Shopping Cart and e-Commerce Solutions in Partnership with Znode

DNK Web Solutions, Inc. has partnered with Znode to provide the most agile e-commerce solution for your business. Znode Storefront is a revolutionary e-commerce framework with unprecedented ease of use and flexibility. Znode has been architected from the ground up using Microsoft ® prescribed best practices and is 100% enterprise ready.

Feature rich product catalog

Znode Storefront includes a professionally designed, user-friendly product catalog to showcase virtually any type of product or service. The product catalog can showcase hundreds of thousands of products in an easy to navigate fashion with outstanding performance. The product catalog can be completely managed by non-technical resources using the web based administration tool.

Professional look and feel

Znode Storefront can be easily customized to match your corporate website’s look and feel and other branding guidelines using the included ASP.NET Master pages and CSS stylesheets. Znode Storefront is currently used successfully by large enterprises with stringent branding requirements.

Enhanced product display

Znode uses AJAX technology to display product data (such as Requirements, Shipping Information, Specifications, etc) in a clear and concise manner without added clutter. Every element of this layout can be customized easily using the included Master Pages and User Controls.

Multiple payment options

Znode Storefront supports a variety of payment methods including credit cards (VISA, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX), PayPal, Google Checkout and Purchase Orders. You can also add your own custom payment types if required. Znode currently supports most major payment gateways for credit card transactions (including Verisign, Authorize.Net, PSI Gate, Paymentech Orbital and Nova).

DNK Web Solutions can also provide integration with the following Kuwait based payment gateway provider:

• National Bank of Kuwait
• KNET
  

Store and customer management

Znode Storefront includes a user-friendly browser based store management tool to manage virtually every aspect of your product catalog and customers. This tool does not require an end user to have any technical expertise and significantly reduces training requirements.

Product variations and attributes

With Znode Storefront, you can add optional add-ons (ex: "gift wrapping") or require a user to select a set of pre-defined attributes (ex: “size” and “color”). The combination of attributes can be tied to an inventory item (SKU). You can also manage the available inventory for each combination of items.

Multiple pricing levels

Znode Storefront allows multiple pricing options for each product including Sale Price and Wholesale Price. You can also set tiered pricing based on quantity and user login.

Discount coupons and promotions

Znode Storefront allows multiple pricing options for each product including Sale Price and Wholesale Price. You can also set tiered pricing based on quantity and user login.

Store locator with zip code radius search

Znode Storefront (Enterprise Edition) includes a store locator with zip code radius search for merchants that have multiple stores or dealerships across the country.

Shipping rules and rates

Znode Storefront has been certified by FedEx® as a FedEx® compatible solution. Using Znode, you can retrieve shipping rates directly from FedEx® or UPS during checkout. You can also configure tiered custom shipping rates based on quantity or weight.

Cross Selling

With Znode Storefront you can promote products by listing them as a "Home Page Special" or on the "Related Items" section on each product page. It also includes a "Best Sellers" feature that automatically displays the most popular items.

International support

Znode Storefront supports multiple currencies including a "suffix" that can be added to the currency displayed. You can also select different units for dimensions or weight. The database also fully supports unicode characters for international languages.

Bulk data upload utility

Znode Storefront includes a desktop utility to easily upload catalog data and inventory updates. This utility also allows you to download customer and order information.

Integration with back-office systems

Znode Storefront (Enterprise Edition) exposes major functionality using Web Services that can be used to exchange data with other 3rd party applications.

Load Balancing

Znode Storefront (Enterprise Edition) supports load balanced webservers (ex: F5 based hardware LB) for enterprise class storefronts that have very high traffic. Znode Storefront requires sticky sessions to be enabled on load balancing hardware.

QuickBooks® Integration

Znode Storefront includes complete real-time integration with Intuit QuickBooks (Professional, Enterprise and Manufacturing editions) using the web connector tool.

Call Center Support

Znode Storefront (Enterprise Edition) can be used by customer support representatives in a call center to take orders over the phone or by email.

Role Based Security

Znode Storefront (Enterprise Edition) allows you to create different security roles that restricts members of each role to pre-defined functions within the storefront management tool. Znode Storefront comes with pre-defined roles including Customer Service Rep (CSR), Content Editor, Store Manager, Executive and Administrator.

Single Sign-On

Znode Storefront supports Single Sign-On using the ASP.NET 2.0 membership and personalization engine. This means that you can achieve single sign-on with any web application that can use the same membership store. You can also write your own membership provider to connect to custom stores such as active directory, etc.