Highlighted New Functionality

Inventory control: When building the item, the merchant enters the number of items or number of each size in stock. Shoppers will see the remaining inventory, and will not be able buy in excess of availability. Merchant can set a notification to themselves when stock reaches a selected number of items remaining.

Shipping Calculator: Merchants who will be shipping products using a courier or other delivery service can set single or multiple options for consumers including US and Canada Post, FedEx and UPS, and shipping charges will automatically be calculated at checkout based on the sizes and weights entered by the merchant in building the catalog item. There’s a Local Delivery Service option where the merchant can work with their local provider to set weight ranges and pricing. Merchants can set up handling/packing fees, regular or curb-side pickup rules.

Abandoned Cart Management: Reporting and automated emails for abandoned carts.

Automatic Taxation: Shopping cart automatically taxes at checkout according to the store and customer locations. Manual tax management available.

Customer Grouping: Assign existing customers to Groups, and easily create automatic discounts or offers to their future purchases, or track group activity.

Flexible Catalog Design: Merchants can easily change the layout, display information and image size and shape for catalog items, and control the image shape and size for category buttons.

Bonus App Catalog: Merchants can download and apply free and paid apps to add to their store, such as Checkout Notices, Scratch & Win Promotions, Loyalty & Referral Rewards, and more.
 

Payment Options

Current clients with one of our custom built websites can add their store through us. They can replace their existing catalog (if they want to migrate the catalog, there will be a service fee) or complement it – for example, the existing catalog tool might still be used to list brands or keyword-based product groups, while the PowerShop becomes the Shop Online page.

Merchants with websites not on our platform can easily capture the embed code from the PowerShop dashboard to install the store on their website or Facebook page. (ShopBayofQuinte.ca will not assist in the installation of PowerShop on non-ShopBayofQuinte.ca platforms; customers will need to contact their website builder or install on their own.)

Merchants with no website can self-build an easy, intuitive one-page website using the PowerShop tool. This is a functional alternative.  But we highly recommend that you build a complete website in the near future as there are some great benefits to having a website to showcase your business!
 

Merchants can opt for some payment gateways that include in-store point-of-sale options, so that all inventory and point of sale is seamless and unified.

Phone Application

Accompanying phone app allows merchants to use their phone as an in-store scanner, receive chime notifications of online purchases, and easily manage the store from their phone. (Actual store setup and catalog building is recommended on desktop/laptop).
 

Sales Channels