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Actinic E-Commerce Software - The Actinic Solution with Site4

Actinic Software Ltd develops e-commerce software for the global SME market. Site4 are an approved and accredited Gold partner of Actinic and as such we have been providing Actinic based e-commerce solutions across the UK since 1999.

Site4 are fully trained by Actinic and are accredited to sell all of Actinic's products including Actinic Catalog and Actinic Business.

Actinic Catalog and Actinic Business software provide a complete business process, including off-line catalogue maintenance and the printing of invoices, outstanding orders and credit card schedules and Actinic Business includes the ability to link to Sage Line 50 text file imports and exports to and from spreadsheets and dynamic linking to databases and spreadsheets (with Actinic Business).

If security is a concern let Actinic software put your mind at rest!

Actinic shopping cart software offers support for SSL and Credit Card Processors including Netbanx, SecPay, WorldPay, DataCash, HSBC, Paypal plus new for v9 Paypal Express Checkout and for debit cards - NoCheq. Actinic Catalog and Actinic Business also comes with built-in support for industry standard P3P privacy policy.

If you would rather have the "golden padlock" we can also provide Actinic shared SSL which can be set up on any Actinic site within minutes. To buy Actinic shared SSL click here.

Actinic Catalog Version 9

Actinic Catalog shopping cart software includes everything you need to design, build and run a business web site and online shop for over 20,000 products for selling direct to consumers.

Actinic offers easy to install software with full ownership and no monthly rental charges - which are both features missing with many other products in the market.

Actinic Catalog and Business software also gives you a very welcome head start in promoting your site as they create search engine friendly static HTML pages - the importance of which cannot be underestimated.

New, for Actinic v9 you can now rename the directory that the Catalog sits in to whatever you want, so if you already have a website and want to keep pages that are already ranked and simply add them into Actinic you won't have to change the file path to these pages. A simple but very useful addition. Integration with Google Analytics has also been added in v9.

A further marketing benefit comes from the ability to up-sell to your customers as the software allows you to bundle products together.

With Actinic Catalog orders are downloaded securely to be processed and invoiced; reports for stock monitoring, back order management, picking lists and shipping can be generated. Shop updates are made easily in Actinic Catalog from your PC through a Windows interface and you only need to go online for the short time it takes to send up any changes helping to keep your phone bills to a minimum. Actinic v9 now lets you input tax inclusive prices and let the software work out the tax for you.

Actinic Catalog offers support for unlimited depth of sections and sub-sections in your shop and provides support for product variants including attributes and components. Pop-up windows can also be also added to products to provide more information.

The Product Options Wizard has been updated for v9 to make it easier to add size, colour and component options.

Easy to use design themes that can be integrated with style sheets provide a choice of styles to choose from, including support for different design styles for each section.

The Start up, Network and Design Wizards have all been improved for v9 and there is now a Vista style user interface.

Alternatively at Site4 we can help you create a custom design for your online presence to match your existing branding.

Business settings in Actinic Catalog

Actinic Catalog also includes a variety of business settings including a shop owner defined terms and conditions page allowing you to provide basic information to site visitors that you are now required to do by law.

Shipping is covered comprehensively in Actinic with calculations based on quantity, order value or weight the choice is up to you. Shipping values can be imported/exported to and from shipping tables so when the Royal Mail or your courier change their rates you can quickly update your charges. Actinic also allows you to include a separate handling charge. With regards to tax, calculations are made automatically in Actinic based on geography.

Actinic Catalog also gives you the option to monitor the stock levels of products in your shop, and automatically mark products as out of stock which is useful for both you and your customers.

For visitors to your online shop Actinic Catalog offers...

An easy to use experience with high speed searching on text and price; a helpful site map showing the shop's structure for easy navigation; an editable shopping cart so they can add or remove items as they shop and a 'Remember me' option for customer contact details to save time on future visits.

To assist you...

The software comes with a user manual and also has all the usual screen help files and these have been updated in v9 to be even easier to use. Telephone technical support and software updates is available by purchasing Actinic Cover - details of which are covered below.

New for Actinic v9 there is a next action field so you can add reminders to call customers about an order on a certain date. Ccustomer relationship management at its simplest but a good addition all the same. For a fully fledged CRM software package contact us for details about purchasing Sage ACT! software.

A digital download option is included with Actinic Catalog v9 which allows you to sell products such as images or music online in digital format. Previously this was a chargeable extra in Catalog v7 and only free with Actinic Business.

In short Actinic Catalog is simply the fastest, easiest most effective way to put your products on the web, and because it won't cost you the earth, you will still have plenty of marketing budget left over to spend on promoting your business.

Click here for a simple tick chart comparison of the product features for Actinic Catalog v9, Actinic Business v9 and Actinic Business Plus v9.

Actinic Business Version 9

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Actinic Business

Actinic Business v9 is a logical extension of Actinic Catalog v9 and has been designed for businesses that require additional needs specific to the business to business market and in general to allow businesses to provide a better service to regular customers.

