Discussing best practices to implement business model common for Buying Clubs.
Buying clubs are organized to help members purchase goods that might otherwise be
difficult or expensive to obtain. Buying club is kind of consumer coop.
Typical buying club: local food or organic food buying club.
Objectives of this group:
* Discover core and optional functionality required for typical BC.
* Disciver ways to use as much as possible Drupal build-in modules.
* Discuss modules to be implemented.
* Coordination of new modules development.
BC wiki
Last updated by anubis_ua on Wed, 2012-12-19 19:56
Known BC systems:
- http://foodclub.org/ (free, web-based, well documented including DB schema)
- http://www.wholeshare.com/
- http://localdirt.com/
- https://www.farmigo.com
BC functionality
Let's outline functionality:
1. Main (common for most BCs):
1.1. Sequential flow ("cart open" days, checkout days, delivery days)
1.2. Splits. This is method to buy wholesale items together (usually implemented as "decimal quantity allowed" common cart).
1.3. Shipping calculation based on number of BC members.
1.4. Joined order generation: aggregating all member carts + resolving splits.
2. Optional (Hub functions. Good idea to have implemented):
Read moreBC functionality
Let's outline functionality:
1. Main (common for most BCs):
1.1. Sequential flow ("cart open" days, checkout days, delivery days)
1.2. Splits. This is method to buy wholesale items together (usually implemented as "decimal quantity allowed" common cart).
1.3. Shipping calculation based on number of BC members.
1.4. Joined order generation: aggregating all member carts + resolving splits.
2. Optional (Hub functions. Good idea to have implemented):
Read more