Gift Registry Software Features

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Gift Registry Software Features

Makes it easy for anyone to buy a gift from your site or your store and give it to a bride or other gift registrant based on their list of desired items
Easy to add to any website with simple HTML links and forms which can be automatically created by our easy-to-use code generator software
Works with virtually ANY shopping cart software or commerce platform
In-Store Gift Registry iPad App is designed to allow you to create and manage gift registries or wish lists for customers who walk into your store.
Complete Design Flexibility means that all pages within the software can be customized to your specific look and feel using our internal template system
Mobile Gift Registry App allows anyone with an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or any smartphone or tablet pc running the Android operating system to manage their gift registry on-the-go!
Includes a registry "Post Back" feature to update the gift registry when gift items are purchased through your cart
Barcode Scanner for your customers to add items to their gift registry in your store by scanning barcodes for each item!
Maintains a complete list of desired gift items as well as how many have been purchased from the gift registry
Ability to create a gift registry on-the-fly while shopping simply by clicking "Add to Registry" button
Advanced Drag-and-Drop functionality allows the registrant to quickly and intuitively sort the gift items on their list into whatever order they prefer to display them to friends and family.
Ability to forward a gift registry list to friends and family for high quality viral (word-of-mouth) marketing
Ability to preview the gift registry the way that it will appear to visitors
Built-in, full-featured Guest Book in each gift registry which is completely managed by the registrant
Printer-friendly version of the gift registry display page allows visitors to print the gift registry for offline review or In-Store purchasing
Fully editable and sortable list of event types (wedding, anniversary, baby shower, etc.)
Supports the ability for registrants to see a list of who made purchases from their gift registry
Includes additional ship-to addresses for shipping gifts before or after the event
Easy for friends and family to use when buying registered gift items
Search feature to allow friends and family to locate a specific gift registry by name or event year/month
Registry security allows the registrant to create an optional guest password to protect personal information and access to the gift registry list
For further security, the registrant may choose to hide their addresses from anyone who views their gift registry
Automatic "Add to Cart" button in gift registry list no matter what shopping cart system you are using
Displays a personal message from the registrant to guests who visit the gift registry. You can even preset suggested text for your registrants
HTML code for a direct link to the gift registry - can be posted anywhere on the internet including FaceBook, MySpace, and other social networks
Instant pop-up calendar to assist the registrant in selecting their event date
Can be used as a standalone software application or fully integrated with Agenne View and/or CustomCart for a complete e-commerce solution (GiftSuite)
Web-Based, Icon-Driven Administrator to easily manage all gift registries including add/edit/delete control of all registries
Maintains each gift registry for 1 to 5 years (merchant selectable) or until you, the merchant, delete it
"How Did You Hear About Us" feature helps you to find out how the registrant found your site. This can be either a text field which the registrant fills in or a drop-down list of pre-selected options you specify
Automatic confirmation email is sent to the bride or other registrant upon gift registry creation
A confirmation email can optionally include custom text and HTML code so you can include your own special message to the registrant
Automatic alert email sent to you when a new gift registry is created
Ability to send a test confirmation email helps make customizing the mailing more convenient
Can be configured as a one-time, event based gift registry or an ongoing wish list. The merchant controls whether one or both types are allowed and, if both are allowed, the registrant can create either type
Built-in lost password finder for registrants who lose their username or password
Completely registrant managed. Registrants can add or delete gift items and change "desired" and "purchased" quantities
Data export capability of all gift registry data
If you also use CustomCart shopping cart software, tight integration with Registry Valet will automatically fill in the shipping address for the purchaser based on the registrant's shipping information and the registrant can optionally receive an alert email when an item is purchased from their gift registry.
You can use Registry Valet gift registry software on your website even if you don't sell products online!
If your company has multiple store locations, your customers can optionally assign their gift registry or wish list to a specific store location
Ability to offer free shipping on purchases made from a gift registry or wish list
Registrant activity reporting gives you insight into when, and how often, someone adds an item to their registry, signs in to their registry, and other activity data

No Website Needed
Registry Valet's In-Store solutions mean that you don't need a website in order to use Registry Valet! You can use the In-store iPad app to create and manage gift registries and wish lists for your customers and they can still access them online using a computer or mobile device.

