PDG SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF PDG SHOPPING CART 2004
ATLANTA, (December 22, 2003) -
PDG Software, Inc., a leader in Internet commerce for small to medium sized businesses, today announced the release of
PDG Shopping Cart 2004- the latest version
of its popular e-commerce shopping cart.
Since its inception in 1997, PDG Software has continuously refined PDG Shopping Cart. This latest edition of PDG Shopping
Cart represents the result of seven years of real world application and user feedback.
PDG Shopping Cart 2004 includes all of the features offered within PDG Shopping Cart 2002, as well as many new features
designed to help PDG's existing clientele and new users expand their businesses. New companion programs allow PDG Shopping
Cart 2004 merchants to link to other applications, such as QuickBooks and UPS Worldship. The added ability to log orders in
XML format allow merchants to import their orders into other accounting applications, point of sale software, and fulfillment services.
This capability within PDG Shopping Cart 2004 will allow merchants to further automate the day-to-day processes of maintaining
an e-commerce site.
Designed with the needs of small and medium sized business owners in mind, PDG Shopping Cart 2004 is a complete
e-commerce solution-rather than an e-commerce add-on or development tool that requires custom coding. Just as before, all of
PDG Software's great features are still built into the price of the shopping cart, which makes PDG Shopping Cart 2004 a unique
value among other products on the market.
PDG Shopping Cart 2004 offers a number of security features including SSL compatibility that allows for 128-bit order processing
encryption, as well as password encryption, automatic encryption of sensitive data in configuration files and the option to exclude
payment data from the order log and email notifications. As is the case with all PDG Software products, PDG Shopping Cart 2004
is also compatible with GPG encryption software-which can be unencrypted using commercial PGP applications.
Additional new features include
UPS OnLine(R) Tools Address Validation and Ship API tools. Address validation will verify the
city, state, and zip code entered by the customer to avoid confusion when generating your manifests. The Ship API will allow PDG
merchants to generate UPS manifests and ship labels from directly within their PDG product's administration panel. HTML based
e-mail notifications, new import and export options for maintaining products, XML order logs, a fraud IP blacklist,
minimum/maximum quantity per product, new version notifications within the administrative panel, and percentage discounts that
include option pricing are also included in PDG Shopping Cart 2004.
PDG Shopping Cart 2004 also includes the core PDG Shopping Cart features-including easy installation and set up; a web-browser
administrator interface; affiliate tracking; inventory tracking; Microsoft FrontPage®, Macromedia Dreamweaver®, Macromedia
Dreamweaver Ultradev®, and NetObjects Fusion® web development components; and compatibility with UPS OnLine® Tools.
PDG Shopping Cart operates on multiple server platforms including Microsoft Windows NT®, Microsoft Windows® 2000 as well
as multiple versions of UNIX. PDG Shopping Cart 2004 can be downloaded for a free 30-day evaluation from the company's web
site at
www.pdgsoft.com -or
through technology partners including global Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and web designers.
About PDG Software, Inc.:
PDG Software, Inc. is a leader in providing Internet commerce solutions for companies of all sizes. Based in the Atlanta area, the
company was formed in 1997 and has a growing list of customers in the United States and abroad. Its core product, the PDG
Shopping Cart, allows customers to create a customized Internet commerce web site.
PDG Commerce, a high end web based e-commerce package, allows customers
to create customized Internet commerce web sites with a database backend. The company offers merchants a 30-day free trial period
for its software and has been lauded for its customer-centric focus. For more information about PDG Software, Inc. and its suite of
e-commerce and shopping cart software solutions, please visit the company's web site at
www.pdgsoft.com.
Contact:
Doug Blackburn
Director of Sales
PDG Software, Inc.
770-270-0062
