On Monday, Kurant announced the latest update to its StoreSense turnkey e-commerce solution. An earlier release of StoreSense won Best of Show at the Spring 1999 Internet World. The program allows ISPs to move from shared hosting to dedicated hosting, one box per merchant. Written in Java, StoreSense 4.0 is platform agnostic and database agnostic. Presumably, a local ISP could offer its residential subscribers discounts to mall items, if its business subscribers agreed.
Merchants can buy, build, and upgrade a site online.
Web-based admin tools lower the cost of administration. International features StoreSense is now ready for the rest of the world. Some storefronts just ask a purchaser to state their location, which is simply an invitation to abuse. A robust VAT system can trace the national origin of a purchase. StoreSense can also handle various payment gateways, including WorldPay , popular in Europe.