Increase Sales
FACT: Adding bridal or gift registry software to your website can dramatically increase sales. When a registrant selects your website to register for their special day, they will, in effect, become a marketing representative for your company and products.

Using Registry Valet's "Forward List to Friends and Family" feature, the bride (or gift registrant) will send a link to their gift registry on your website to likely buyers. Many of these buyers will not have even heard of your site before, but based upon their recommendation, will place an order.

A More Professional Appearance
The internet today is flush with commerce web sites, many of which carry exactly the same products that you do. By offering a gift registry or wish list to your customers, you set yourself apart from the rest and present a more professional appearance.

Advanced Functionality
Our gift registry software provides advanced functionality for your customers such as the ability to change the sort-order of the items in their gift registry by simply dragging and dropping the items where they want them. The software allows the bride, for example, to place her most-wanted gift items at the top of her list.

Complete Design Flexibility
Our hosted gift registry software is completely customizable which means that you can make your gift registry system look just like the rest of your web site. This seamless software integration insures that your customers will have the same high quality experience that they do on the other pages of your site.

Simple HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and custom page layouts makes design a snap!

If you have specific needs for page layout, we can accommodate them with our internal template system. You design how the pages should look and we plug our code into them to create fully design-customized gift registry software.

Proven Scalability
Registry Valet serves tens of thousands of wish lists and gift registries with more being added almost hourly. Our underlying architecture is built to handle even the most demanding enterprise class merchants while still being affordable at only $59 per month with no limits on the number of gift registries or the number of items on a gift registry or wish list. Note that basic Registry Valet service covers retailers with up to 5 retail locations. Larger retailers, please contact us for enterprise pricing.

Increase Customer Loyalty
Buyers who find your site as a result of someone else's recommendation are much more likely to buy from your site again because of this endorsement.
By adding gift registry software to your commerce web site, you will build customer loyalty and increase your repeat customer business.

Registry Security
By specifying an optional "Guest Password", the registrant can secure their personal information as well as their gift registry list from unauthorized viewing. In addition, the registrant may choose to hide their addresses (main address, pre-event ship-to, and post-event ship-to) from anyone viewing their gift registry.

Supports Both Registries and Wish Lists
Visitors to your site can create both event-based registries (registries for events such as weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and so forth) and Wish Lists. A wish list is not associated with a specific event and allows your customers to keep track of the items they would like to buy and forward that list to their friends and family. You control which type of gift registry is allowed through the administrator.

Increase Traffic to Your Web Site
Viral marketing (word-of-mouth advertising) is the holy grail of internet retailing. By allowing customers to register with your web site and tell all of their friends and family, they spread the word about your site and your products. Take advantage of viral internet marketing by adding our gift registry software to your web site today!

Easy HTML Setup
Simple HTML forms and links are all that is required to add Registry Valet gift registry software to your web site. Our code generator software will automatically create the code that you need to copy and paste into the pages of your site.
If you use Registry Valet in combination with our catalog software, the "Add to Registry" buttons are automatically supplied on each product page. This tight integration of gift registry software with online catalog makes setup a breeze.

For more information about setting up and customizing the software, see our online Getting Started Tutorial.

Works with virtually any cart system
Registry Valet gift registry software can be used with our own CustomCart commerce software or with almost any shopping cart software of your choice. Using simple HTML forms and links, Registry Valet can also interface with most large web e-commerce systems such as SAP, Yahoo stores, CPOnline from Radiant Systems, MIVA Merchant, Magento, Amazon stores, Shopify, Monster Commerce and many more. Registry Valet also works with most standard do-it-yourself software like osCommerce.

Visit our osCommerce code page for more information about integrating this system with Registry Valet

If you have built your own commerce system using active software technology such as ColdFusion, ASP, .NET, or PHP, Registry Valet will easily integrate with your system!