Cart Viper the DNN ecommerce solution has supported customers leaving product reviews since version 1.0, however in release 1.6.1 we have added in the ability for the store owner to respond to product reviews and have the admin comments outputted along with the product review.

This new feature increases the ability for the owner to communicate with their customers and encourages a more social aspect to your store.

Responding to a review is straightforward simply select the review you want to reply to from the review admin section and you will be greeted with the below UI:

Once your reply has been saved it will then be outputted below the original customers review:

The admin reply is purely driven by CSS, so you are free to format this as per your needs to match the look and feel of your existing site. This as well as numerous new features are available in Cart Viper 1.6.1 that comes complete with a free 14 day trial.

Along with the many great new features in version 1.6.1 of Cart Viper the advanced DNN shopping cart we have integrated into 9 new payment gateways!

The new payment gateways we have added support for are:

• Barclays EPDQ
• Eway Payment Gateway
• First Data Connect Payment Gateway
• PayWay payment provider
• Quick Books Merchant Services
• Rabo Kassa Omni Payment Gateway
• Sage Pay Forms Payment Gateway
• Virtual Merchant
• World Pay Payment Gateway

Combined with these we have also added support for 2 new currencies:

• New Zealand dollar
• Philippine Peso

All the above features were requested by clients and highlights how flexible and extendable Cart viper is. If you have a requirement for a new payment gateway, currency or any other feature we do not currently support let us know and we would be happy to discuss these with you.

One of the great new features of version 1.6.1 of Cart Viper the advanced DNN shopping cart is the ability to support multiple shipping providers. The advantage of this is you could enable any combination of the Cart viper shipping providers and then the customer can select which provider they would like to use when they complete their order:

• Default (Cart viper internal shipping bands)
• FedEx
• UPS
• USPS

Configuring this option is straightforward, simply select the shipping providers you would like to enable from the shipping admin complete all the relevant settings for the shipping provider and select “Shipping Provider Is Active”

Once completed the customer will be presented with the below options when they checkout, giving them the ability to select the shipping option they prefer:

Stay tuned because over the coming weeks we will be bloging on more of the great new features in release 1.6.1.

Here at Cart Viper the DotNetNuke ecommerce solution we hope you have had a great vacation, now the new year is upon us we are delighted to release version 1.6.1 of Cart Viper the most feature rich and best supported DNN shopping cart. This version is bursting at the seams with 80 new features and enhancements, some of the highlights are listed below however click here to view the full feature list for this release:

• Support multiple shipping providers e.g. UPS, FedEx, USPS and let the customer select which one they would like to use at the point of checkout.
• Google product feed support.
• Add “buy now” price to events, so they can either be rented on a given date or purchased now for the buy it now price.
• Define if a digital download attracts shipping costs.
• 9 new payment gateways! including Barclays EPDQ, Virtual Merchant and Sage Pay forms.
• Allow admin to respond to product reviews.
• Upload an unlimited number of product datasheets.
• Allow admin to define the units of measure the store will use e.g. CM, MM, LB, KG
• Create shipping bands based on zipcodes.
• Define zipcode’s that the store will not deliver to.
• Allow customer to optionally select a delivery date and time.
• Support New Zealand dollar and Philippine Peso currencies.

2013 is going to be a busy year here at Cart viper we have already got a full feature list for our next release if you think there is a feature missing from that list please contact us and we would be happy to add this.

Please take our free 14 day trial and as ever any feedback good or bad please let us know!

Best regards

Nigel.