In this article, we will look into some of the custom modules which provide store owners additional functionality that is not present in the default Opencart.

In any business, whether it is online or offline the way you present the products matters a lot. If your way of presentation is attractive and simple then it will attract more customers to your store.

On purchasing the product online, the customer faces many queries in mind. If these queries are not resolved, the customer can even drop the plan of the purchase.

But with the help of Product Question Answer, the customer can easily raise their query to the store owner. If resolved correctly, sales will increase to a much high level.

Many online websites use labels for their products. These labels increase product sales and attract a new customer base. If you want to integrate custom product labels for the products then you can use Custom Product Label.

The majority of e-commerce returns occur due to the simple reason that the product purchased does not offer a satisfactory fit. What if the returns rate of the product purchased requires sizing gets reduced?

With the Size Charts, the store owner can easily offer size charts for the products requiring sizes that will benefit the customers. This will ultimately reduce the count of returns leading to increasing the customer satisfaction base.

Starting up a business online is very much beneficial but uploading products to the store can often turn into a nightmare if your product counts are above two-digit count.

In such scenarios having an add-on that allows the owner to upload products in bulk like Product Bulk Upload can be useful.

Marketing any business is primarily about communication whether it is pre-sale or post-sale. The conversation between the store owner and the potential buyers can be often useful to the customers and the store owners too.

Because the customer can use these tools to interact with the store owner and share their query. The store owner can also get to know about the new requirement and products that are popular among buyers.

As the default, Opencart does not offer any sort of conversation. So some of the following chat systems that help customers interact with the website owners are :

• Chat System
• Admin Buyer Chat System (Socket Based)

If you are running any website that requires some additional information from the customers that are currently unavailable in the default Opencart registration.

Then it can be added through Custom Registration Fields which will help the store owner know about the customer in a detailed fashion.

We all think of expanding our business and if you are running a successful online business. But often take a step back just because of the hassle involved in managing the stock and the sales of the outlets.

Well! now you don’t have to worry about this with Opencart POS, you can easily manage your inventory and the sales of both online and of physical outlets.

Offering an optimized order management workflow in an eCommerce store can be a real challenge. So to ease up the process, many modules have been created as mentioned below:

• Quick Order
• Quick Order Edit
• Order Attachment
• Bulk Order Processing
• Split Payment
• Product Quantity Restriction

Today’s online consumers are more selective than ever. Having this fact that there can be more options than ever before. To persuade more visitors to purchase products through your Opencart website, various tactics are needed to get adopted.

Some of the points that may increase the sales of the products are:

• Various Daily Deals or Special Offers can be achieved through the Daily Deals extension.
• Pre-launching store products to create a buzz and know about the grip of the product in the market can be accomplished through the Pre Order extension.
• Many store owners promote their websites provide customers coupons so that they get a discount in the future purchase like Coupon System.

Customer satisfaction plays a crucial role in the growth of any website. The average rate of returns of online shopping is 30 %.

The customer trusts the websites having return management rather than having a website that does not offer return management.

So, if you require to integrate this feature into the Opencart store by using the RMA extension.

Note: You can refer to this case study – How To Manage Disputes & Complain In Your Web Store?

Often customer forgets their login credentials and if we do not provide any way in which they can remember login. This will ultimately lead to decrement in our customers and so in our sales as well. To avoid the same, we can use Google Chrome Smart Auto Login.

Most of the customers try to avoid filling up lengthy forms for registration on the application. If the customers are offered an easy way to log in through their existing social networking account details like in Social Login.

Then it will increase the customer base and will let more users join your website without needing to manage the login ID and Password for the site separately.

If you want to have a profitable site, the search is one of the key elements. Most Potentials buyers want to have a smooth and convenient shopping experience so that the customer can easily look for what they want.

The lesser time involved in the searching will lead to more customer satisfaction and higher chances of customer conversion into a potential buyer. Some of the modules help you to provide advanced navigation for Opencart websites.

• Advanced Layered Navigation
• Elasticsearch

Many websites have restricted login attempts for the customer and store owner’s logins that prevent hackers from barging into your store with easy to guess passwords.

Default Opencart does not provide any sort of restriction of login so to achieve the same following module can be used: Excessive Attempt Login.

If you are a big business, then you need to have the purchase order (PO) to make a smooth supply chain management. With the help of a Purchase Order, you can easily generate a purchase order.

Apart from the Purchase Order, the store owner can also add multiple functionalities to their websites as mentioned in the following.

• The default Opencart does not allow the customer to quote for the products. But with the Quote System, you can allow the customer to quote for the products based on product quantity.
• In many e-commerce industries, we need to provide documents like – design, logo, prescription, docs, invoices, licenses, etc. to purchase the products. Using the Order Attachment module, you can integrate this feature for your customers.

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