Sounds like you're getting up into ecommerce territory. Amazon and Google
might be good places to check out -- they scale well (I have a Drupal
hosting company using Amazon for a newspaper hosting). Both of those also
have, I believe, supplier and logistics solutions (duh, Amazon!) that might
be helpful to you.
Cheers,
Shlomi
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:09, Robert Banh <[email protected]> wrote:
> It all depends on your supplier. I would batch process the orders so that
> it isn't all handled at once.
>
> Plus you have to ask yourself, do you check inventory (make sure it is
> available) before selling the product to your consumer? Do all these
> suppliers use the same shipping company?
>
> There's a lot of variables at play here... taking orders and processing
> payment is the easy part. Integrating it with your fulfillment company and
> shipping partners are the complex pieces.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Chris Newell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Scenario;
>> I am trying to set up a system where I can take orders on my website and
>> process payment for them; then turn around and buy the same item from my
>> supplier, automatically.
>>
>> Now let's say I have 100 suppliers. What is the best war to do this for
>> scalability?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
>>
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