RPMWare Product Roadmap - Your Input Appreciated

As you all know RPMWare keeps getting better and better because we’re always adding features, making things work more smoothly and adding more product lines. We’re on version 1.5 now. There are over 80,000 lines of code and millions of records in our database and we’re just getting started. We’re gearing up for v2.0 and we want your feedback.

Below is a very simplified version of our to-do list for your review. Please let us know what is most important to you and your business. If you have a feature request you don’t see below let us know and we’ll add it to the list. Also, give us some feedback on what you think we’re doing well so we can keep it up. Based on your feedback we’ll set the development schedule and timeline for v2.0.

Big Stuff

1. Templates (Let Clients Define HTML - Completely Customizable)
2. Content Management System (CMS) / Blog
   1. Clients can create page templates
   2. Clients can add as much content as they want to each page
   3. SEO Friendly URLs
3. Easily Support Multiple Services (Websites, Website + Profile, etc.)
4. Add/Edit Customers & Orders Thru Backend
5. Google Checkout
6. Product Group View
   1. Arrange Items / Sort Order (Bestselling, Featured, A-Z, Z-A)
   2. List View - Grid View
7. Product Reviews
8. Product Tagging
9. Product Addons (e.g. Filter Cleaning Kit for Intake)
10. Related Products
11. Filter Results by Specs
12. Callouts - Add Images / Text to specific Ecommerce Pages
13. FedEx Live Rates
14. Reporting
    1. Order Totals
    2. Best Customer(s)
    3. Best Item(s) - Most Viewed, Most Sold
15. Visitor History (You Recently Viewed…)
16. Marketing Pages
    1. Page Name, Page Body, List of Featured Products
    2. Put items in specific order
17. Bread crumb navigation
18. Brand Showcase (Specific page when clicking on a brand)
19. META Tags
20. Wishlist
21. Customer Login Area (”My Account”)
    1. Recent Orders
    2. Address(es)
    3. Reviews
    4. Tags
    5. Shopping Cart
    6. Wishlist
22. Client Added Description - Client Adds to Manufacturer Description
23. Limit based on Model / Submodel
24. Document Discounts
25. Customize Order Confirmation E-mail
26. Featured Brands / Groups / Items
27. Download price sheets
28. Estimated shipping time per brand, group, item
29. Ship from zip by brand for drop ships
30. Shipping discount by brand

Little Stuff

1. Upload different types of multimedia (files, video, sound)
2. Clickable tracking numbers
3. Explain what CVV2 is
4. Vehicle select flickers
5. SQL Polling (Specs Table, Vehicle Details Table)
6. Change Order Status
7. Reset Password (Admin, Customer)
8. Delete Customer Level
9. Universal Parts on ItmGroupDetail.aspx (hard to tell you are looking at a universal part)
10. Tax Shipping (Y/N)
11. Checkbox to send email or not on order status changes
12. Froogle (Google Base) Feed
13. Add CC Type in Order

Please send you suggestions, comments, etc. to kyle@rpmware.com or leave a comment on the blog. Thanks!