Here's a mini-checklist on tricky bits, some of which are as much about payment as much as cart:
1. Delivery & Packing especially pricing on composite loads, destination, different speeds. 2. Sales taxes. 3. Quantity discounts, discount vouchers, reusable vouchers, loyalty cards. 4. Affiliate and referral tracking and their accounts. 5. Order processing, separate auth and debit, refunds, partial refunds 6. Stock control. and, of course, currencies, languages etc., if you want to do the proper job. Depending on your target base, I'd be particularly careful about the shopping process. It's really easy to put off customers, especially the general public. For example, insisting on user registration before you get to the cart or order will lose you business, unless you're the likes of zend store and are guaranteed confident customers. If you want to look at a mall for ideas, try http://www.ishop.co.uk which only has php at the backend but does show you can get rich functionality, without having to have Amazon's budget. George Jaxon wrote: > www.fishcart.org :) > > i've been trying to decide which one to use to tackle a big mall project, > but don't know enough about 'carts to make an intelligent assessment yet. > > cheers, > jaxon > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bradley Goldsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:06 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Bradley Goldsmith; 'Peter Haywood'; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] A good PHP Shop > > > > > > Dunno, Havn't looked at it. What's the Url? > > > > -bcg > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jaxon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, 8 March 2002 8:49 AM > > To: Bradley Goldsmith; 'Peter Haywood'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [PHP] A good PHP Shop > > > > > > hi > > > > how does it compare to fishcart? > > > > cheers, > > jaxon > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bradley Goldsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:40 PM > > > To: 'Peter Haywood'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] A good PHP Shop > > > > > > > > > Check out phpshop.org. > > > > > > It's base implimentation is a little dry (but extremely functional). > > > > > > You can view a heavily modified version in the wild at my shop: > > > www.artsupplies.com.au > > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > Brad > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Peter Haywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2002 2:31 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [PHP] A good PHP Shop > > > > > > > > > Hello,, > > > > > > I am looking at setting up PHP driven shop. > > > > > > Can anyone recommend one? Or which ones to stay away from? And why? > > > > > > I am reviewing phpShop at the moment, and it looks pretty > > nicely featured. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
