Volusion
vs. NexternalAre you looking for an alternative to Volusion?
| Criteria | Nexternal | Volusion |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited. No additional charge for high bandwidth consumption. | Limited depending upon plan. Merchants charged extra when limit is exceeded. |
| Site Sync Watch the Video
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Site Sync performed by Nexternal Design Engineer During Setup. | Merchant can choose template, or pay extra for custom design. | Always Onscreen Shopping Cart Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
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Uses Rich Snippets on Product Pages for SEO Watch the Video
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Yes. Conforms with Schema.org Product format. | No. |
| Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video
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Yes. Create UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL Labels from Order Management System. | Can Create USPS, FedEx, and DHL Labels. UPS integration via WorldShip. |
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Facebook Like & Save Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
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Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
| Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video
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Dedicated Ecommerce Consultant with an average of 6 years of ecommerce experience. Free unlimited support. | Dedicated Ecommerce Consultant. Free unlimited support. |
| Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales) Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
| MailChimp Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
| Direct Checkout | Yes. | No. |
| Multiple Ship To | Customers can place one order and ship items to multiple locations. | Volusion does not support multiple ship to locations. |
| Single Click Reorder | Yes. | No. |
| Currency Converter | Currency rates are updated automatically every night. | Currency rates must be updated by merchant manually. |
| Sales Tax | Nexternal tax tables are updated automatically monthly. | Tax rates must be entered by Merchant. |
| Dynamic Cart Messaging | Yes. Message in shopping cart can change based on price or number of items to encourage upsell. | No. |
| Query Customers Based On Order History | Yes, you may create customer lists based on order history and export or email those lists. | No. |
| Support for FedEx® SmartPost | Yes, Rates and Labels. | No. |
| Google +1 | Yes, easily enabled for all products. | Merchant must manually add code to every product page. |
| Google Merchant Center Feed | Yes, Nexternal automatically FTPs a Google Merchant Center file daily. | The Google Merchant Center File can be created, but must manually be sumitted by merchant. |
| Suggestive Search | Yes. Nexternal's software can display product names as consumer enters search terms. | No. |
| USPS Labels with Postage | Yes, Nexternal has integrated with Endicia's web services. | Merchants must export and import data to Endicia. |
| Coupon Codes Passed in URL | Yes, Nexternal makes it easy for consumers to activate coupons via special links. | Consumers must enter coupon codes. |
| Product Names wrapped in H1 tags | Yes, this is great for SEO. | No. |
| Customer Types | Unlimited. Price products, control visibility, allocate products and specify billing options by type. | Limited to 5. Price Product by Customer Type. |
| Security Certificate | Included. | Separate Charge. |
Volusion is a Trademark of Volusion, Inc.
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The Volusion comparison information on this page was believed to be correct as of 1/25/2012. Information was collected from Volusion's website (www.volusion.com) in order to compare it to Nexternal's shopping cart application. To report an error or discrepancy, please email
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