CubeCart/Kenz Kart ™ Feature Comparison Table
Last update 24 May 2008. This is a draft document and is under development. Please check with us to verify any information contained herein.
All information is subject to change. This document is not for distribution and does not constitute an offer of any form.
© Ken Bradley and KGB Electronics 2008
Devillion Ltd (CubeCart) and KGB Electronics Pty Ltd (Kenz Kart ™) are wholly independant organisations and no relationship exists between them.
Last update 24 May 2008. This is a draft document and is under development. Please check with us to verify any information contained herein.
All information is subject to change. This document is not for distribution and does not constitute an offer of any form.
© Ken Bradley and KGB Electronics 2008
The table below shows a side my side comparison of most of the features available in CubeCart version 3, 4 and the KGB SuperMod / Kenz Kart ™.
| CubeCart v3 | CubeCart v4 | Kenz Kart ™ v1* | |
| Professionally Security Audited with thorough penetration testing. | |||
| Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | |||
| 100% Template Driven (HTML is completely separate from PHP code) | |||
| XHTML & CSS Valid | |||
| Number of Skins "Out of the Box" | 3 (Classic, Killer & Legend) |
4 (Classic, Caretta Soft & Caretta Bright, KitaBlue) |
3 (Classic, Killer & Legend. Extras optional) |
| Skin Selector - Allows visitors to change the skin. | (Optional) |
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| Skin Selector - Automatic skin change with member/customer level. | |||
| Skin Colour Selector - Can be manual or automatic. | |||
| Checkout Steps | 4 | 2 | |
| Single Step Checkout and registration | |||
| New Customer Registration | Mandatory | Optional | Optional at checkout |
| Configurable registration requirements | |||
| How did you hear about us in registration | |||
| Customer Order History | |||
| Add / Edit Orders from admin control panel. | |||
| Courier Tracking URL | |||
| Unlimited Products, Categories & Images per Product | |||
| One product unlimited categories | |||
| Product Image Gallery | HTML Pop up | HTML Pop up or "Lightbox" | HTML Pop up, Javascript or "Lightbox" |
| Multi Currency Support | |||
| Automatic Currency Conversion | |||
| Fully Automatic Currency Rate updates | |||
| Adjustable margin for currency conversion | |||
| Email Marketing | |||
| Sell Digital & Tangible Goods | |||
| Inventory Stock Control | On completed payment | On completed payment or order creation. | On completed payment or order creation. |
| Stock levels for digital/downloadable items | |||
| Stock level warnings | Admin and email. Individual item levels or global settings. |
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| Multiple Tax Classes | Applied to single zone/country | Applied to multiple zones/countries. | Full featured including Sales Tax, GST, PST and EU VAT taxes. |
| Automatic EU VAT verification | |||
| "Tell a Friend" | |||
| "Customers who bought this also bought…" | |||
| "Featured Products" | |||
| "New Arrivals" | |||
| "New releases" | |||
| "Popular Products" (basic) | |||
| "Popular Products" (enhanced) | |||
| "Random Products" (basic) | |||
| "Random Products" (enhanced) | |||
| "Related Products" (user customisable) | |||
| "Related products" (based on actual orders) | |||
| "Products on Sale" (basic) | |||
| "Products on Sale" (enhanced) | |||
| "Products on Special" | |||
| Spambot Flood Protection | |||
| Product Search | |||
| Log search phrases (Can be viewed in admin control panel) | |||
| Advanced Product Search | |||
| Unlimited Product Options with +ve or -ve price. | |||
| Expanding DHTML categories box. (Unlimited depth) | |||
| User configurable DHTML menus. | |||
| Product Reviews & Comments | |||
| Gift Certificates | |||
| Money Off Vouchers / Coupons | |||
| Shipping Vouchers/Coupons | |||
| FireFox Extension - Allows you to get instant notifications of new orders, product reviews & stock warnings. | We call them emails. |
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| Module Import with version control. (Allows new shipping/payment/affiliate to be imported through admin control panel). | Works with all our modules. Modules can also be uninstalled or re-installed from admin. |
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| Alternate Checkouts |
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If you have an immediate requirement please contact us | |
| Shipping Modules |
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| Payment Modules |
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…more will be created and released independent of CubeCart releases. |
