Forum OpenACS Q&A: E-commerce Package

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1: E-commerce Package
Posted by Tim Brasher on 08/03/03 01:16 AM
Hello,

I'm a new user to OpenACS and was referred to this by a mate who told me the e-commerce facilities offered here are fantastic

Unfortunately I'm not a developer, just a business man, and had trouble installing, but got past that stage

Now just trying to see how the e-commerce package works, but not sure how to go about that - does anyone know of any good tutorials or documentation on this?

Or even some URLs where this package is used so I can see what its capable of?

Cheers,
Tim

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2: Re: E-commerce Package (response to 1)
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 08/03/03 06:02 AM
well, to play with adding products etc., mount the ecommerce package (say, as /ec) then go to /ec/admin/ and have fun.

Mail me if you'd like to see a barely-customized example.

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3: Re: E-commerce Package (response to 1)
Posted by Lachlan Myers on 08/05/03 12:56 AM
Its pretty capable in terms of adding products, structuring product categories/ groupings, deleting products, setting up catalogues, doing searches, offering special pricing etc.

The suggestion to play around for a while on a local instance is a good one.

Hard part is setting up the payment links - these are mostly US card based. Theres been some discussion of UK card links, but I'm not sure how far it got. None I know of for AU, NZ.

There may be a Paypal link out there somewhere, but I haven't come across it.

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4: Re: E-commerce Package (response to 1)
Posted by John Holroyd on 08/05/03 12:37 PM
You can use templates to link up with PayPal & Worldpay etc.
You can use www.planetpayment.com with the Authorize.net gateway for UK payments, though they can ask for some unusual terms like dont sell computers if you are a computer seller etc.
If you need it customising then look up Bart Teeuwisse who I'm sure will be able to help you implement something.
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5: Re: E-commerce Package (response to 1)
Posted by Bart Teeuwisse on 08/05/03 09:58 PM
Tim,

some examples of ecommerce sites made with the OpenACS ecommerce package:

- http://www.zigzagasiancollection.com/catalog/
- http://www.7-sisters.com/
- http://www.berkleemusic.com/store/

to name but a few. Hope this helps.

/Bart