Catalog

• New boolean search system on the product catalog 
• Enhanced search results and options 
• Electronic Software Distribution support 
• Fast 2 page ordering process 
• Member/Non-Member Pricing 
• User Defined Styles for products (ie: Color, Size etc...) 

Orders & Customers

• ship to and bill to addresses
• ordering on account with login 
• customer can get history of their orders 
• customer can do a lookup of order status 
• handles subscription and recurring billing for magazines or monthly billing
• emails customer when order status changes
• allows customer to create a custom catalog of their favourite items 
• floating basket option instead of refreshing the screen, allows faster shopping

Shipping / Tax System 

• Handles North American and non-North American tax systems 
• Two new shipping methods based on order total and product price ranges 
• Additional tax level handling, now 3 levels 
• UPS and Fedex shipping calculation lookups
• shipping range table for the number of products to calculate shipping amount
• percentage rate of order for calculating shipping amount

Styles

• ability to change the display order of the product styles
• the product copy function can now copy style information as well
• the style editor allows easier editing to fix mistakes
• "write in" option to allow customization of a product such as monogrammed items

Promotions

• allows special promotions to be created and managed
• discount levels can be created and managed
• volume pricing calculations on orders 

Products & Categories

• a product can exist in multiple categories
• inventory control features
• thumbnail handling of product images
• add custom fields to the products table to extend the functionality
• allows customization of the search parameters
• suppliers can now be managed

Marketing Features

• search engine submission features
• meta tag creation assistance
• easy subscribe options to electronic web marketing/sales newsletters
• affiliate program creation and management, great for increasing sales

General Settings

• selection for weight type (lbs. kgs.)
• really cool RGB chart for the link colours in the admin
• option to not store CC numbers in the database
• can override default SMTP server settings
• function remove products from being set as New
• function remove products from being set as Special
• function to set all inactive products to active
• minimum order size option to be able to place an order
• common text areas can be modified from the admin
• width and height of an image is used to draw screens quicker
• the customer can select Secure or Insecure for payment
• checks on cookie path and site URL to ensure correctness
• "Continue Shopping" button on the basket page
• redesign of the admin to improve response time

Templates

• Choose from multiple standard templates
• Download new templates from the iHTML Merchant web site
• Template options to change colors of textured graphics
• Easier customization and creation of new templates for experienced web designers 

Commerce

• multiple currency support and exchange rate handling
• selected the credit cards supported to display on the site
• credit card verification before transaction processing
• ability to turn off the commerce option and just use as a catalog

Credit Card Processing

• Over 30+ Merchant Gateways supported
• Cybercash MCK 3.2 support 
• IC Verify, Authorize.net and Redi-check support 
• Email, file and database non-cleared option 

Reporting and Store Management

• New sales reports based on date time ranges and type of order 
• Ad hoc database querying 
• Import and Export options 
• Email and customer management center 
• 50+ page detailed store operating manual 
• account management (Check Status, View Old Orders)
• affiliate program reports

Site Management

• Javascript based HTML editor built in 
• Browser based management of site, banner, product and category graphics 
• Options to set how the store operates 
• Error handling features 

Banner Ads

• Ads can be targetted by keyword from the search system 
• Ads can be set to run over a specified time period 
• Clickthroughs and impressions are tracked 
• Maximum clickthroughs and impressions can be set 
• Ads can be tied to categories and products