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| Credit Card Validation (Seamless Modules Only) | |||
| Payment Transaction ID Logging | |||
| Affiliate Modules |
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| Google Analyitics | |||
| Professionally Translated Language Files | |||
| Language Files |
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Contact us if you have a need. |
| Edit Languages File from Admin Control Panel | |||
| SQL Caching | |||
| Page Output Compression | |||
| Page Output Encryption | |||
| Unlimited Site Documents (Privacy Policy / Delivery / Amount Us etc...) | |||
| Install Wizard | Multi Lingual |
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| Integrated text/HTML editor | Version 2.0 |
Version 2.2 |
Version 2.6.3 |
| Opera/Safari compatible editor | with FCK v2.6.3 |
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| Configurable editor parameters | Height only | Height, width, skin and more | |
| Simple Upgrade Wizard | Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 4.x.x |
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| Admin upgrade notifications - Lets you know when a new version has been released. | |||
| Component upgrade notifications - individual component upgrade notifications. Allows you to make intelligent decisions about the need to update or not. | |||
| Easy Logo Uploader | |||
| Maintenance Tools |
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| Statistics |
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| Statistics Display Method | HTML Table | Dynamic Image Histograms | HTML Table Graphical displays coming |
| Unlimited Store Administrators (with configurable permissions) | |||
| Admin Session Log | |||
| Admin Activity Log | |||
| Admin Dashboard Notifications |
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| RSS Announcements Displayed on Admin Dashboard (Configurable RSS URL) | |||
| Bulk Product CSV Upload - Works with any CSV format! | An enhanced version under development. |
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| Bulk Product CSV Upload From Turbo Lister (eBay) and other | |||
| Bulk Export CSV |
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| Bulk Product Price Update (By multiple category select or all) | |||
| Bulk Move Products by Category | |||
| Multiple unique stores with one database. | |||
| Sale Mode | Per Individual Product or store wide percentage reduction |
Per Individual Product or store wide percentage reduction. |
Per Individual Product or store wide percentage reduction. |
| Quantity discount pricing | |||
| Separate quantity discount pricing for trade/wholesale | |||
| Hide prices for unauthenticated guests. | |||
| Selectable hide price/sale price/savings/product etc for unauthenticated guests. | |||
| Store Online Offline Switch with message | |||
| Order Invoice Print Facility | Improved |
Enhanced HTML |
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| Separate Tax Invoice Print Facility | Enhanced HTML |
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| Source Code Availability | 100% | Over 99% (2 Files Zend/IonCube Encoded) |
All CubeCart files, template, style and language files unencoded |
| Cost | |||
| Software License | Free | $129.95 (USD) | $300.00 (AUD)10 |
| Extra mods included | |||
| Lifetime free mods | |||
| Copyright Removal Key (Optional) | $89.95 (USD) | $89.95 (USD) | FREE when you purchase the CubeCart removal key |
| Software License + 1 Copyright Removal Key | n/a | $179.95 (USD) | n/a8 |
| CubeCart Copyright Removal Key/Licence | n/a | n/a | $90.00(AUD)10,11 |
| Install Service | $59.95 (USD) | $59.95 (USD) | $50.00 (AUD)5 |
| Upgrade eligibility | All future versions of 3.x.x | All future versions of 4.x.x | All future versions of 1.x.x |
- CubeCart component audited. Kenz Kart ™ has been written by a programmer who has previously performed and supervised software security audits for both industry and government organisations.
- SEO module licensed and supplied separately and at additional cost (see 10).
- We prefer our software to work reliably, so we will not be including SQL caching at this time.
- For Kenz Kart ™ modules.
- Fresh install only, call for upgrade prices.
- Excludes Premium addons or custom modules.
- Some features may require Memdbership Plus addon which is a Premium addon at additional cost.
- Not applicable as the two companies involved ar independant.
- Additional cost for encryption function.
- All prices are plus GST for Australian residents.
- Special price only available when a full package is purchased.
- Requires colourised skins to be setup in accordance with the prescribed format. Details free from KGB eCommerce.