Actinic V8 vs V11
Below is a list of new features which would be enabled on upgrading from Actinic v8 to Actinic v11.
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| Single-use coupons enable you to send once-only offers to selected groups of customers. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Customer feedback- increases shopper trust and likelihood of purchase by demonstrating the retailer’s commitment to good customer service. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Google Analytics- integration to track marketing campaigns, visitor behaviour and return on investment |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ‘Condition’ Field- for Google Product Feed. New, used or refurbished condition feed now added as standard. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Recently viewed products- provides an improved shopping experience and assists in increasing sales by making it easy for shoppers to return to products that they were interested in. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| Online customer accounts enable all your customers to have accounts created automatically, which they can view and edit when logged in. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online order history enables customers to track the progress of current orders online, and to view their order history. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Real time stock- control enables stock management (website, MOTO and retail outlet) for the merchant and up-to-date visibility of stock levels for the shopper. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Handle components independently- provides flexibility to partially ship an order if any of the components of the order are not currently in stock. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Credit Card Shredder- for enhanced security by deleting the majority of credit card details from the order database leaving the last four digits for future card identification |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Order filter- speeds up loading of relevant orders by not loading the complete order database |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Quick find on orders- speeds up locating orders based on criteria |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Queue order email sending- for large volumes of order emails provides facility to send emails over a period of time to prevent them being marked as spam |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Add order number to custom email- so shopper has visibility of order number in subsequent email correspondence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| Product Pages enable the adoption of a 'single product per page' layout in one click, with a much lower performance footprint than subsection pages. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| reCaptcha protection on the 'Contact Us' page reduces the risk of a spam attack. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Licence new site on startup option speeds up the process of creating new sites. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Internal preview compatitility setting helps you check the appearance of a site in different Internet Explorer versions. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usabilility and performance improvements help increase overall speed and efficiency. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| VAT inclusive pricing- enter prices inclusive of VAT and Actinic will work out the tax for you |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Product options wizard- makes it quicker and easier to add product options such as size, colour and product components |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-user content editing- to enable multiple operators to amend the product catalogue simultaneously (addition licence fee applies per user) |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Site selection on start up- where multiple sites are being managed this provides the facility to select and open the site to be worked on at start up. |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| Mail and Telephone Order (MOTO) screen- to enter and process offline orders |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Direct credit card and debit card payment processing for offline orders- (requires Actinic Payments) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| Improved integration with Actinic EPOS- to enable stock management between the two systems |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Catalog/Client |
Business/Client |
Business Plus |
| New and improved themes offer a cleaner, updated look and feel. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| New 'mega menu' option provides better navigation and reduced mouse clicks. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Streamlined checkout- improves the shopper experience by speeding up the checkout process. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Product images in checkout- can be displayed so customers have a visual summary of what they are about to purchase |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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