I wanna sell products online it's a service.
Clients goes on the site he chooses the product after he purchases it he will log in in his frontend area and he will add some files to complete his order.
and once the files and the informations are added to his order. the stuff will work on his case and deliver him a file when work done. that ile can be sended by mail or by downloading it from the frontend.
the product has many states : 1-purchased 2-waiting for additional files from client 3-files accepted and working on it 4- work done files ready to download
I tried many things like virtuemart on joomla , ubercart on drupal, magento, prestashop, wpecommerce on wordpress most of them can afford digital products for instant download but not services that need a delay (tratment of the order) time before the products are ready for download.
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Your needs are very specific. So you need to use Virtuemart (Joomla), for example, as a base and code the part you need :
- multi-upload form
- new product states : waiting for additional files from client,...
No matter the choosen solution (joomla, magento,...), you need to have a good skill in this solution and in web dev (php, mysql, html)!
Good luck!
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I'm developing an ecommerce website.
It's for a "ground-based" clothing store that is used to sells only via third party platform.
And now want a own website.
I started with Wordpress+Woocommerce.
Then i tried a ZeitNow+Next+Graphql+React version.
It connects itself to Wordpress+Woocomerce database via GraphQL Queries.
It uses ZeitNow to avoid implementing a real Node+Express server on my machine.
Which path to choose to complete the website and publish it ? My doubts are related mainly to COSTS.
If i choose the classic WP+Woocommerce way i need :
0-20 EUR /year for Domain Name.
120EUR / year approximately for a classic web server (with PHP+MySQL) hosting plan where to place the Wordpress+Woocommerce.
If i'd like to choose second option, based on what i know actually i need :
0-20 EUR /year for Domain Name.
120EUR / year approximately for a classic web server (with PHP+MySQL) hosting plan where to place the Wordpress+Woocommerce "head" part of my project, .
0EUR /year for serveless ZeitNow (free plan).
But where i need to place the "App" (ZeitNow+Next+GraphQl+React)?
An other Web server (with Node) ?
So an other 120EUR/ year plan ?
Or beacuse it's serverless i can only "deploy" to zeitNow and only link my domain to ZeitNow?
Its not clear to me.
I found on the web things like "Netifly", "Firebase", "Heroku", "AWS" ...
Are they all equivalent to Zeit Now?
I would like to publish a website with benefits of WooCommerce CMS system.
Like adding products, managing stocks, handling discounts plans, access to PayPal and Stripe payment methods integrations (i don't trust my self enough to build integration on my own due to security risks).
I wolud like also the keep benefits of using React for front End like performance (at least perceived) for Final User, or no need of Ajax request to update Cart and Wishlist.
And what about calculating if my project needs a "payed plan" of ZeitNow/Netifly/AWS to manage the request? How i can calculate them?
Sorry for the high number of question, but for me, understand the co-existence of these things is overwhelming!
Thanks.
You will always need a paid plan on any platform if you are running a for-profit endeavor.
You may need ZEIT Now to host your frontend and another server for the GraphQL API unless you really want to go DevOps-less by using serverless functions.
Here are very relevant pages for calculating costs:
ZEIT Now pricing page. Notice the "Serverless Execution" and also "BandWidth" prices.
Netlify.
AWS.
In the end, you will need to deploy a "Proof-of-Concept" and be really careful with the metrics. It is impossible to pinpoint an exact number with a custom solution because depending on your implementation, it can be more or less expensive to make API calls. Solutions like Shopify may be the best approach for your type of app. I only recommend that you develop your own stack if you want to customize, scale, and prepare the base for a team of developers later.
Disclaimer: I work for ZEIT at the moment.
Business Model:
This business makes handmade specialty items from a large inventory of photo examples on the web site. The owner does not want to bill until the item is ready to ship.
I'm sure the business model itself can keep us debating for days, but please do not question his approach as that is not really the point here. It is simply how he wants to run his business.
Design:
I have developed a system for him which manages his transactions (no financial information) until he is ready, whereupon he selects the transactions by checking the ones he wants from a query-select-list of unprocessed orders. I can then convert each ordered item to an HTML stream, REST objects, or whatever. The customer should receive the invoice email and click on a button to take him to PayPal for payment.
I want to use the REST API object model to send all the required information to PayPal, describe the invoice and then send the email/invoice to the customer via the API. It is not uncommon to have multiple items ordered at once.
Q1 - The API looks like it supports this usage but can anyone experienced with its use tell me if there is a show stopper I have not discovered yet?
Q2 - I have already developed an HTML template for this purpose. Perhaps prematurely. Does REST API allow for the use of templates? I do not see how yet but hoping there is a way.
Many thanks.
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After some more research and a half hour with Integration Support:
A1: There are no show stoppers in the scenario described above. The REST API (and PayPal) supports the usage I have in mind. If anyone desires I will post back results in a few days after code complete and a bit of testing.
A2: I was informed that my own HTML templates are supported but I still do not see how. With the spirit of "Trust, but verify" I will continue with my efforts and ask for Integration Support at that point if I need it.
My cup and my Stack both overflow. I am fortunate.
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I had a question on in-store pickup. I see that there is support for it in the CRS module (it has GeoLocatorService, GeoLocatorDroplet etc), but don't see any buttons or JSPs that display or let you use it out of the box. On the other hand, commerce service center has this functionality fully exposed, with in-store pickup buttons, popup widgets to search for stores and shopping carts showing store pickup line items etc. Looks like the web stores would need this functionality exclusively coded, which would involve creating JSPs and components as required.
