e-commerce

PayPal Payment Button - Does it make e-commerce application less reputable?

This is meant to be a subjective question on whether or not the PayPal Payment Button is considered a "hobby"-level feature in an otherwise professional e-commerce web application. Personally, I tend to cringe a little when I go to buy something and see a PayPal button in place of an in-house shopping cart. On the other hand, I'm sure m...

How do I get response codes from Authorize.net with Koahana's payment module?

that's about everything I need to ask: after u call the process() method, I want to get Authorize.net response codes and text. Or is that not included in the library. All I can see are set_field() and process() methods ...

Magento Paypal Express having issues with Downloadable Products

Hey All, Just like to send a thanks out in advance for the help. I have successfully setup a downloadable product with the option of filling out the URL in the Downloadable Information section. I have also successfully integrated the Paypal Express payment option. I can also successfully add the product to my cart, checkout and pay th...

How to pay your users? (alternatives to PayPal)

Hi, I would like to know what best non-paypal options are for paying users of your website (for services rendered for instance). How are others doing this at the moment? If you could mention specific services providers that would be most useful. This would have to work internationally, not be limited to one country. Thank you Upd...

are automated recurring billings really automated?

"roll your own recurring billing in your rails app with a cron job, a date field for when they are paid through, and amount each person is paying" I just saw this entry here in SO and wonder if Automated Recurring Billing is really automated. Do I have to create a script that checks if it is already the right time to bill someone, bill ...

Losing session data when user logs in

Hello, I have been working on a shop that is built in Python on the back of the django framework, everything was working fine until I noticed that when a user proceeds to the checkout and is requested to log in they do so and their basket empties...obvioulsy this is not a great thing for a basket to do, I was wondering what is causing...

How to implement and maintain E-commerce application when business don't want to disclose merchant details to developers?

Recently we've developed an E-Commerce web application for a client. We are at the stage before launch and the client is not happy to disclosing live merchant account details to us because they don't want us to potentially being able to see their clients' data. Since we are going to maintain their website (running off their servers but ...

How to setup an online shop using HTML or ASP.net

Hi All, I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this question but i desperately need help in creating an Online Shop (buying products, handling transactions, etc) - Could anyone please suggest me the best method availble either in HTML or ASP.Net because i don't know PHP. Your help is much appreciated! Many Thanks! ...

Miva Merchant Integration

I have a prospective client that currently uses Miva Merchant as their e-commerce solution. They would like me to add functionality that I have done before with Magento. I know that Miva uses its own proprietary scripting language, but how similar is this to other languages? How steep is the learning curve to be able to modify core fu...

E-commerce packages vs bespoke build?

I am looking at taking on a e-commerce site, and what was wondering what everyone thoughts on e-commerce package vs bespoke solutions are, is it beneficial to just use a 'plug+play' system like osCommerce, or maybe using something a bit more robust but with a fee and use something like Magneto? Or would it be better for just to site do...

CMS Question for a shopping cart site

Greetings, i was ordered to build a portal where a user gets rewarded with points by buying to our company, and then those points can be redeemed by ordering some products according to those points. I need to know if there is any e-Commerce CMS that may work that way. the whole points assignation will be managed on another site, and tr...

Is it possible to do a post action to two separate servers

I'm running an online shop and I'm trying to have the "purchase" (which is a form "post" action) post to two separate servers (one local and one remote) ... I think this might be impossible but I'm looking for a definitive answer. ...

Integrating MailChimp into E-Commerce Shopping Cart

Hi Everyone! I'm about to ask a tough question, and I apologize in advance for the fact that I'm a n00b at javascript! Basically I am looking to integrate MailChimp list signup into the WP E-Commerce plugin. If I understand correctly, this could be accomplished with Javascript where I send the data to two separate locations. I fo...

Can anyone recommend a payment processing script or service that is as (nearly?) as convenient and comprehensive as eJunkie but more flexible?

I have been going through all of the different PayPal integration options and trying to decide which will be the best one for this particular application. I realized that I really want to give users a few options for payment. For example, it might be more convenient to enter their credit card information rather than being sent over to ...

Product Catalog Schema design

I'm building a proof of concept schema for a product catalog to possibly replace a very aging and crufty one we use. In our business, we sell both physical materials and services (one time and reoccurring charges). The current catalog schema has each distinct category broken out into individual tables, while this is nicely normalized a...

is it ok to forget about people without javascript turn on?

I am currently building a new style ecommerce shopping cart to test various scenarios and get the best conversion rates. Alot of this will be Javascript based. So I am trying to establish whether we are now in a time where we can simply say we happy to drop support for people with javascript turned off? Thanks for your help help and a...

Which is the best php opensource e-commerce for handle 5 million prducts import daily?

I am going to develop a B2B e-commerce site which contains 5 million products and all products will update from distributor daily.I am confusing which open source i have to use I tried magento but it importing very slowly.I am ready to spent money for highly configured server. ...

Advice on e-commerce logging strategy

I recently inherited an e-commerce app (Java/Struts) that I'm porting to Rails. The thing is, we frequently have to do forensics on orders by poring through the log files, and with the old app's logs (log4j wall of text) it's pretty hard to make sense of the individual orders when several people are placing orders simultaneously. So I...

e-commerce product data/metadata schemas

Trying to figure out how is product data/metadata schema designed. For example, how does an e-commerce site enter a product spec. Does it copy and paste from mfg spec sheet, enters it in their own fields or something else? Here is an example, looking at the D3000 Nikon DSLR Manufacturer: http://nikon.ca/en/Product.aspx?m=17300&disp=...

Multiple merchant accounts with Activemerchant gem.

I am developing a rails site that will allow a group of merchants (5 - 10) to accept credit card orders online. I plan on using the Activemerchant gem to handle the processing. In this case, each merchant will have their own merchant accounts to handle the payments. Storing banking information like that is not something I am a fan of. T...