ecommerce

What is the best enterprise shopping cart available in Java?

I need something that is competitive to Volusion/Magento in terms of features. Cost is not an issue. Thanks ...

How good is Enfinity as an e-commerce solution?

I've started learning enfinity suite and wonder if it's a good e-commerce solution. So far I've noticed that it's extremely heavyweight (as to me, who never worked with any ecommerce soft) and lacks qualified support. P.S.: Answers of thous, who tried Enfinity before are greatly appreciated. ...

Database design question on E-Commerce application...

Hello guys... I´m designing an ecommerce database... I´d like suggestion to design the following case : A product may have several sizes and several colors Each combination of products´s size/color must have a specific price So, I can have a Product X with sizes: A,B,C and colors: Green,Black and White And each combination have its ...

Best way to handle refunds or/ store credits in a database?

Let's say I've got a web application that is a store of some kind. I have a table that holds all of the monetary transactions. custid, orderid,amount paid...etc And this table is being used for sales reports and what have you. Now we want to give a customer a credit of some kind, either a gift certificate or a refund. is it a bad i...

How do I go about creating an "Ecommerce Store" using Google Apps

I need a quick answer for an inquiry I just received. Someone has specified that he needs to use Google Apps for the following features: E-commerce Store Store Locator by zip code Is it possible to create an e-commerce website using google apps? And if so, where do I begin with? If anyone has an experience please do share. ...

How can you tell if a site is using oscommerce?

Is it possible to tell from the page source of a site whether it is built using oscommerce? I've looked a t a couple of sites and can't see an obvious way but I was just wondering if there was a common folder naming convention or something like that which would give it away? ...

How can I sell a profile on magento?

Hi guys, I want to build a magento virtual store, where i can sell profiles in a website community. A profile is actually an account (identified with a unique code or password and username) where the user can fill some data, in my website community (the community is a separated platform, with a separated database). How can i do that? Is ...

best E-Commerce Shopping Carts for Zend Framework developer

What is the easiest, most friendly and robust E-Commerce Shopping Carts for a Zend Framework developer. I want invest my time in somethink forward-looking. I'm also interested in a solution with a big tutorial base. It should be free. I found this solutions for PHP/MySQL : Magento Commerce Opencart PrestaShop OsCommerce Zen Cart Digis...

Thoughts on using a third party shopping cart in an iFrame

We have a client that wants to use a third party shopping cart on their website, but the URL we'd have to send our clients to looks pretty ugly and there is no way to do any skinning. The client brought up using an iFrame to keep the shopping cart on their website. If both sites had SSL so that at least the padlock would still be there,...

free asp.net hosting

Hi everyone! I know that this question has been asked before, but the posts are 1-2 years old and the free sites are not free any more. All i need is a free host for a school project, for at least 3 months which supports the technology for an e-commerce application : asp.net 3.5 or 4 and ms sql server 05 or 08. I have googled a lot but ...

Does anyone know of a Wordpress plugin that supports creating a login and emailing it to a user

I have a requirement for a Wordpress site that allows the user to buy a licence for an online product via an eCommerse system. Here's the ideal scenario: The user pays for a licence for a web app The Wordpress site would need to call a webservice to get the unique username and password Either the Wordpress site or the webservice would...

Database Design Strategy : Product Table on E-Commerce System (EAV, Class Table Inheritance or Concrete Table Inheritance)

Hello guys! My E-Commerce System will have 5 bases type of products: Cell Phones Computers Shoes Shirts Default (No specific attribute) Each one have specific attributes associated... What I done (Class Table Inheritance): Product Id Name Sku Price ... Shoe ProductId Size Color ... Computer Prod...

What would be a good order id scheme for a e-commerce solution or paid web service?

Considering the following: a) you want some confidentiality (as in not telling everybody how many orders you've received). b) you want a check digit (e.g., using the Verhoeff algorithm) at the end so you can easily tell misspells and help dealing with errors when scanning barcodes, if this is the case. c) you've to consider time so co...