Nexternal OverviewNexternal is a complete eCommerce platform providing you with hosted shopping cart software and the tools you need to reduce your order fulfillment overhead. The video to the left will give you an overview of the always-on-screen shopping cart, social media tools, product suggestions, anytime shipping/tax calculator, quick checkout, and automatic order confirmation email.
| Nexternal | PrestaShop | |
Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video 
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Yes. Dedicated Nexternal Account Manager. Unlimited support. | No. Support Forums. |
Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video
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Yes. Create UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL Labels from Order Management System. | No. |
Always Onscreen Shopping Cart Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
Amazon Marketplace Integration Watch the Video |
Yes. Sell products on Amazon.com. Automatically pull orders into Nexternal. | Not native. 3rd party add-on required. |
Mobile Commerce Watch the Video |
Yes. Mobile Friendly Catalog & Checkout. | M-Commerce Available Through 3rd Party Add-on. |
Drop Ship Feature Watch the Video
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Yes. Complete drop-ship automation capabilities. | Supplier email alert available for purchase as add on module. |
Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
Search Engine Optimized Watch the Video
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HTML Title Tags, Image Alt Tags, Meta descriptions, and Meta Keywords completely editable. | Various modules available for purhcase to do these independently. |
Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales) Watch the Video
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Yes. | Various modules available for purhcase. |
Preferred Delivery Date Watch the Video
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Yes. | Add-on module. |
MailChimp Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | Yes. |
Integration Capabilities Watch the Video |
10 XML Tools Available. | No XML tools included. Some XML import add-ons available for purchase. |
| Subscription Management (Recurring Orders)  Watch the Video
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Yes. | Add On Required ($$). |
| Quote Generation and Activation | Yes. | No. |
| Dashboard Plus for iPhone/iPad | Yes. | iOS Dashboard app not available. |
| Bulk Email Wizard | Yes. | No. Integrations available for purchase as add-on modules. |
| Supports In Store Pickup | Yes. | Setup as Shipping Method. |
| Software Updates | Free and automatic. | Merchant's responsibility to install. Certain modules built to certain releases, so may cause incompatibility. |
| Load Balancing | Yes. Nexternal uses a large network of servers. | No. Software sites on one server. |
| Hacker Safe / Scan Alert. IP address blocking, security level by country. | Included with Shopping Cart. | Ability to block IP addresses and countries - add on module available for purchase |
| Security Certificate | Included/Installed. | Must purchase and install. |
| Reliability | Nexternal hosts and maintains the application with 24/7 monitoring. | PrestaShop is hosted by a third party. Reliability varies. No built in monitoring. |
| Currency Converter | Included. Exchange Rates Automatically Updated. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Marketplace Feeds | Automated - run daily. (Google Merchant Center, Shopzilla, Pricegrabber, etc.) | Add-on module available for purchase. Not automated. |
| Multiple Ship To | Customers can place one order and ship items to multiple locations. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Back In Stock Notifications | Yes. Automatically emails customer when backordered products are instock. | Add-on Module available for purchase. |
| Product Review and Ratings | Included. Also able to set automated review reminders. | Add-on module available for purchase. Review reminders not available. |
| Inventory Kits/Product Bundles | Supported. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Direct Checkout | Yes. | No. |
| Packing Slips | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Low stock notification | Yes. Set low stock level to generate notification email to administrator. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| eGift Certificate | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer cleanup (merge/de-dupe) | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Country of origin / primary language | USA - English | France - French |
| Product Export, bulk product and inventory updates | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer Type Product Pricing | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Product Visibility by Customer Type | Included | Not Available. |
| Hide price/call for price | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer export, product export, order export | Included | Each is a separate add-on module available for purchase. |
| IP address check - fraud security | Included. Order is flagged when shipping or billing country mismatch with IP order placement country. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Dynamic Cart Messaging | Yes. Message in shopping cart can change based on price or number of items to encourage upsell. | No. |
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