My recommendation is www.konacart.com for a open-source java ecommerce because it is based on OS-commerce
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 06:09 -0700, Asare Samuel wrote: > Thanks peter and all those that replied. I think I will take peter's advice > and find a tool rather than reinvent the wheel. Thanks > > Peter Crowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Marked off-topic because this has > nothing at all to do with Tomcat] > > > From: Asare Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am trying to create using a small sales tool like that of > > amazon(ie shopping cart, checkout). > > There are many of these around already. You will pay less to buy a > license to an existing tool than you will in time to create your own - > don't reinvent the wheel. > > > 1)Just wondered if there is already a interface for this already. > > Many. Search for "java shopping cart" on Google. > > > 2)Also how do i go about creating the actual money > > transactions? Do I use paypall. > > Again, there are many options, depending on transaction volume, size, > security, what methods of payment you want your users to be able to > use... most of the commercial carts integrate with several different > payment providers, or search for "payment provider" on Google. I've > used WorldPay most recently; this is not an endorsement, merely a note. > > > 3)How do you prevent double purchasing-eg one product in > > stock-user1 is the first to put it in cart but continues to > > shop. User2 comes along and puts same product in cart but > > goes to checkout quicker. > > > > I know you could edit the stock level as soon as a product > > is added to a cart. But really technically the product is not > > sold until confirmation in checkout. And the user may not even buy. > > Sorry, you're trying to have your cake and eat it here. EITHER you're > optimistic and let both users put the product in their cart (but allow > double-purchasing) OR you're pessimistic and only let one user put the > product in their cart (and accept that in low-stock situations you won't > get some sales). There's no way of doing both - about the best you can > do is keep separate "stock level" and "quantity in carts" levels. But > this is irrelevant, because you really, really don't want the pain of > maintaining your own solution; you want to buy someone else's solution. > Honest. It'll save money, time and pain in the long run. > > - Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Tryit > now. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
