Handy Shop Feature List


Your Brand

  • A web designer can easily incorporate your logo and business image so the HandyShop is consistent with your branding.
  • If you don’t have an existing brand, our designer can help you develop one.

User Friendly – Easy for Shoppers to Buy

  • No unnecessary registration page – the user does as little work as possible.
  • All shopping pages have the same intuitive layout. Consistent Design makes it easy for the shopper to quickly understand how to use each page.
  • Customisable product categories always shown on the left of the screen.
  • Navigation aids clearly show the shopper where they are in your shop.
  • Cart contents summarised on each page with checkout button.
  • Shopper is assisted to correctly fill in the check out page.

Easy to Manage

  • Manage your shop anytime, anywhere through a web page with secure login.
  • Management screens follow a consistent pattern, making it quick to learn how to update products.

Easy to Manage Product List

  • Make your most popular products first in the list to grab the shopper’s attention.
  • Easily upload a photo of each product – it’s automatically resized and “web-optimised” for you.
  • Options for managing colours, sizes, and other variations for each product.
  • Easily enter new products through a secure web interface.
  • Organise products into categories and subcategories.
  • Display and sell an unlimited number of products
  • Each product has a fully customisable description, photo, and multiple levels of pricing.

Flexible Product Pricing

  • Offer different prices for the general public, repeat customers, and wholesale customers. Up to 6 different prices can be entered per product.
  • You can also optionally set up volume discounts for products

Flexible Freight Pricing

  • Several options are available for setting freight prices
  • A fixed freight cost can be applied to all orders, or freight can be automatically calculated based on total order weight and delivery destination inline with NZ Post’s current charges. The charges are automatically kept up to date via Handy Shop’s central freight rate server.
  • Enter a handling cost for specific products if they are difficult to manage.
  • Setup different freight prices for different regions within a country.

Payment Options

  • Shoppers can pay online by credit card
  • You can optionally allow certain customers to shop “on account”
  • You can optionally accept orders without taking payment first.
  • GST will be automatically included when the delivery is within New Zealand, and excluded when the delivery is outside of New Zealand.
  • A currency converter can optionally show users the price of the order in their own currency.

Accounts for Customers

  • You can optionally setup accounts for repeat customers
  • You can specify what pricing levels the customer receives
  • You can setup default contact and delivery details so a customer doesn’t need to re-enter them with each visit to the shop.