e-Commerce Module

Thanks to Sammy Spets and Synerger Pty Ltd, the rewrite of the subscriptions system has been completed.

I have created a new release for 4.7 which has been labeled at version 3 beta 1. See http://drupal.org/node/110739 for more information about all the changes.

Sammy has also started to roll all these changes into the HEAD version of E-Commerce which will be soon released as for Drupal 5 along with all the other changes that have been done for Next Release of E-Commerce.

Hi there

I'm trying to locate developers (any skill level is ok) who have the same E-Commerce focus that I do. The idea is that I am available for feedback, reviews, advice, escalation, and even tuition. Yes, tuition, which means I'm happy for this to be a mentor arrangement (which is why I've posted to Dojo).

The problem with developing for E-Commerce is a) we are not giving out CVS access and b) patches in the queue can be painfully slow to commit. We already have 5 maintainers. So the challenge is to have patches committed promptly by one of the maintainers. I can do this, as long as the patches are for areas that I am familiar with.

Not too long ago, Google announced FREE processing of your Google Checkout sales until the end of 2007. That's right - more than a year's worth of free processing!

From now through December 31, 2007, you can process Checkout transactions for free, even if you aren't an AdWords advertiser. If you're already an AdWords advertiser, you can process your Checkout transactions for free regardless of your AdWords spend.

This potentially affects folks who use Drupal's ecommerce and advertising modules. Wouldn't you like to use Google Checkout (GC) for your Drupal web site(s)? Before that's possible, we need someone to create a module. Unfortunately, GC currently works ONLY in the United States. Regardless, I'd like to see a developer step up and write a membership subscriptions-based, recurring credit card charges capable module and I'd be willing to make a small financial contribution. Here's a short GC video demo, but please read on for more info.

Big changes

Today marks a big day for certain parts of the store.module. The store_transaction_save function was retooled and is less than half its original size.

Key points to get out of this are the increased emphasis on the use of the hook_ec_transactionapi. A good deal of the store transaction logic is now in store_ec_transactionapi and all the product/item logic in now in product_ec_transactionapi. This lead to some greatly simplified code to which is great for everyone.

mrmachine is writing an Australia Post shipping inc for shipcalc. This is superb and I'm hoping to do a review to get this committed. Annoyingly, any input I have into this is part of an upcoming job, so I an constantly limited by roadmaps and whimsical clients.

So I'd like to rally any other possible testers to jump on this bandwagon? People who might already have API keys for example, or have used Aust post shipping in other ecommerce systems.

Ticket is here: please join in if you can.

Thanks
Simon

Hello. I am hoping to get some clarity on the current state and development of the paypalpro module for ecommerce. I noticed that as of today (November 11th, 2006) the module is not included in the current version of ecommerce (4.7.x-1.x). In the "Modules Summary and 4.7 Release Status" section or the ecommerce README, paypalpro's status is listed as "cvs". So I tracked down the module at http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/ecommerce/con... , however it's README states, "These paypal modules are not yet released with 4.7 and should be considered either incompatible, unstable or unfinished."

I just wanted to post up the experience I've had with the Drupal + E-Commerce package over the last month and a half of learning.

My wife and I started a company selling video games and other techy toys (mp3 players, dvd players and such) based in New Hampshire, USA. The site, http://www.techdiversions.com has been up since last Thursday without any nasty issues (any issues, so far have been my fault).

I've learned enough about Drupal to be dangerous. I've also learned PHP in the process. The E-Commerce package seemed perfect for our needs as a small company startup with very little budget yet flexible enough to do anything I could think up.

Hello,

I am working on a site where I'm trying to sell access to a specific node. For example, user attempts to access the node would return an 'access denied' message until the user enters in card details and payment is recorded. At this point, that user would be authorized to view the contents of the node. Ideally I'd also like for the user not to have to add the node to a cart or anything.

What would be perfect is to have a link in a teaser that takes the user directly to a credit card form. After payment, that user has full access to that node (and that node only).

I can think of a few different ways to approach this, (taxonomy, node_access, something built off the 'premium' module) but I was curious to hear feedback from you all, and to see if any one has implemented a similar solution using the ecommerce module.