Frequently Asked Questions
Znode Storefront is a fully customizable, enterprise class e-commerce framework that you can use to build your storefront solution. Znode Storefront
is used successfully by thousands of businesses and large enterprises including GiftCertificates.com, Lojack, POP, Ohio State University, Riverside Hospitals, Stauf's, Drewshoe Corp and more.
Unlike other storefront products, C# source code is included without any extra charge with all versions of Znode Storefront.
Znode Storefront can be installed on Windows 2003, XP or Vista. It requires .NET framework 2.0 and SQL Server 2005.
Znode Storefront is currently offered in 3 editions - Professional, Agency and Enterprise. Professional and Agency editions are licensed on a per-domain basis. The Enterprise edition is licensed for each processor (CPU).
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Yes. Znode Storefront includes 100% customizable ASP.NET 2.0 source code and C# libraries. You can extend the default
behaviour of the storefront using your own custom classes and libraries. The base library for the Znode Storefront
framework is a protected library and is available only in compiled form. This library only includes licensing and some
utility functions.
Znode Storefront has been architected from the ground up using industry standard best practices. "Usability" is a core strategy behind Znode Storefront's unique design.
This makes Znode Storefront extremely easy to use and customize. This is where all other competing products fall short. Znode also focusses on storefront features
that are driven by customer needs. Other storefronts usually focus on filling their feature list with obscure features that no one will ever use.
Znode includes an enterprise edition that is suitable for large enterprises. Znode Storefront is currently used by large storefronts with over 50,000 SKUs, load balanced servers, etc. Znode has been built from the ground up to be scalable for very
high traffic and performance. Znode Storefront Enterprise can run on multiple load balanced and clustered server environments.
Yes. Znode Storefront Enterprise Edition can be load balanced across web farms (with sticky sessions enabled). All customer data
is stored in SQL Server with only configuration data being stored on the web servers, hence no file replication
is required on the web servers themselves.
Yes. Znode Storefront includes over 180 pages of documentation including User Manuals and Developer Guides. You
can access the online support at
http://www.znode.com/support
Yes. Znode Storefront includes a web based administration screen to add SEO meta tags to all product and category pages in the storefront.
Znode also generates SEO friendly product URLs without parameters.
Yes. Znode Storefront is compatible with all version of SQL Server 2005 including SQL Express, SQL Standard and SQL Enterprise.
Znode Storefront currently supports Authorize.net, Verisign Payflow Pro, PSI Gate, Nova, Paymentech Orbital, CardStream, Paypal and Google Checkout. The payment gateway component
is offered as a library and can be easily customized to connect to any gateways not on this list.
If you purchase the Annual Maintenance Contract, you can get all major and minor version upgrades for free.
Znode Storefront can be hosted at any hosting provider that supports .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. Note that Full Trust is required for Znode Storefront assemblies. For dedicated
hosting we recommend Rackspace.
We will refund 100% of your license fee within 30 days of purchase, provided you have not registered the full license. You can run
the software in trial mode till you are satisfied. Once you register your serial number, we cannot refund your purchase.
Free email support is offered to all customers for 30 days after purchase. After that period you can purchase email or phone support on a per incident basis.
If you purchase our Annual Maintenance Agreement, you will also get 5 email incidents that can be used anytime during the year.