Our E-Commerce Hosting package makes use of the leading e-commerce application in the world - osCommerce. This software package allows you to have your online store up and running almost instantaneously!

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This fully operational and automated ECommerce Option includes full osCommerce functionality. Accept Credit Cards on your site via your bank's Merchant Account. Full shopping basket functionality linked into your updatable online product catalogue.

CLICK HERE to view the fully functional online Afrihost E-Commerce System

CLICK HERE if you would like to log in as the Administrator of the Demo System

PLEASE NOTE: You will need an Internet Merchant Account with your bank BEFORE you will be able to accept credit cards. This is a seperate process which you need to undertake with your bank. On sign-up we will forward you all the details of how to apply and what to do.

Your shopping basket and catalogue will all work but until you have your Internet Merchant account the only payment option on your site will be Electronic Bank Transfer.

The Following is Included:

Domain Features:

FREE Domain name registration (.co.za / .com / .net / .org )
No additional costs for domain transfers
No additional costs for setup of domain on Web Server
DNS Management

E-Commerce Features

FULL osCommerce ADMINISTRATOR FUNCTIONALITY AND SETUP
- CLICK HERE to test drive the Administrator Section
FULL osCommerce SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY AND SETUP
- CLICK HERE to test drive the E-Commerce Package
General Functionality
- All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
- Object oriented backend (MS3)
- Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default
Setup / Installation
- Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure
Design / Layout
- Template struture implementation to:
  - allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make (MS3)
  - allow easy integration into an existing site (MS3)
- Support for dynamic images
Administration / Backend Functionality
- CLICK HERE to test drive the Administrator / Backend Functionality
- Supports unlimited products and categories
  - Products-to-categories structure
  - Categories-to-categories structure
- Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
- Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
- Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation (MS3)
- Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
- Easily backup and restore the database
- Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
- Statistics for products and customers
- Multilingual support
- Multicurrency support
  - Automatically update currency exchange rates
- Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
- Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics
Customer / Frontend Functionality
- CLICK HERE to test drive the Frontend Functionality
- All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
- Customers can view their order history and order statuses
- Customers can maintain their accounts
  - Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
- Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
- Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
- Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
- Forseen checkout procedure
- Secure transactions with SSL
- Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
- Global and per-category bestseller lists
- Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
- Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
Product Functionality
- Dynamic product attributes relationship
- HTML based product descriptions
- Automated display of specials
- Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
- Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters
Payment Functionality
- Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing, ..)
- Accept online credit card payment processing
- PLEASE NOTE: You need to apply for an Internet Merchant Account with your bank BEFORE you will be able to accept credit cards. This is a seperate process which you need to undertake with your bank.
Shipping Functionality
- Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
- Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, ..)
- Free shipping based on amount and destination
- Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
Tax Functionality
- Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
- Set different tax rates for different products
- Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

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Package Features:

BOOSTED WEB SPACE
750 MB Web Space
UNLIMITED Traffic Transfer *
FTP Account
24 hours x 7 days FTP access
10 Part Internet Business Course
10 MySQL databases
PHP Support
Frontpage Extensions
Afripanel Control Panel - fully integrated web based
Ready to run website scripts
Daily and Weekly Backups
Password Protected Directories
Advanced Web Traffic Statistics

E-mail Features:

30 POP3 e-mail accounts
Unlimited e-mail aliases / forwarders
Spam Filter
Web-based Email Interface
E-mail forwarding
Unlimited Auto-responders
Catch-all e-mail address

Performance Features:

Web Server your site will be hosted on:
- IBM dual 2.8 Gigahertz (GHz) Xeon
- RAID 5 SCSI drives
- 2 Gigabytes (Gb) of RAM
Choice of South African or US based servers
State of the Art Datacentres

Support:

Professional and Friendly support by phone & e-mail
90 day unconditional Money Back Guarantee
Full Member Help Section

Bonus Pack included:

10 Part Internet Business Course
Spam Filter
100% Boosted Web Space (now 500 MB's)
Preloaded Web Scripts
Advanced Web Statistics

only R346.00 incl. VAT
No Contract
R0 Setup fee

No Hidden Costs
90 day Money Back Guarantee

Payment Options :

Please Note: These prices DO NOT include any prices levied by your Bank or Payment Gateway Service.

Once Off payment to Afrihost:

R 0.00 Commerce Account Setup on Web Server
R 0.00 New Domain Registration (.co.za / .com / .net / .org)
R 0.00 for Existing Domain Transfer

Recurring for Hosting:

R 346 per month via Debit Order
OR R 1730 per 6 months via Debit Order (one month free)
OR R 3460 per 12 months via Debit Order (two months free)
OR R 2076 per 6 months via Bank Transfer or Credit Card
OR R 4152 per 12 months via Bank Transfer or Credit Card

Annual Domain Cost:

R100 annual renewal fee for .co.za domains
R200 annual renewal fee for .com / .net / .org domains

R150 Reconnection fee if account is suspended due to non-payment

* Unlimited Traffic: This hosting package includes unlimited traffic transfer. However, we reserve the right to move a website between web servers and internet backbones, both within South Africa and internationally. Your website will have 2 GB (2000 MB) of local South African traffic transfer available per month. If you move more than 2GB per month you have a 2 choices: 1) Move your site to an international server at no extra charge and no change to your monthly cost; 2) Continue hosting your website in South Africa for which there will be a charge of R0.09 per MB over the 2GB traffic moved per month.

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