Actinic Business allows you to set up trade accounts for your customers with a secure login. Once the account has been set up a new account notification is sent by email so the customer knows they can now order from your site using their account.

There is also a facility in Actinic Business which allows you to offer different levels of discount depending on who is making a purchase from your online shop.

Actinic Business software allows quantity based pricing for products, so that shop owners can charge different prices for different quantities. As well as being suited to dealing with trade purchases this may also be of benefit in the retail market, for example, a butcher may offer lower prices per kilo of meat for higher quantities encouraging householders to buy in bulk.

For the site visitor as well as the trade account advantages already outlined Actinic Business also offers a more advanced search facility than the standard Actinic Catalog version with high speed attribute based searching.

Actinic Business supports dynamic linking to external databases and spreadsheets in contrast with Actinic Catalog which supports exporting/importing of flat files. Previously available as an add-on product called Actinic Link - integration with Sage Line 50 and Quickbooks accounting software this is now included as standard with the Business version.

The Actinic Link module provides an easy to use and cost effective method of integrating e-commerce and Sage Line 50 or QuickBooks accounts applications into a single system. It enables direct export of orders from Actinic Business into your accounting software, and the update of your customer account, stock level and product information from the accounting software to Actinic.

Actinic Link saves you time and reduces errors by eliminating the need to re-key your internet shop orders or manually update your web catalogue.

As well as the new features introduced in Catalog v9, Actinic Business v9 has some extra new features including the option to process offline orders in Catalog easily using a single page order form along with the related postcode validation option for offline orders and a desktop credit card payment option for offline orders (extra costs apply for the postcode and credit card services).

Click here for a simple tick chart comparison of the product features for Actinic Catalog v9, Actinic Business v9 and Actinic Business Plus v9 including identifiying what is new or improved.

Actinic Business Plus Version 9

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Actinic Business Plus

Actinic Business Plus v9 = Multiple Sites and Multiple Users with 1 Actinic Licence

As online businesses expand many site owners want to be able to create multiple sites and have multiple users for processing orders from multiple computers on a single network. This provides greater flexibility and enhances efficiency for very high volume sites.

Actinic Business Plus is the new name for was called Actinic Business Multi User in v8.

In version 8 there also used to be a product called Actinic Business Multi Site that allowed you to create multiple sites but only with 1 user, and if you wanted to add extra users you had to upgrade to Actinic Business Multi User. The wise bods at Actinic simplified it so with v9 you simply buy Actinic Business Plus and choose how many users you want it for. Much easier.

Note: the base price for Actinic Business Multi-User is for 1 user only. Maximum number of allowable users is 9 (4 for XP Home). For more than 1 users an extra charge applies.

Click here for a simple tick chart comparison of the product features for Actinic Catalog v9, Actinic Business v9 and Actinic Business Plus v9 including identifying what is new or improved.

Actinic Cover

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Actinic Cover

Actinic Cover provides Actinic Catalog and Actinic Business owners with priority access to Actinic's support team via their technical support hot line, Monday to Friday, 9:0am to 5:00pm (GMT/BST) if you are using the current version or the software or its immediate predecessor.

Actinic guarantees a fast track response for critical issues along a with guaranteed escalation procedure to their technical team.

Actinic Cover provides FREE upgrades and maintenance during the 12 month's period of cover ensuring you benefit from new features as they appear and a regular email newsletter. If you were not the latest version of Actinic Catalog or Business when you bought the Cover you can use it to upgrade to the current version, as support is only provided if you are running the current version or its immediate predecessor.

If you require a wider level of software and hardware support including on-site support please contact Site4 as we will be happy to quote you for this.

Help with customising and implementing Actinic software into your business

To find out more about Actinic and implementing your own online shop contact Site4 and we will be happy to help. We have plenty of experience in setting up, installing and maintaining Actinic based e-commerce sites for our customers including helping to heavily customise templates to fit individual business requirements.

As part of our one-stop e-commerce solution we can also provide you with Actinic friendly web hosting and assist you in promoting your Actinic site online.

We can also assist with integrating your Actinic shop with existing back-office procedures including customer contact/management databases and accounting packages such as Sage 50 software.

If you already have a copy of the software and require Actinic hosting, Actinic shared SSL Actinic Cover or an upgrade to the latest version of the software please contact us and we will be pleased to help.

To see an example of one business that we have helped set up on the web using Actinic please see our case study section, or go straight to Harrisons Packaging online.

Site4 have been also working closely with Group55 Ltd on their family of websites including - Group55, Pest Control Shop, DIY Pest Control Supplies and Strikeback.

Working together we have updated their Actinic websites including integrating SecPay an online payment service provider, overhauling old template designs, updating site content and redesigning sites from scratch.

We have also integrated their various Actinic sites with Sage Line 50 as well as providing book-keeping services.