I need a "digital soft goods" feature. Lots of carts support software downloads, but I need the ability to issue unique "PIN #s" for things like phone cards, gift cards, etc. These aren't randomly generated (although they could be), but are actually uniquely "picked" from inventory.
The litecommerce egoods module implements this feature really well. Surprisingly Xcart doesn't, although the company will "develop" it for you for a fee. (they probably have it in stock!). I got quotes both ways, and it was cheaper to take the stock litecommerce, although I'd rather have 100% open source code and Smarty templates, not Flexy. I may just have it developed and flip to X-cart in the future. Or a full custom cart for complete control. I'm sure some oscommerce module has this, along with other carts. I looked around and saw some half-baked versions, but couldn't find a good example anywhere else. And oscommerce scares me. Didn't find a Zencart equivalent either. Btw, "reskinning" litecommerce now. Major tedium -- feels like a complete waste of time, although I would guess its the same for most any off-the-shelf cart. On 2/15/07 2:07 PM, "CED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cliff, > > What feature is it that you only foun in lite? > > -Ed > Edward JS Prevost II > -President- > www.CovenantEDesign.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 518.331.5061 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NYPHP Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP/SQL ECommerce Solutions > > >> I am also using litecommerce, only because it has one particular feaure I >> could not find in any other cart. I'm going through the skinning process > now >> -- again, (2nd time, after having it done once outsourcing). >> >> Skinning does seem to be a royal pain. Not very stimulating...time >> consuming...redundant, etc. >> >> Issues to be aware of: >> 1. It is "97%" open-source. The core is encoded using ioncube. >> 2. Ioncube conflicts with Zend Debugger >> 3. It performs a license check. >> >> Cliff >> >> >> On 2/15/07 11:44 AM, "Jose Villegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Ben, >>> >>> I would also take a look at LiteCommerce, which is based on XCart: >>> http://www.litecommerce.com/ >>> >>> I've installed it a couple of times and it was relatively easy to >>> customize. The most important feature over OsCommerce/Zencart is that >>> it can keep track of inventory on product options. Skinning it is >>> very time consuming, but I think this is normal for most ecommerce >>> systems. It uses FLEXY instead of Smarty and you have a choice of >>> what components to buy. >>> >>> Jose _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
