Microsoft .NET Server Solutions for the Enterprise

Feature-by-Feature Solution Summary

This section provides a more detailed look at each of the high-level feature areas and discusses how Commerce Server addresses those needs. The following feature areas of retail Web sites are identified as relevant to shoppers:

• Navigation (other than product catalog navigation)
• Product catalogs
• Shopping baskets/carts
• Completing the purchase
• Security
• Recommendations
• Improvements
• Privacy
• Different languages and currencies
• Miscellaneous features

This section discusses each of these feature areas in terms of how Commerce Server supports their implementation with user interfaces, Web sites, and objects. Any remaining features that are not typically apparent from the shopper's perspective are also discussed.