Criteria	Nexternal	ShopSite
Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video	Yes. Dedicated Nexternal Account Manager. Unlimited support.	Provided by 3rd Party Hosting Company. Forums Available.
Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video	Yes. Create UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL Labels from Order Management System.	Not Available Within ShopSite Application.
Facebook Like & Save Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Always Onscreen Shopping Cart Watch the Video	Yes.	Mini Cart in ShopSite Pro Version Only.
Drop Ship Feature Watch the Video	Yes.	3rd Party Add-On Module.
Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales) Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
MailChimp Integration Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Bulk Email Wizard	Included.	Add-on Module (Additional Fees).
Software Updates	Automatic and frequent.	Installed by Shopsite Hosting Partners.
Load Balancing	Yes.	No, ShopSite Resides on a Single Server.
Hacker Safe / Scan Alert	Included with Shopping Cart.	Not Included.
Security Certificate	Included.	Not Included.
Reliability	Nexternal Hosts and Maintains the Application with 24/7 monitoring.	ShopSite is Hosted by a 3rd Party. Reliability Varies.
Currency Converter	Yes. Exchange Rates Automatically Updated.	Yes. Exchange Rates Manually Updated.
Comparison Shopping Marketplace Feeds	Generated and Uploaded Automatically Daily.	Google Product Search.
QuickBooks Integration	Included.	Add-on Module.
Multiple Ship To	Customers can Place One Order and Ship Items to Multiple Locations.	ShopSite does not support Multiple Ship to Locations.
Integration Capabilities	Nexternal offers an XML Toolset for real-time data integration.	ShopSite offers an Order API.
Customer Select Preferred Delivery Date	Yes.	No.
Back In Stock Notifications	Yes. Automatically emails customer when backordered products are instock.	No.
Product Reviews and Ratings	Yes.	3rd Party Add-On Module.
Support for Inventory Kits or Product Bundles	Yes.	Not Available with ShopSite.
Inventory & Weight by SKU	Yes.	Not Available for Products with Attributes.
Admin Access Levels	7 Levels of Access.	1 Access Level.
Direct Checkout	Yes.	No.

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