Proven Structure M1 (Successor to Rapid Deployment E-Commerce)

The newest product from DistantHorizon.com is a rapidly deployable pre-built corporate content management system built on LAMP and CakePHP Framework which offers powerful e-commerce and catalog functionality along with sophisticated pricing support, real-time freight calculations and secure credit card processing with PCI compliant credit card vault.

When launched with its default design skeleton, the system can be live within 24 hours on a new or existing domain and new content contributors can be productively adding products and content with no programming or HTML knowledge with about 40 minutes of training. This system is an entirely different paradigm than other premium content management providers that have implementation schedules and flexibility "virtues" only a programmer can understand. This system is built for speed, reliability, ease-of-use, and large amounts of content.

Some notable features include:

  • Fully self-maintainable product catalog with no programming or HTML experience required
  • No limit on number of products
  • No limit on number of categories or subcategories
  • Flexible choices for navigation (top nav, right nav, left nav)
  • Your choice of credit card processing vendors (PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net)
  • Your choice of shippers (FedEx, UPS, USPS, SpeeDee)
  • Multiple images per product
  • Category > Subcategory > Product > SKU hierarchy
  • Customizable meta tag data down to the product level
  • Supplementary content fields for product videos, documentation, MSDS sheets etc. - support for unlimited quantity of documentation and support literature
  • Ability to offer full e-commerce on some products while keeping cart turned off for others - site can be run in "catalog" mode

Available features include:

  • Custom/Contract Pricing including separate pricing per login, discount from list, markup from cost, fixed gross margin
  • Data feed support for Amazon, Google Products and other comparative shopping engine
  • ERP / Accounting system integration
  • Common carrier freight integration