Pentasoft Corp. have just released version 1.9.0 of Avactis PHP Shopping Cart e-Commerce software. A lot of improvements to the new version of Avactis were added.

The key improvements include:

Built-in Content Management System

Now Avactis is not only a shopping cart system, but also an eCommerce Content Management System (CMS). You can change the logo of your store, the text of your main page or create new pages using the built-in Content Management System and a WYSIWYG editor. The pages you create will be SEO-friendly - you can add META descriptions, META keywords and SEO titles to them.

New CSS based "Avactis Blue" design theme

The new Avactis design theme is cleaner and more professional-looking. The "Avactis Blue" theme is XHTML 1.0 compatible.

Customer Reviews module

We've added the Reviews module to Avactis so your customers can rate and review your products. Customer Reviews are very customizable: you can enable them for any visitor or for registered customers only; approve ratings and reviews from the administration zone; and much more.

QuickBooks export

Now you can export your orders to QuickBooks' .iff format. Also you can configure the QuickBooks export options directly from the Avactis administration zone.

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Forum functionality is now available for Open Source eCommerce platform Magento through integration with vBulletin - the major Open Source forum publishing software. The extension that provides close integration between the two platforms was developed and released by AITOC, Inc. this November.

Forums benefit eCommerce business owners:

• by generating free content that helps to drive sales and contributes to SEO;
• by increasing traffic to the web store;
• by adding interactive social element to the web store.

The vBulletin Integration extension has rich functionality and is 100% Open Source. It enables shoppers to discuss products right from the Magento store front-end. The extension makes the registration, navigation and account management easy both for shoppers and admins. Lite version of the extension is available for free download.

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X-Cart, the ultimate PHP shopping cart software, have just released version 4.3. Besides functional changes there is the main one : change in X-Cart licensing model. Earlier people that wanted to test-trial X-Cart had to buy a license before deploying it. Now online merchants don't have to do that. One can easily download X-Cart and register (i.e. buy a license for usage) it later after he/she is ready to go live.

More new features in this release include :

• Built-in modules: X-AOM, X-RMA and Flyout Menus with new "Tree-like expanding menu" scheme
• New "Vivid Dreams - Chromo" and "Light & Lucid (2 columns)" W3C-compliant storefront skin with a CSS layout
• Ajax add-to-cart buttons, minicart and product ratings
• A quick order/product/user search panel that can be opened with a keyboard shortcut
• Integration with three popular WYSIWYG editors: CKEditor, TinyMCE, and InnovaStudio
• Revised item groups in the backend menu
• History of order changes
• Certified integration with PayPal Website Payments Standard, PayPal Website Payments Pro (US & Canada merchants) and PayPal PayFlow Pro; plus support for Fraud Management Filters
• Integration with Carrier-calculated Shipping API for Google Checkout
• Integration with Global Gateway, Amazon SimplePay, NAB Transact, HSBC Secure ePayments (API) and Cybersource (SOAP API) payment gateways
• in addition to a revised shipping and payment modules

For more information http://www.x-cart.com/

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Johannesburg, South Africa, September, 21 2009 - MobiCash may conveniently be described as the next generation of mobile payment system. When it comes to mobile payment options, nothing is more convenient than MobiCash cell phone payment! MobiCash is changing the rules in the contactless electronic transaction business and generates very large opportunities!

Patrick Ngabonziza Gordon, Founder / CEO, stated: "Think about it: No more Wallet! No more Check! No more Plastic Cards! No more POS Terminals! No more Wired Networks! No more handle of any Paper Money! All you have to do is to make a call and your mobile phone signs for you!"

Mr. Gordon went on to say: "With just a mobile phone number and a digit PIN and a free MobiCash account, MobiCash customers can make secure cashless transactions. All phones can make payments using MobiCash no matter what phone model or network operator. You do not need to modify your phone in order to use MobiCash. Due to its simplicity MobiCash mobile payment has wide appeal, is easy to deploy and open to everyone - there are no complicated software downloads necessary and no restrictions to enrolment."

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OAKLAND, Calif., February 2, 2009 - Marketing veteran Dennis Erokan has joined forces with Steven Donaldson, Michael Zinke and Stephen Herz to form a new full-service ecommerce web development firm. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Big Reach provides services to handle all aspects of creating and/or revamping an ecommerce web site. The Big Reach team includes experts in marketing, design, programming, branding search marketing, new media and PR all under one roof and has the talent and capability to handle all ecommerce needs.

"It's not good enough to just put up an ecommerce web site. Businesses need to have a plan to get customers there and excited about the products," says Erokan, CEO of Big Reach. "Creating a buzz is essential to making an ecommerce web site successful. Ecommerce is our specialty and Big Reach has all the expertise needed to bring traffic to an ecommerce web site using innovative search marketing, social media and PR capabilities."

Erokan, who has worked on the advertising/marketing of hundreds of retailers is best known for a string of successful entrepreneurial initiatives including BAM Magazine, the BAMMIE awards, MicroTimes Magazine as well as the management and growth of the Alliance of CEOs networking groups, now located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also the founder and CEO of Placemaking Group, a San Francisco Bay Area marketing communication firm specializing in PR and web site design.

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Mercado makes it easy for multi-store online retailers to easily launch and manage new product lines and Websites.

PLEASANTON, CA, August 19, 2008 - Mercado a leading eCommerce solution provider, today announced that Cymax Stores recently deployed Mercado Ignition OnDemand to help them quickly launch a network of eCommerce Websites - each targeting a different product niche and customer demographic. Cymax is a leading home furnishings and electronics retailer, with numerous specialty sites - with over 250,000 products available for consumers and businesses.

Within the past year, through the use of Mercado Ignition OnDemand, Cymax Stores has been able to replicate their successful marketing platform to over 112 unique sites. By the end of 2008, they are predicting that over 200 will be up and running, and forecast an increase in sales of 40% over 2007 - from $32.5 million to over $47 million.

An Internet Retailer Top 500 business (number 247 in 2008), Cymax launched its first online stores November of 2007. Cymax had reviewed various eCommerce site search solutions but selected Mercado's SaaS offering because of its exceptional performance and the ease with which they would be able to get stores up and running in time for the quickly approaching 2007 holiday season.

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