Is there something I can copy over from CSC (commerce service center) that will enable store pickup in web module (store US or home US etc?) very quickly? Please let me know. Thanks for your response!
Not sure if you want to capture payment and collect from store , or reserve in store and pay when you pick up the item.
In both the cases your DOM (distributed Order Management) and WMS (warehouse management system) has important role to play. ATG can lookup the selected store inventory , both locally (location repository) or using realtime webservice interface to the system that manages your global inventory.
In all cases ATG will be able to capture the order, but this order has to be handled by DOM in such a way that its routed to local store for fulfillment. If by any chance this order is not available in local store, your DOM/ WMS system should be able to send order item to local store from warehouse or from another store.
Walmart has both the functionality available (click to collect and reserve and pay at store) , walmart has proprietary software DOM3 which eventually addresses these interfaces.
Please realize ATG is just your online order capture system, Click to Collect and any 'commerce anywhere' functionality must be offered by your DOM. if this is offered by your DOM , all you need to do is exchange messages with DOM to achieve this.
I am not sure if this answers your question, but its not recommended to over engineer ATG , and ATG should follow the heart beat of your DOM.
In Store Pickup - often called Click & Collect - has not been implemented as a feature in the CRS. It is also not in CSC either.
You will need to do quite a bit of customisation to support it.
The feature that is part of CRS is Store Locator. This allows you to find and view details of physical stores.
You can use this as a basis to build Click & Collect functionality.
Assuming that other back-end systems can handle it, and your business is set up to consider things like promotions, pricing etc. for a Click & Collect proposition...
Basically, you will need to implement a new Shipping Method, a New subtype of Hardgood Shipping Group that can use a Store Code instead of a Customer Address, as well as the UI to support choosing a store during checkout.
Depending on how sophisticated your multi channel requirements are, you may need to modify the Inventory Manager to accommodate knowing local stock in store as well as central stock.
Other shipping related entities may need to change to represent any new statuses such as Arrived in Store or Ready for Collection.
If you are using ATG Fulfilment, you may need to change messaging there to accommodate, say, conveying a store code instead of a delivery address to fulfillers and carriers.
There are a ton of online CMS services out there. And a ton of (new) backend-as-a-service products too. But I can't seem to find what I am looking for.
I am building an app for a client. The app contains data about shops, products, and more. The client must be able to update this data (and not just one person: each shop manager needs to be able to log in and edit the data for their own shop). And of course the app must be able to access this data.
Client edits data online
This has to be extremely user-friendly and completely online. I don't want to sell my client something where they need to install stuff on their server. I don't want to sell them something that's accessible online but looks like phpMyAdmin.
I want a shop owner to be able to go to a webpage, log in, and then see a pretty UI where they can edit the data for their shop. The back-end needs to have a pretty front-end that's auto-generated for whatever data this particular shop owner is allowed to edit.
So there are two bits: storing data in the cloud in such a way that it can be accessed by the app (which I am building with Titanium), and allowing the client to log into the backend and edit the data in a non-tech, user-friendly way.
Here's a list of things I tried...
Backend-as-a-service
Services with a great back-end, but without easy auto-generated data editing website:
Appcelerator (Titanium) Cloud Service
Amazon EC2
Stackmob
BackBeam
WebVanta
Parse
API o Mat
ShepHertz Cloud42
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Online CMS
Services that provide a nice way for clients to edit data, but no easy way for apps to connect:
CloudCMS
(and many others I'm sure)
It's insane that no-one seems to be providing the cross-breed of BaaS and online CMS. So many people are building apps for clients, and so many clients are not tech-savvy and are reluctant to get a special server and host database software they don't understand. Why does this not exist? What am I missing?
With apiOmat it's easy to create your own data-editing app for e.g. with JavaScript SDK and HTML. Or you send a feature request so that they build a module for your preferred CMS.
As you mentioned, Cloud CMS is a really good option (disclaimer: I'm one of the founders). The product provides an enterprise content management backend and an API that lets you plug in some really powerful features right into your mobile apps.
This month, we released a brand new user interface which provides much of what you're asking about. Instant forms, document libraries, search and workflow all in one place.
You can check out Cloud CMS here: http://www.cloudcms.com
I completely agree with your assessment particularly with respect to the last mile (getting the final app built). It's kind of the wild west out there and the strong technologies are still proving out.
You mentioned Titanium - that's a good choice. I also quite like the Ionic Framework (http://www.drifty.com/). It's a step in the right direction.
We have a multi-store setup with magento operating across multiple domains.
Some of these websites are wholesale b2b websites and some are retail b2c websites.
We have a different price per retail and wholesale websites (which was easy to do in magento config) we do this as we force wholesale customers to purchase in multiples by using the magento minimum allowed in cart and must be bought in multiples inventory features. However we cannot seem to switch this off for the retail stores.
We would also like to allow backorders on wholesale website but not on the retail ones and this setting is also set to global and we cannot change it to website.
We have found several extensions that do multi-inventory (built for multiple locations etc) but these do not seem to do these inventory functions or are way too bloated for us. we only use 1 inventory we just need to switch 'allow backorders', 'minimum allowed in cart' and 'must be bought in multiples' to website scope instead of global.
Can someone please help with this. If we need to create and module and you can do it/help to do it we would be happy to pay for your services.
We are using Magento CE 1.7
Thanks
There's no simple solution. You can create new attributes instead of default stock attributes and override methods to use them on website level. So you need to develop small extension.