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I am currently looking for a new shopping cart for my website...I will tell you what I am looking for as I now know what I have faulted on in the past...
1. I will *Definitely* need a shopping cart that has a 'dropshipping feature' built in. (meaning I would need to have the cart be able to accept mulit-ship *FROM* locations, as I have some products which will be shipped from another business location than mine.
2. I accept paypal payment's only, the cart will have to accept paypal, (and something I missed from other carts, was the IPN feature...This *MUST* be in it and ready to use without additional setup, or very little configuration on my part to get it to work. I am no programmer here
3. I *HATE* the part of having to login to my website *everytime* to purchase, but don't mind if you just have sign-up to make checkout quicker, (or newsletter sign-ups) in the sense of just having to add your name, & address/email to make checkout quicker, that's ok.
4. Must be browser based cart ( could be hosted, but reasonably priced )
5. A Really 'clean' admin area to add / update products.
6. Unlimited Categories / Unlimited Subcategories per category, as in:
Category Name:
Toys
[Video Games]
[Consoles]
[Games]
[Console Accessories]
[etc..]
7. Additional Features would be great, affiliate program, banner advertise feature...You know the bells & whistles that make a great website...But don't forget the most important is what is stated up top of this message. My website is: removed and the cart I am using now is Sunshop 3.2.
Thank you for your time!
-Brian Jester
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 6:05 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2004]
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[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 1:01 am (utc) on Aug. 8, 2004]
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Thank you! I will try it.
-Brian Jester
I tried oscommerce once before,and I am not too good with using it, I need a 'turnkey ready' style cart...I see that there is a module for dropshipping purposes, but I just can't fit that cart into my development schedule...It's got to be pretty quick to run, similar to how the sunshop 3.2 admin is..If you would like to see what the admin looks like on my site, I will show you.
-Brian Jester
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 1:02 am (utc) on Aug. 8, 2004]
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osCommerce is a powerful catalog application that allows you to offer goods and services for online ordering. It includes a merchant gateways for credit card processing such as PayPal, and a variety of other world-wide payment methods. The sleek tool allows you to store customer information, create invoices, track status, and generate newsletter. Little or no programming effort, requires a company logo.gif of course (Est Time: Install - 5 min)
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 5:33 am (utc) on Aug. 8, 2004]
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Seems to me, no offence intended, that you may have to sacrifice a few needs if you want simplicity. Also this feature:
"1. I will *Definitely* need a shopping cart that has a 'dropshipping feature' built in. (meaning I would need to have the cart be able to accept mulit-ship *FROM* locations, as I have some products which will be shipped from another business location than mine. "
Is not simple.
As far as I know you'll need somthing custom to fullfill your needs. Maybe XCart or Interchange with a few mods will do the trick.
it has all the features you are looking for with some cool surprises that will make your website to be ranked better...
good luck,
forstan
[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 9:37 pm (utc) on Sep. 20, 2004]
