i hope some could maybe point me in the right directio here.

 

I know there is loads of ecommerce software out there that i can download for free for exaple OScommerce and Zencart. these pieces of software build a complete site that you style and modifie to suit.

 

What im after is a smaller piece of codeing / software that would allow a small scale sales to be added to an exsisting website without having to have a seporate store on the back end.

 

what im looking for a basic ecommerce system, will require a CMS for inserting new items, then a checkout mostlikey though paypal. dont require any information to be stored on the site from customers for example i could use the address given on the paypal checkout.

 

Could people sugest anything??

 

Google checkout or something work along these lines??

Looked on hotscritps and there are some shopping carts ie

 

Idut Shop for Google Checkout

Quick.Cart - freeware shopping cart

 

any one used any or sugest one that would do what i need??

You could mabe just use paypal to do it?

 

I remember you can create a form with all the info paypal needs and then just send it all to paypal who will do the rest.

 

Here's an example of what I mean: http://theiia.co.uk/category.asp?id=43

yeah that looks good but how do they go about adding products?? is there a CMS for the products or they you need to know HTML and PHP and copy and edit code in???

 

The site is for my wife and she doesn't have any programming skills

I made a very simple backend for it. Baically they add a picture, name, price and delivery cost and then it populates the form with the info from the database.

 

Shouldn't take more than a few hours to create.

does the back end use mqsql or flat file??

 

ill look into it and see how it works

 

www.idut.co.uk has a simple cart mind which looks simple enough im just playing around with that at moment

http://www.cubecart.com is failry lightweight and has many addons if you need them

You reminded me of something I bookmarked quite a while ago but have never used so don't take this as a recommendation just a pointer.

 

http://www.mals-e.com - you simply add buttons to product pages and this site does all the rest with regards to shopping cart and checkout. Maybe worth having a butchers.

http://www.cubecart.com is failry lightweight and has many addons if you need them

 

cubecart ios a complete package, ie i would need to redo the site from scratch instead of just adding into the exsisting site and styling to suit!

 

Thanks for the input though

You reminded me of something I bookmarked quite a while ago but have never used so don't take this as a recommendation just a pointer.

 

http://www.mals-e.com - you simply add buttons to product pages and this site does all the rest with regards to shopping cart and checkout. Maybe worth having a butchers.

 

ive sen and looked t this before actally. Only problem is you have to copy code in all the time, little complex for someone with no HTML or coding skills

cubecart ios a complete package, ie i would need to redo the site from scratch instead of just adding into the exsisting site and styling to suit!

 

Thanks for the input though

 

If you want a "CMS" to add products easily you'll need some sort of admin system, and when the products are added you'll need a way to update your existing pages automatically with no HTML knowledge required?

 

In all honesty Cubecart is very easy to set up, and uses minimal templates. If you already have the sites template done you can wrap it around the cart functions using the header/footer templates and you're most of the way there.

 

You don't have to redo the whole site, just link to the cart pages!

It should be very easy to skin Cubecart with your existing website design but what about investing in having a bespoke ecommerce system created?

yeah im looking for a simple CMS system with an ecommcer / shopping cart to add into an exsisting site.

 

this program should be able to make catogarys, imtem in these, upload a photo, description and price. No shipping options neededs just buy this for £x etc.

 

used cub cart in the past but found zencart better, however this is way to over kill for what i need for this site. just a simple shopping cart to intergrate into exsisting site and contect with paypal on googlecheckout

http://www.litecommerce.com has a "checkout" mode where you paste a code snippet into your existing page (generated in the cart admin) which includes an "add to basket" button/link. The cart then handles the checkout and payments.

 

However, you will still have to generate static pages to show your categories? Essentially you're just duplicating what the shopping cart does automatically