropriate fraud management functionality.

Contains tools that enable administrators to manage placed orders to ensure all customer orders are processed correctly and on time.

Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service.

Displays inventory levels of products in real time. Displays inventory by location if required.

Contains distributed order management functionality so that an order can be fulfilled from a warehouse, a store, a vendor drop ship or an in store pick up.

Provides seamless approach to the consumer experience through all available shopping channels (Mobile, Social, Web, Point of Sale, catalog). Some times referred to Omni-Channel.

Features that enable customers to easily to shop for products using a mobile device.

Features that enable customers to easily shop for products on popular social platforms. May provide standard integrations or tools that build the social store on the platform.

Provides features that enable customer services teams to interact with customers. Features may include chat and and phone support.

Enable customers to locate and navigate to physical locations by zip code, city or GPS

Integrates/Syncs your product catalog to major on line retailers such as Amazon, Ebay, etc. to make it easy to administer selling products via 3rd party channels

Includes features that that are valuable to B2B transactions. For example partner management, contract pricing, invoicing, product entitlement, contract management etc.

System provides well documented API's that can be used to integrate to any 3rd Party or internal system.

Product provides tools to customize web store front, business process, etc. to meet unique business needs.

Is easy to integrate to or has pre-packaged integrations to a wide variety of leading add on tools/software.

Enables customers to update their own user information, settings and preferences.

Provides standard and ad-hoc reporting ability to meet business requirements

Software provides appropriate tools and certifications to protect against fraud and malicious attacks

Features that enable creation and maintenance of micro sites, sub-sites using the same instance of the software.

Provides ability to control editing rights by product category, geography etc.

Functionality that enables administrators to test changes to products, store design, work flows etc in a test environment and schedule the changes to be migrated to the production version of the site

Provides features that enable business transactions throughout the world. Typical features are multi-language, multi-currency and taxation

Enables store or site to provide the same user experience in all browsers and browser versions.

Software performs well and runs with minimal unscheduled downtime

Ability to disconnect the front office from the back office of an e-commerce platform

Provide APIs that allow for interaction with RESTful web services

Capture and manage data from multiple sources and syncronize it with the front end and back end

Allows developers to customize the platform using multiple programming languages

Include prebuilt integrations with multiple systems such as ERP and CRM

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Define and manage automated payment processing, from authorization to settlement

Support cross border and international payments for B2B

Support credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and local payment options

Allows users to process payments in multiple currencies

Compare payment transactions with bank statements and financial records

Handle chargeback disputes effectively to minimize revenue loss

Calculate various types of taxes such as sales tax, VAT, GST and other applicable taxes

Ensure compliance with numerous tax laws across various jurisdiction

Creates tax reports for authorities according to government and local requirements

Adopt Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures to comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws

Ensure software development lifecycle is compliant with the PCI Secure SLC Standard

Comply with payment card industry data security standard to ensure secure handling of payment card information

Built-in security to protect payment information in order to prevent fraud and unauthorised transaction

Allow to integrate directly with an e-commerce platform/marketplaces and other retailers websites

Provide features to monitor transactions, revenue, taxes, and other key metrics

Assist customers with any issues or inquiries related to payment processing, tax management, or compliance

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives