Managing an online shop

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How do others manage their online shops?

Basically having a few product is easy to keep a track of, but what if you or your client has over 500?
Is the FW shop using Mals & PayPal the answer or should a more database driven solution be sought?

Nathan Garner

http://www.austinwellsdesign.co.uk

FW5 Pro | MacBook Pro | Snow Leopard

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Hi Nathan,
Typically you’d want to use a database to handle the store content and
use templates so a single ‘product page’ can cater for thousands of
different items.
In the past I’ve recommended OptionCart (http://www.optioncart.com) as
it appears simple, easy to skin, and deals directly with Mals. The
company that owns OptionCart have now stopped selling direct and you
can now only get hold of the software through one of a number of
partner companies - usually in tandem with hosting or design services.

Steve at SB Design (http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/50086#m_50152)
rolled his own database for his site (http://www.cotswoldengineeringsupplies.co.uk/
) and he’s got thousands of products!
Regards,
Tim.

On 7 Sep 2010, at 09:57, Nathan Garner wrote:

Basically having a few product is easy to keep a track of, but what
if you or your client has over 500?
Is the FW shop using Mals & PayPal the answer or should a more
database driven solution be sought?

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Thanks Tim. I will look at getting a database built.

Nathan Garner

http://www.austinwellsdesign.co.uk

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On 7 Sep 2010, at 10:25, Tim Plumb wrote:

Hi Nathan,
Typically you’d want to use a database to handle the store content and use templates so a single ‘product page’ can cater for thousands of different items.
In the past I’ve recommended OptionCart (http://www.optioncart.com) as it appears simple, easy to skin, and deals directly with Mals. The company that owns OptionCart have now stopped selling direct and you can now only get hold of the software through one of a number of partner companies - usually in tandem with hosting or design services.

Steve at SB Design (http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/50086#m_50152) rolled his own database for his site (http://www.cotswoldengineeringsupplies.co.uk/) and he’s got thousands of products!
Regards,
Tim.

On 7 Sep 2010, at 09:57, Nathan Garner wrote:

Basically having a few product is easy to keep a track of, but what if you or your client has over 500?
Is the FW shop using Mals & PayPal the answer or should a more database driven solution be sought?

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