This feature makes Odoo more powerful than any other competitor. Odoo E -commerce App supports you to sell your products online. One can seamlessly add the products, configure their payment and delivery methods. Also let the public access your website without much strain. Since Odoo E-commerce comes integrated with other modules like CRM, Sales, and Inventory it simply enhances the business efficiency. One can install the eCommerce application from Odoo apps store. To further enhance the system capabilities, you may install eCommerce delivery, and eCommerce optional products.
Odoo E-commerce module displays competitive features when compared to CMS service providers like Magento and Shoppify. The most promising thing is that many add-on features in other CMS service providers are built in components in Odoo. Odoo enjoys the advantage of features like Product Inline Page Builder, Drag and Drop Page Builder, Buy Without Sign Up, Inline SEO Suggestion, Link tracker etc. comparing to Magento. And over Shoppify, Odoo has the advantage of options like Stock Available, Drag and Drop Page Builder, Integrated A/B testing, Inline SEO Suggestion, Multi Store Support, Advanced Taxes and more.
Some of the useful features of Odoo are given below.
Design & configure
Inline Editing, Create product pages utilizing Odoo's unique 'edit inline' approach. Here there is no need of code, what you see is what you get.
Building blocks system
Create your product page from scratch by dragging and dropping pre-made, fully customizable building blocks. Describe products in a table to give maximum number of specifications.
Sell digital products
You can now add digital products like eBooks to your online catalog.
Word processor text editing
Easily create and update your text content through an editor designed to replicate the word processor experience.
Product variants creation
Create a product available in several variants, like size, colors or other attributes.
Price-lists, products and stores
Create flexible price-lists, add variants to add to products options, and create multiple stores under one environment. Display available stock on products.
Integrated tools
Cross-selling and Upselling, Suggest optional products related to items to increase your revenues.
Promotional or coupon codes
Encourage potential customers using promo codes and coupons.
Options to boost sales
Define product categories, use attribute search, focus on promotions, coupons or gift certificates and push best products to the top of your page in order to multiply your sales.
Shopping experience
Easy search system, Make finding products easier by setting attributes on products (size, color, power, etc.).
Customer on boarding
Set up step by step instructions to help customers go to checkout with no blocking issues.
Guest & registered user
Customers can choose to create a user profile or as guests. Registered users can retrieve their contact information upon check out and access a portal including related messages, orders, invoices, registered claims, etc.
Skip shipping address
Shipping address is no more required when providing only services.
Live chat embedded
Provide your visitors with information in real time directly on your website, and secure your sales.
Easy checkout process
Simple checkout to avoid losing clients.
Customer portal
Access tracking of orders, advanced shipping rules and return management through the customer portal.
Order review
See details of your order at the end of the process.
Payment methods
Fully integrated, Allow customers to pay with Paypal, Ogone, Adyen, Buckaroo, Authorize.net and SIPS Wordline. Online payment methods redirect customers to a 'Thank you' page on your website.
Billing & Accounting
Calculate & Bill Shipping Costs,
Get delivery costs computed automatically using Odoo's embed Delivery Method configurator.
Integrated Accounting package
Odoo’s chart of accounts contains national taxes, fiscal positions, accounts.
Tax rates
Fiscal positions allow you to adapt tax rates to the whereabouts of your customers.
Chart of accounts
Use the Custom package template to build your own chart of accounts. It embeds a set of generic preset accounts, taxes and more.
Reporting
Sales data analytics, Highlight the best product in terms of quantity sold. Find the best customer in terms of revenue. Display a graph with your monthly sales per product and add it to your Dashboard. Group your Sales by Partner and display the products in the column header.
System Users
By default, there are two types of user in Website related modules.
Editor and Designer: Like manager in other modules, he can access both front end and back end of the website. He can configure your website and change its settings
Restricted Editor: - Basically front end (i.e. portal) designer. Generally, he can alter only the portal view of the site and products with some restriction etc.
Firstly, install the Odoo e-commerce module- Website from the Apps List.