NEW: Rich out of the box shopping site features based on ASP .NET 3.5 Web Parts and other features deployed in SharePoint—collectively known as SharePoint Commerce Services.
NEW: Quick and easy skinnable product and search pages through our new templating options.
NEW: Increased reach and conversion through multi-channel capabilities. Web-store and mobile included out of the box, with support for expansion to other channels.
NEW: WYSIWYG editing of site information and layout, empowering business users to affect site changes and react quickly to market conditions.
NEW: Service-orientated architecture (SOA) of Commerce Server, with clear separation of data, business, and user experience, streamlines integration with existing business applications creating tighter real-time integration and increased operational efficiency and reduced up-front costs.
Catalog and inventory management, including multiple catalogs, flexible product definitions, inventory integration, and product relationships, for ultimate flexibility in putting your products on the virtual shelf to sell.
Marketing management, including ads, discounts, direct mail, multi-brand campaign control, personalized experiences, and promotional codes, to promote and highlight your products in a personalized and loyalty-building way.
Orders management, including splitting of orders and transactional support, for flexible, more safe, and highly secure order transactions.
Profile management, including single view of customer and multi-data input source support, for ease of management of customers, suppliers, or partners with any type of hierarchy.
Business User Management tools: Customer and Order Manager, Catalog and Inventory Manager, and Marketing Manager work seamlessly with the out-of-the-box Default Site, or any other custom-built site.
Reports and analytics with 35 built-in reports and integrated data warehouse to get the information you need to run your business.
Data integration with third party systems through built-in BizTalk adaptors—to get the data into and out of your e-commerce system.
Information and content staging service for easier control and management of your site.
Performance, scalability, and high availability through tight integration with Windows Server family (including Windows Server 2008), 64-bit support, and .NET 3.5 framework support.