Preface - it is not my intention to start a language debate or anything like that. I just want to offer another alternative.
That being said, if you are familiar with Python, I've found the Satchmo ecommerce framework to be quite good for handling small-medium sized shops. The configuration out of the box is quite manageable, but the design and such falls apart a little bit once you hit the larger sized stores (at least, in my opinion). If it's a really basic shop without too many over-the-top features, you _might_ even be able to get away with just installing satchmo and just overriding the default templates. I deployed a very basic shop wihtout touching too much python (although, I made a few patches to the project to accomplish that). I created www.topdogwear.com on Satchmo, and there are a host of other satchmo shops you can look at on their home page. Hope this helps! www.satchmoproject.com On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Rob D <visi...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > ** > Thanks for the information Federico. > > Your example site looks quite nice too. > > > *From:* Federico Ulfo <rainelemen...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2011 1:02 PM > *To:* NYPHP Talk <talk@lists.nyphp.org> > *Subject:* Re: [nyphp-talk] Shopping Cart Solutions > > If she doesn't need any modification go for Magento or other open source > e-commerce, if she needs custom e-commerce is the solution, con: needs time, > pro: total control on any features. After a few pretty bad experience with > os-commerce, I started to install my custom CMS with an e-commerce module to > all of my clients, here an example www.supermercatodellarotonda.com, easy > and clean. > > > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Rob D <visi...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > >> ** >> Thanks Gary for your response. >> >> I totally agree with your comments and, have tried to explain these points >> and many others to her previously but, feel that it fell on deaf ears. >> >> Considering that I don’t think she really has the time to manage an >> ecommerce web site properly, I think she is going to end up being very >> disappointed. >> >> I have passed your response onto her and hopefully she may take notice! >> >> Thanks again for your comments. >> >> Regards >> >> Rob >> >> *From:* Gary Mort <garyam...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:43 PM >> *To:* NYPHP Talk <talk@lists.nyphp.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [nyphp-talk] Shopping Cart Solutions >> >> On 8/6/2011 12:24 AM, Rob D wrote: >> >> Greetings All, >> >> I have been asked by my sister in-law to provide an ecommerce solution for >> her small business. As I do not consider myself to be knowledgeable enough >> in this area, I am posting to this list to ask your thoughts and >> recommendations. >> >> >> >> For a "small" business with only a few products, I find PHP ecommerce >> applications to be overly complicated and complex. >> >> SimpleCart works very well from a small business perspective: >> http://simplecartjs.com/ >> >> If your sister is editing her items directly, it just means you add a >> little html markup to each item to make it an item which can be purchased. >> >> There are a number of PHP scripts which have been written for different >> platforms to make creating products simpler[for example, RokCart is a >> simplecart implementation for Joomla! which adds a button on content editing >> to set the price and such and create a product. >> >> The downside of simplecart is that because it is all done via javascript >> - there is very little you can do to stop malicious buyers. If a buyer can >> edit the javascript, they can go ahead and change the prices on the products >> and then submit the sale and it will be processed. This means your sister >> would need to make sure to check the sales invoices in Paypal before >> shipping products and make sure the price is correct. Full fledged >> ecommerce solutions often have this type of functionality built in - they >> check invoice information returned by paypal and make sure it is valid - and >> flag invalid transactions. >> >> It's a low end solution, but honestly I've run into a lot of people who >> only get 3 or 4 sales via the internet a month. Spending lots of time >> and/or money to implement a high end ecommerce application is a waste. >> If/When business takes off and it is taking too much time to process the >> orders is when you upgrade[preferably to something that will support >> something like Amazon Fulfillment so that you can automate the entire >> process at some point]. >> >> Not knowing what business your sister is in, another thing I'll mention is >> to think very hard about whether or not to have a 'pick up' option for >> purchases and if so, set a reasonable shipping and handling cost. As an >> example, a small art Gallery which expects to sell mostly within 200 miles >> can be better served by offering local pick up and placing a 50-100$ >> handling charge on shipping paintings. If you can get the buyer into the >> gallery, then you have the chance to cross-sell other items. If you ship >> the item, it's a one time 500-1000$ sale AND packaging the whole thing up >> properly is a pain. So charge for that pain/inconvenience and encourage >> buyers to come to the store. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation > -- Brian O'Connor
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