Via simple forms, the site administrator can upload any desired information about products either into the Oracle database or into the file system. Standard product information such as product name, regular price, etc., and admin-defined custom fields are collected in the database. Pictures of the product and other formatted info like sample chapters, for instance, are uploaded into the file system.
Users can input comments and ratings of products.
The site administrator can input professional reviews of the products. The site administrator can specify whether the product should be displayed when the user does a search. Products can be listed before they are available for sale. The site administrator decides whether customers are allowed to preorder items or if they are not allowed to order until the date that the products become available. A product can have a lower, introductory price.