At 08:08 PM 2/16/99 -0500, CEO wrote:
>This may prove to be "the dumbest question" in the history of this
>list...but I really need to be enlightened!
>
>I have clients who are selling large quantity of products online. These
>products and/or prices change frequently. These clients are getting buried
>in orders that are being placed from shoppers "favorite places" and/or
>"bookmarks". Thus, the product and/or prices are no longer valid. These
>clients are then having to check and re-check (because of the huge volumes
>of products) validity on each and every order (some are as high as
>200/day)...not to mention the shoppers are "disenchanted" when they find out
>they placed an order for an invalid product and/or price!
>
>Now I know my clients are nothing more than needles in the haystack of
>ecommerce. How are the "big guys" handling this problem? For that matter,
>how is anyone selling product online addressing this issue? Volume, or not,
>information changes.
>
>My initial thought was placing notices on the site to encourage people to
>refresh, frequently. Well, if they are pulling an old page from
>cache...this effort is mute! Yes, eventually these notices may weed out
>most of this situation...but what about AOL users? I've used AOL in the
>past and found "refresh" to be absolutely useless! And, will users follow
>the instructions to refresh, anyway?
>
>If there is a very simple solution...please be gentle in "giving it to me".
>I will beat myself up more times than you can imagine!:)
>
>Regards,
>Denise Palmer
My many thanks to all who offered their feedback and expertise. The
short-term solution, of course, is obvious. The longer term being the
database solutions.
Actually, long term for existing clients, immediate need for new client. No
better time to start, then the present, right?
Is there anyone out there who is interested in sub-contracting on a database
project?
Client is a realtor who wants to build a database in Access of her listings.
Wants the data searchable by type of homes (i.e., 4 bedroom, 2 baths, etc.),
and/or by location.
I'm working on a UNIX or NT server with mSQL, PHP and ODBC Database Support.
If anyone is interested, or can recommend someone, I would be very interested.
Thanks again for all your kind feedback!
Denise Palmer
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