Krann Communications
Krann Communications

Not just Web Design...

Great web design on its own is never enough to generate more business for your company.

You need a customer-focused website which attracts new customers, which positions your company at the cutting edge of your chosen field.

Great web design is only a small part of great marketing - the real magic that brings customers to your products and services.

At Krann, our aim is to get your products and services to your customers effectively with excellent online marketing solutions.

Remember, the No.1 reason for business success is more and more customers - so get your marketing goals right!

If you are a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in Stockport, Macclesfield, Greater Manchester or Cheshire we'd be delighted to talk to you about your business and how we can help make it flourish.

Shop Specifications

Krann has done a lot of research in this area (and will continue to look for better and better solutions in the years ahead) We now use a cart which we think is perfect for us and the vast majority of vendors and works really well.

Its features are as follows:

Products catalogue

  • User-friendly searchable products catalogue
  • Unlimited number of product categories
  • Unlimited number of products
  • Unlimitedcategory nesting
  • Enable/disableproducts
  • CategoryHTML description and thumbnail
  • ProductHTML description
  • Assign product an image in three sizes (thumbnail, regular, enlarged)
  • List price markdowns: list price (listed MSRP) and current price (your price)
  • Customers' products ratings
  • Real-time price list
  • Basic search by products title and description
  • Product stock accounting
  • Product handling (shipping freight) charges
  • Set 'Free shipping' option for products
  • Append products to different tax classes
  • Productcustom parameters
  • Relatedproducts / cross selling
  • Customerhas the ability to customize products sort order (e.g. sort by productname, price)
  • Productsearch in the backend
  • Customerproduct reviews/discussions
  • Import products from a CSV file (Excel)
  • Export products to a CSV file (Excel)
  • Synchronizing tools
  • Support for complex (configurable) products
  • Each product can be placed to an unlimited number of categories
  • Support for non-tangible downloadable products (ebooks, PDFs, movies etc.)
  • Product picture gallery
  • Products comparison
  • Advancedsearch by product custom options
  • Export products to Froogle

Shopping Cart & Ordering

  • Shopping cart content sidebar
  • All orders are stored in the database
  • Orders email notifications for administrator and customer
  • A single-step checkout
  • Comprehensive orders management engine
  • Shopping cart for members and guests
  • Define minimal order quantities for products
  • Define minimal order amount
  • Customizable customer registration form
  • Shopping cart can be opened in the main store window or in a popup window
  • Ability to create a web catalog without ordering function
  • Step-by-step checkout
  • Secure checkout (SSL)
  • Switchable stock level control
  • Customizable order statuses list
  • Online order management tools
  • Orders search in the backend
  • Printable invoices
  • Customerhas the ability to define preferable product options set (e.g. select colour, size)
  • Order SMS notifications

Shop Design Features

  • Compatible with major browsers
  • Products and categories thumbnails
  • Content Management system (CMS)
  • News publishing
  • Customer survey in storefront
  • Template-based design
  • CSS-compatible design

Other Features

  • Complete and 'ready-to-run' ecommerce storefront software
  • Powered by MySQL database
  • Works on Windows, UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS servers
  • User-friendly storefront (front end)
  • Easy-to-use web-based administrative panel (back end)

SEO & Marketing

  • Search Engine Optimized pages (SEO)
  • Email newsletter system
  • Define META keywords and description foreach product and category
  • Create custom HTML pages
  • Price list page acts as a site map
  • Affiliate program
  • Link Exchange tools

Customer Care

  • Comprehensive customers management engine
  • Customers' personal accounts
  • Customer documentation and records
  • Comprehensive customer search in back end
  • Secure customer registration system
  • Customer address book
  • Customer can select between quick (express) checkout or checkout with registration
  • Printable versions of all product detailed pages
  • Export customers database to Excel file (CSV)
  • Email notifications to customer
  • Discounts system
  • Customer discount groups
  • Password reminder for customers
  • Customers can select preferable currency type
  • Online feedback forms

Payment, Shipping, Tax

  • Customizable shipping and payment systems with "plug-in" structure
  • Customizable payment types list
  • Customizable shipping options list
  • Accept check, money orders, credit cards
  • Manual credit cards processing
  • Integrated with Google Checkout, PayPal and major payment gateways
  • Restrict/allow payment types by selected shipping method
  • Flexible sales tax configuration
  • Unlimited number of tax classes
  • Support for US sales taxes
  • Support for VAT
  • Tax-exempt products
  • Define shipping rates by location (by countries)
  • Restrict shipping by location
  • Real-time shipping quotes with major shipping companies

Security

  • Password-protected administrative mode
  • Protection from SQL injections and XSS attacks
  • Protection from robots and spammers
  • Support for secure SSL checkout
  • Sensitive information is stored in encrypted way (e.g. password, credit cardinformation)

Reports & Tracking

  • Most popular categories
  • Product reports
  • Customer authentification log
  • Integrated with Google Analytics (you’ll love this! Check out http://www.google.com/analytics/ to find out what this is)

Payment gateways & systems

  • WorldPay
  • PayPal WebsitePayments Standard
  • PayPalWebsite Payments Pro
  • PayPalPayflow Link
  • PayPalPayflow Pro
  • GoogleCheckout
  • Authorize.Net
  • 2checkout
  • CHASEPaymentech
  • LinkPoint
  • YourPay
  • PSiGate
  • SkipJack
  • NOCHEX
  • HSBC
  • TrustCommerce
  • ChronoPay
  • Moneris(eSelect PLUS) new!
  • InnovativeGateway
  • Moneybookers
  • SECPay
  • USA ePay
  • GSPay
  • ePDQ
  • StreamlineeSolutions
  • Setcom
  • NationalAustralia Bank
  • NetRegistry
  • eProcessingNetwork
  • JCC
  • E-Gold
  • CCAvenue
  • Protx

Shipping providers

  • UPS
  • USPS
  • FedEx
  • DHL
  • InterShipper

Location Options

  • Multiple language interface
  • Multiple currency types system
  • Editable countries list

Why choose Krann?

While we are designing your website, we are thinking about YOUR customers.

What is it that makes them tick?

How can we get them to visit your website and call you, place an order or buy online?

We put ourselves in your shoes - we try and find out as much as we can about your business, then we show you what is possible.

We don't want to blind you with science - we want you to be confident you are making the best possible choices for your business.

Why not contact us for a free consultation - there's no obligation to buy and there's plenty for you to learn - it will be time well spent!

Website Design and Marketing for Cheshire and beyond