Mercantec's SoftCart gives users total control over site design and layout

• uses advanced session tracking to implement a virtual 'shopping cart'
• calculates sales tax and shipping costs in real time, including line item support for Tax/Non-Tax items.
• integrates with secure on-line payment systems
• automatically directs orders to multiple recipients, files, and applications
• includes integrated index and search functions
• supports SoftCart add-on modules
• Page Generator automatically creates static store catalog pages, searchable by all major public search engines
• Dynamic Elements & Template Flexibility - SoftCart comes with templates for four working storefronts. Web pages may also include dynamic elements that look up product.
• Customer Receipt Module.
• Integrated Survey Form.
• API Links & Interfaces - API's for product database and delivery and links to payment interfaces are available.
• Database Supported Formats - SoftCart supports all flat (ASCII) files and custom databases (in .dll or .so format) linked to SoftCart through the Product API including ODBC databases (for Windows NT) provided as a SoftCart sample file. (Windows NT features are not currently available with BCG Canada Inc. virtual web hosting services but will soon be available with BCG Canada Inc. upcoming Windows NT web hosting services.)
• Extended Product Database Format - The product database has an unlimited number of distinct fields to accommodate all varieties of product descriptions used in site design, such as long and short descriptions, SKU, and whether the item is or is not taxable.
• Extensive documentation - a 111 page Word document accompanies each SoftCart installation.

BCG Canada Inc.'s customers looking to build, test and demo electronic commerce-enabled Web sites can download a FREE copy of Mercantec StoreBuilder for Microsoft FrontPage (regularly $149).

This new Web building tool is a fully integrated add-on to Microsoft FrontPage that features complete Web store templates, custom e-commerce page templates and commerce bots. Mercantec StoreBuilder for Microsoft FrontPage also contains a full local host version of SoftCart, Mercantec's industry-leading secure electronic commerce software. The local host version of SoftCart gives you the ability to demo a fully functional SoftCart store for your customer on your Windows NT or 95 development workstation.

How to Get Your FREE Copy of Mercantec StoreBuilder:
E-mail your request to sales@bcgcanada.com once your BCG Canada Inc. hosting account is active and we will provide you with instructions for downloading the FREE copy of StoreBuilder.

Mercantec SoftCart v3.0 Availability
The Mercantec SoftCart v3.0 software can be added to any of BCG Canada Inc.'s Professional plan or higher accounts. The software may be purchased outright or leased on a monthly basis.

Outright purchase costs:
$1550 one time fee ($1300 for software license + $250 set up)

Monthly lease costs:
$250 setup fee + $100/mo. license fee (6 month contract required)

If you already own a licensed copy of Mercantec's Softcart and you wish to use it with our service, you obviously will not need to purchase a new license from us, but you will still need to pay a one time setup fee, which we will gladly reduce to only $100. Please  contact sales directly at sales@bcgcanada.com.

If you have additional questions about our Mercantec SoftCart service, contact sales@bcgcanada.com (or support@bcgcanada.com regarding setup and usage).

To learn more about Mercantec, visit their Web site at http://www.mercantec.com.