Summary

Shopify is a online shopping experience that has many features of interest to some customers.

Before using Shopify compare the differences with using our system as your website

Feature	Shopify Shopping Cart	SaaSplications Shopping Cart

Feature	Shopify Shopping Cart	SaaSplications Shopping Cart
Advantages	Simple Templated Product - fast to setup with limited options, few customer decisions required	Tailored Product - longer to setup with unlimited options
Disadvantages	Simplistic stock definitions, separate customer records, batch integration of stock levels	Longer setup time Customer decisions required

Live Stock Levels	Batch only - sent regularly - eg per day or per hour	Live
Orders into SaaSplications	Batch eg per 15 mins or hour	Live - visible as soon as started
Historical Orders visible to customer	Only shopify orders visible	Live - All orders visible
Customer Logins and Balances	Has separate account details - requires integration if required	Uses existing accounts / contacts / roles all visible
Customer Credits	Not available	Can be used to partially pay orders
Returns	custom work required	can process online including uploading photos and creating credit notes
Online payment	Many payment methods	All methods same as in core application
Integration	Orders put in location awaiting pickup, stock picked up regularly.	not required

If you still want to use Shopify - then here is the details

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