[futureproof]

Hi all,

I'm just about to create an online shop, is there a site that is best for doing this, and what costs will be involved? I have found this company - http://www.prestashop.com. They seem to provide the service that I need, has anyone used a similar service before, or know of any service I can use to create an online shop?

Cheers.

Rich

[Renaissance-Design]

What software's best for the job depends what the shop is. Volume of products, volume of traffic, what features are needed, is it a pure shop or shop bolted onto a content site?

[SandipanD]

There are lots of ecommerce frameworks available in the market you need to choose as per your requirement. Cost can be determined only after having a detail project scope.

[futureproof]

Well it will be selling one product and yes it will have some content but not a lot, but yes I will need other content. The volume will hopefully be high, and the other pages will be 'about, contact, legal, T&Cs' etc etc.

So, a site that can handle high traffic, with high volume of sales, with plenty of features, like customers being able to pay with PayPal.

I'm thinking of building the site myself, but before I do, I just want to know if there is any other options...and options that might be better...

What do you think?

[sash_oo7]

paypal buy now button

[futureproof]

cheers Sash

[futureproof]

But wont everything go through PayPal if I use this button?

[sash_oo7]

ya u need paypal account for that?u will receive all money thru paypal

[futureproof]

OK, that's nice and simple. Will they take a share of the money if it's direct debit or paying by credit or debit card still?

[sash_oo7]

futureproof, on 30 November 2011 - 11:54 AM, said:

OK, that's nice and simple. Will they take a share of the money if it's direct debit or paying by credit or debit card still?

Check here for paypal charges

those charges are applicable if u open a merchant account but for personal account its free both for sending and receiving

see here

see here for credit and debit card fees

This post has been edited by sash_oo7: 30 November 2011 - 12:38 PM

[futureproof]

so, I'd be getting charged whatever I did, so the best way is to use this button you think?

[pilgrim_fgau]

Renaissance-Design, on 29 November 2011 - 10:44 PM, said:

What software's best for the job depends what the shop is. Volume of products, volume of traffic, what features are needed, is it a pure shop or shop bolted onto a content site?

Just you saying this, this is something I have been thinking about. What product would you recommend for bolting onto a content site?

[sash_oo7]

futureproof, on 30 November 2011 - 12:51 PM, said:

so, I'd be getting charged whatever I did, so the best way is to use this button you think?

ya if ur just selling one product i dont find any reason to use a whole shopping cart like opencart or prestashop whtever

[Renaissance-Design]

pilgrim_fgau, on 30 November 2011 - 02:16 PM, said:

Just you saying this, this is something I have been thinking about. What product would you recommend for bolting onto a content site?

There's ecommerce plugins for most CMS packages, it just means adding another criterion into the selection of the main CMS.

[BlueDreamer]

futureproof, on 30 November 2011 - 12:51 PM, said:

so, I'd be getting charged whatever I did, so the best way is to use this button you think?

Every payment system incurs charges, you can't escape that. Different companies charge different rates so one to do is check with your client as to which is acceptable for them

[futureproof]

Wicked, cheers guys.

So, back to the original post anyway. What other open source and free e-commerce CMS' are available to use other than pretashop? Can anyone recommend a better one?

This post has been edited by futureproof: 01 December 2011 - 02:34 PM

[Renaissance-Design]

futureproof, on 01 December 2011 - 02:31 PM, said:

Wicked, cheers guys.

So, back to the original post anyway. What other open source and free e-commerce CMS' are available to use other than pretashop? Can anyone recommend a better one?

If you're only selling one product there's no point using anything more complex than a Paypal button. Horses for courses.

For a heavyweight shop (products in the hundreds to thousands, complex options) Magento's pretty untouchable, but it requires a good solid knowledge of MVC, Zend Framework etc and really requires a VPS with some custom config to perform well.

[futureproof]

Hmm ok. So would magneto be hard for me to learn? Even though I will be selling one product, that one product will sell in the thousand easily, so I need a site that will be reliable. I might build it from scratch.

So, if I built the site from scratch, all I'd need to handle to payment, is the PayPal button?

[BlueDreamer]

futureproof, on 01 December 2011 - 03:11 PM, said:

Hmm ok. So would magneto be hard for me to learn? Even though I will be selling one product, that one product will sell in the thousand easily, so I need a site that will be reliable. I might build it from scratch.

So, if I built the site from scratch, all I'd need to handle to payment, is the PayPal button?

Magento wouldn't be right for this project, unless (and I doubt) you need it's reporting capabilities, in otherwords it's overkill.

If Paypal payments are acceptable then stick with a simple Paypal buy button, Paypal gathers sales data as well.

[futureproof]

cool, so it will gather a list of names, address and email addresses for example for mailing lists, and postage etc?