Share information
Catalog Central® was built around the concept that at its core, your company website should be about sharing information with your customers, partners and employees.

• Online catalog of your product line.
• Allow customers to search product documentation and specifications.
• Provide product support.
• Build dynamic, targetted FAQ's using customer inquiries.
• Sell Access to digital media.
• Host customer support forums.
• Send out product update emails.
• Allow customer ratings and feedback
• Provide restricted access to select materials on your website.

Advanced catalog
Help your customers find products and get information on your products by utilizing the advanced catalog features of Catalog Central®.

• Multiple catalogs: You can setup many catalogs in a single database. This helps you target your audience by presenting a specific subset of products, with their own category structure and product descriptions. By doing this, you can show your customers a branded catalog and website.
• Extended product details: Don't be restricted to the limitations of field size in your existing database sch The advanced catalog has the ability to create large formatted text descriptions of your products. These descriptions can either be stored as plain-text or as HTML for a richer purchasing experience.
• Multi-Level categorization: Categories are an easy way for your customers to find your products. By simple browsing a multi-level structure, they can "drill-down" to the item they are looking for. These category levels can have an unlimited number of subcategories under them and a product can be assigned to as many categories as you would like.
• Attach product images and documents: Product images (thumbnails, regular, and large) can be tied to a product or category. You can also attach documents (such as spec-sheets, manuals, or brochures) to a product or category so your customer can download them.
• Product Grouping: Group multiple products on a page for easy selection of what the customer needs.

Intuitive Administration
Catalog Central® is designed around quick and intuitive content management.

• Every element on a Catalog Central page can be edited simply by clicking an Admin edit button which only appears when a user is authorized to edit that element.
• Full-featured web-admin screens let you edit and customize every item on the site.

Create Email Forms
Catalog Central® includes a powerful email template system that allows you to create website email forms for product returns, customer support and sales inquiries. No programming knowledge necessary, just fill in some fields and upload the file.

Email Queue and Batch Processing
Catalog Central® has a complete queuing system that improves website response and can be used as a batch emailing system for customer service emails.

• Inform your customers of specials or new products.
• Send special promotions emails.
• Remove the need for additional 3rd party promotional email software.

Advanced security features at both the page and the component level
Set privileges for any page or component in Catalog Central®. By using a simple security tool, you can limit what customers can do on your site. You can hide or disable buttons, secure certain pages, or lock-down features depending on the user's privileges.

Completely developed from ground up in ASP.NET
Catalog Central® is built on .NET technology and is seamlessly integrated via XML Web Services. Catalog Central® is built upon the Microsoft Internet Information Server providing scalable, efficient, and expandable ecommerce solutions for all types of businesses.

All data elements are developed as server-side controls. Simply drop the desired component on the page you want and gain the functionality access you need. (Example: if you want to allow customer feedback on a product, just drop the feedback control on the page.)

Catalog Central has many configurable options for security and scalability. By using XML Web Services you can host your web server in a data center while your Solomon server is accessed securely behind your firewall. Load balancing tools can be used to distribute processing across multiple services and servers if need be.

The "branding" or look-and-feel of the website can be easily changed using Microsoft Visual Studio or Front Page. Advanced website design and other unique features can be added through our customization department on an as needed basis.