[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
Paypal is great for small sites that don't have a large amount of stuff to sell and/or update often. There is no back office, no database, no dynamic anything whatsoever, so each change to the products in the store must be done in the web page itself. If the client has to update their cart often, they either have to pay you, or learn a bit of HTML. So, the other option is to find a cart that works with paypal, yet has a database of sorts that lets the client manage their products. I am in no way an expert on shopping carts so there may be other reasons, but this one is the one that I have run across in my experience. Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A need of using shopping cart is coming. I checked several free carts including oscommerce, paypal, and two offered from hosting company. It seems a bit unclear to me why people would use 3rd-party shopping cart and link to Paypal gateway, but not use Paypal's own free shopping cart? I believe that all or most 3rd-party shopping carts require store owner's database space, but using Paypal's cart does not. Does this unique feature make a pro or con for Paypal cart? I see no advantage except using the storefront/productdisplay layout from 3rd-party shopping carts (Paypal's cart doesn't provide storefront/productdisplay layout). So why should I use 3rd party shopping carts, but not Paypal's? Am I missing something here? Thanks for any comments. KoaFar At 01:43 PM 2/24/2003, you wrote: I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. http://www.oscommerce.com/ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
Thanks, Jenni. I am not an expert either. I see your point. However, if a web designer/developer works on a storefront for the client, he/she could, theoretically, easily code the storefront/product with a db and make access for the client to manage the store. I would say that installing a 3rd-party shopping cart probably takes somewhat similar amount, if not more, of time/effort as coding one storefront/product arrangement. Also, the learning time for the developer and the client is extra. Could you share your experience? e.g., which shopping cart you use for your client? ... KoaFar At 01:57 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: Paypal is great for small sites that don't have a large amount of stuff to sell and/or update often. There is no back office, no database, no dynamic anything whatsoever, so each change to the products in the store must be done in the web page itself. If the client has to update their cart often, they either have to pay you, or learn a bit of HTML. So, the other option is to find a cart that works with paypal, yet has a database of sorts that lets the client manage their products. I am in no way an expert on shopping carts so there may be other reasons, but this one is the one that I have run across in my experience. Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A need of using shopping cart is coming. I checked several free carts including oscommerce, paypal, and two offered from hosting company. It seems a bit unclear to me why people would use 3rd-party shopping cart and link to Paypal gateway, but not use Paypal's own free shopping cart? I believe that all or most 3rd-party shopping carts require store owner's database space, but using Paypal's cart does not. Does this unique feature make a pro or con for Paypal cart? I see no advantage except using the storefront/productdisplay layout from 3rd-party shopping carts (Paypal's cart doesn't provide storefront/productdisplay layout). So why should I use 3rd party shopping carts, but not Paypal's? Am I missing something here? Thanks for any comments. KoaFar At 01:43 PM 2/24/2003, you wrote: I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. http://www.oscommerce.com/ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
Hey KoaFar, Well, I certainly cannot write one myslef :) It's on my list though, as soon as I find the time to learn... I have used 2checkout.com's open source cart, which really sucks. I used paypal's and it's ok for small sites. I have used Dansie cart: http://www.dansie.net/cart.html and liked it. It works with lots of payment options and has great tech support - very easy to customize. My favorite one is www.clickcartpro.com. It's affordable, works with just about any merchant, has lots of features and pretty good tech support to boot. Actually I love this one and use it as often as I can :) Hope that helps, good luck :) Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Jenni. I am not an expert either. I see your point. However, if a web designer/developer works on a storefront for the client, he/she could, theoretically, easily code the storefront/product with a db and make access for the client to manage the store. I would say that installing a 3rd-party shopping cart probably takes somewhat similar amount, if not more, of time/effort as coding one storefront/product arrangement. Also, the learning time for the developer and the client is extra. Could you share your experience? e.g., which shopping cart you use for your client? ... KoaFar At 01:57 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: Paypal is great for small sites that don't have a large amount of stuff to sell and/or update often. There is no back office, no database, no dynamic anything whatsoever, so each change to the products in the store must be done in the web page itself. If the client has to update their cart often, they either have to pay you, or learn a bit of HTML. So, the other option is to find a cart that works with paypal, yet has a database of sorts that lets the client manage their products. I am in no way an expert on shopping carts so there may be other reasons, but this one is the one that I have run across in my experience. Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A need of using shopping cart is coming. I checked several free carts including oscommerce, paypal, and two offered from hosting company. It seems a bit unclear to me why people would use 3rd-party shopping cart and link to Paypal gateway, but not use Paypal's own free shopping cart? I believe that all or most 3rd-party shopping carts require store owner's database space, but using Paypal's cart does not. Does this unique feature make a pro or con for Paypal cart? I see no advantage except using the storefront/productdisplay layout from 3rd-party shopping carts (Paypal's cart doesn't provide storefront/productdisplay layout). So why should I use 3rd party shopping carts, but not Paypal's? Am I missing something here? Thanks for any comments. KoaFar At 01:43 PM 2/24/2003, you wrote: I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. http://www.oscommerce.com/ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
Hi Jenni, Thank you for sharing. It seems the look of dansie cart is not as nice as osecommerce. Although clickcartpro is affordable, it's not free. But thanks for the info anyway. KoaFar At 02:58 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: Hey KoaFar, Well, I certainly cannot write one myslef :) It's on my list though, as soon as I find the time to learn... I have used 2checkout.com's open source cart, which really sucks. I used paypal's and it's ok for small sites. I have used Dansie cart: http://www.dansie.net/cart.html and liked it. It works with lots of payment options and has great tech support - very easy to customize. My favorite one is www.clickcartpro.com. It's affordable, works with just about any merchant, has lots of features and pretty good tech support to boot. Actually I love this one and use it as often as I can :) Hope that helps, good luck :) Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Jenni. I am not an expert either. I see your point. However, if a web designer/developer works on a storefront for the client, he/she could, theoretically, easily code the storefront/product with a db and make access for the client to manage the store. I would say that installing a 3rd-party shopping cart probably takes somewhat similar amount, if not more, of time/effort as coding one storefront/product arrangement. Also, the learning time for the developer and the client is extra. Could you share your experience? e.g., which shopping cart you use for your client? ... KoaFar At 01:57 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: Paypal is great for small sites that don't have a large amount of stuff to sell and/or update often. There is no back office, no database, no dynamic anything whatsoever, so each change to the products in the store must be done in the web page itself. If the client has to update their cart often, they either have to pay you, or learn a bit of HTML. So, the other option is to find a cart that works with paypal, yet has a database of sorts that lets the client manage their products. I am in no way an expert on shopping carts so there may be other reasons, but this one is the one that I have run across in my experience. Jenni --- K.F. Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A need of using shopping cart is coming. I checked several free carts including oscommerce, paypal, and two offered from hosting company. It seems a bit unclear to me why people would use 3rd-party shopping cart and link to Paypal gateway, but not use Paypal's own free shopping cart? I believe that all or most 3rd-party shopping carts require store owner's database space, but using Paypal's cart does not. Does this unique feature make a pro or con for Paypal cart? I see no advantage except using the storefront/productdisplay layout from 3rd-party shopping carts (Paypal's cart doesn't provide storefront/productdisplay layout). So why should I use 3rd party shopping carts, but not Paypal's? Am I missing something here? Thanks for any comments. KoaFar At 01:43 PM 2/24/2003, you wrote: I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. http://www.oscommerce.com/ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. Try the free PayPal one? Bj Is that supposed to be helpful BJ ? If the PayPal one did what I wanted I wouldn't be looking for an alternative. regards Melanie The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: shopping cart/php/paypal
I am looking for a shopping cart, written in php/mysql/ that will integrate into paypal. As I want this primarily for learning purposes a free one would be ideal. http://www.oscommerce.com/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 2/18/03 The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
