ShopPower Overview

ShopPower is an ASP (Active Server Pages) shopping cart designed to provide a powerful base for e-commerce web sites hosted on Microsoft Windows web servers.

Database-Driven

The system uses an MS Access, MS SQL or MySQL (Windows) database to store product information and most other content. ASP scripts pull out the information and format it as HTML which is sent to the browser.

Cross-Platform

Although it must be installed on a Microsoft server, the end-user's browser only sees HTML. ShopPower requires no browser plugins or Java virtual machine, there are no lengthy waits for pages to appear, and the pages will work on all common browsers with default security and privacy settings.

Scalable

ShopPower runs everything from small hobby stores to large high-street retailers. It is almost unlimited in terms of capacity - some stores running ShopPower have over half a million products, while others have just a handful!

Easy to Setup

ShopPower should be able to run on most MS Windows hosting packages. Once the files are copied to the hosting, an install helper script walks through the basic setup.

Easy to Customize

ShopPower is 'skinned' - the look and feel is controlled by editing an HTML page template. The new extensive CSS implementation in v6 allows pinpoint control of almost any visual aspect.

Powerful Back End

ShopPower has a refined back end with useful cross-data search to make finding things easy. The product set up and management is equally efficient, using a well-trusted interface style that has evolved over several generations of ShopPower. Virtually all site content, including most general text, can be edited from the back end. The back end has been tested for cross-platform compatibility, ensuring the store can be administered for users with any common browser on any operating system.