Shopping baskets and online payments?

Matc · January 18th, 2006, 01:08 PM

Hey everyone

1st off sorry if this is the wrong forum I had a look about and I guess this is the most suitable forum to post this in.

Anyway currently doing a site for a friends family member, he wants to sell his products online, not a big line up though, unfortunately i've never dabbled in the e-commerce side of it so far.

So can anyone recommend a good company that provides shopping cart systems, he's in a bit of a rush to get it up and running and it would take me to long from scratch to do one, ill be running the payments through a 3rd party like protx or someone, they have a few suggestions on there site but wondering if anyone has had any experince of any?

Thanks

Mat

Corey Bryant · January 18th, 2006, 05:45 PM

Since you mentioned protx, I am assuming you are not in the United States but more then likely in the United Kingdom somewhere?

If so, check out www.mals-e.com

herkalees · January 19th, 2006, 12:02 AM

Lately I've favored the combination of osCommerce and PayPal for my clients e-commerce needs, but I'll admit I'm far from experienced in e-commerce packages.

benbramz · January 19th, 2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by herkalees

Lately I've favored the combination of osCommerce and PayPal for my clients e-commerce needs, but I'll admit I'm far from experienced in e-commerce packages.

this combination is as good as any. infact, anything that features paypal - its very much a trusted site by users.

WESH-UK · March 4th, 2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matc

Hey everyone

1st off sorry if this is the wrong forum I had a look about and I guess this is the most suitable forum to post this in.

Anyway currently doing a site for a friends family member, he wants to sell his products online, not a big line up though, unfortunately i've never dabbled in the e-commerce side of it so far.

So can anyone recommend a good company that provides shopping cart systems, he's in a bit of a rush to get it up and running and it would take me to long from scratch to do one, ill be running the payments through a 3rd party like protx or someone, they have a few suggestions on there site but wondering if anyone has had any experince of any?

Thanks

Mat

Hi Mat

If your looking for a quick solution then cubecart is very easy to use and probably more suitable if you dont have a large product lineup but if you wanted more features and potential for growth then we would recommend x-cart.

x-cart does take a little bit of technical knowledge to install and configure but we do the install and configuration in under 1 hour and it can be customised reasonably easy if you know html as its all template based and works with protx.

Hope this helps

sypher · March 4th, 2006, 06:22 PM

Like you said if you havent many products then paypal is a good choice, but if u start shifting large amounts then your best getting an online gateway and merchant.

KRAPPHLAT · March 15th, 2006, 05:27 AM

www.yourwebstore.co.uk is the place to go for eCommerce good for beginners and Pro's alike. And Protx is about the best in the UK as far as payment methods go.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matc

Hey everyone
1st off sorry if this is the wrong forum I had a look about and I guess this is the most suitable forum to post this in.

Anyway currently doing a site for a friends family member, he wants to sell his products online, not a big line up though, unfortunately i've never dabbled in the e-commerce side of it so far.

So can anyone recommend a good company that provides shopping cart systems, he's in a bit of a rush to get it up and running and it would take me to long from scratch to do one, ill be running the payments through a 3rd party like protx or someone, they have a few suggestions on there site but wondering if anyone has had any experince of any?

Thanks

Mat