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]
