ShopFactory ecommerce solution has various modifications greatly varying in functionality. This software has many strong sides for those who look for out-of-the box storefront solution with easy installation and feature-rich design engine.

This ecommerce product is not open-sourced and cannot be developed to suit your further needs. It has some expensive add-ons which are included into ecommerce systems like X-Cart by default. The difference in price is very high and X-Cart offers many affordable extension plug-ins and custom development offers which provide more flexibility and may suit your needs much better.

Printable version 

General

Catalog & Storefront

Marketing & Promotion

Store operation

Features	ShopFactory	X-Cart
Support for downloadable egoods
Affiliate system	Not available	X-Affiliate add-on
Real time shipping rates calculation	UPS/USPS	UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL/Airborne, Intershipper, Canada Post (see X-Cart Feature Tour: Real-time USPS, FedEx and UPS shipping calculation)
Product export/import feature	Basic product import by default, complete options import via expensive commercial plug-in	Product export/import via database or CSV/Excel file format
Moderated product reviews and ratings	No available	Yes, (see X-Cart Feature Tour: Moderated product reviews and ratings)
Statistics tools	Basic sales reports narrowed by product/manufacturer/category	General statistics and shop summary, Shop statistics, Top Paths Through Site, Top Pages Views, Shopping Cart Conversion Funnel, Log in history, Visitors environment statistics, Search statistics, Google Analytics integration.
Taxes	Manual taxes setup on different basis	US states with counties support, EU VAT, UK VAT, Canadian PST/GST, Australian PST (see X-Cart Feature tour: Customizable tax calculation
Orders management	Order statuses and notifications	Order status system, automated order notifications, automated and manual credit card processing, order search, X-AOM add-on for complete management of all order details and order history
Inventory tracking	Number of products in stock for every item, bestsellers.	Reports for number of orders, number of products, product/category views sorted by date period, bestsellers, bulk inventory update, Out of stock messages, number of products in stock for every item (see X-Cart Feature Tour: Sales Analysis & Tracking)
Security	Full SSL support, PGP encryption for sensitive data	Full HTTPS/SSL support Encrypted customer data (Blowfish encryption) PGP-encrypted e-mail notifications Customer/admin access restriction by IP Anti-Fraud module (see X-Cart Feature Tour: Security)