This is a good starter system for a site that is expected to have a limited number of transactions. Its pluses are mainly price and ease of use. Its minuses include the extent of required manual order processing, limited reporting capabilities, and inexact sales tax calculation. We welcome the comments of any companies currently using this system. Building the site Building an effective order processing system with iCat is very simple.
Vendors have two options.
A vendor that does not already have a Web site can open an iCat store, and pay one price for a complete Web storefront and order processing system. Building the storefront and populating it with products is very simple, and requires a Web browser only. These vendors maintain product descriptions, photos and other information in their own Web sites. Some rudimentary HTML knowledge is required to use this function. However, anyone with his own Web site will be able to handle this easily.