Posted by Branjawn on February 23, 2011 at 8:49pm
This isn't necessarily a Drupal-centric question, but this is the only online community I am part of...
So, I have a client who wants to sell t-shirts and sports apparel on his website. To clarify, it has his company logo on it, so it's likely from a local screen print type shop. He's a 2 employee company, and I don't want supporting this to become a headache for me. I'd like to implement the solution and be hands off.
So, any recommendations?
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E-com and simple are
E-com and simple are opposites. Find some place online that will let you sell your own t-shirt designs online, or some other boxed solution. The extra cost per unit will still be better than dealing with merchant banks, figuring out your own sales tax rules, etc. until you get high volume.
Ken Winters
selling tee shirts etc.
UBERCART is not too difficult to implement, although it's not "simple." But once implemented, your client can mess with the inventory pretty easily.
Turnip
www.eightlessons.com
www.turnipvideo.com
Not Inventory
Inventory really isn't the issue. Dealing with money (and especially PCI compliance) is a big pain. The best way to avoid that for small businesses is to let someone else handle at least the cart process.
Ken Winters
"Easy" e-commerce
True, for a small operation, inventory won't be a problem. I am using Paypal on the back end. Presumably the client is already set up to report sales tax and the like - setting up local versus out of state wasn't very hard and I kept shipping very simple (flat fee per item). While Ubercart has tons of features, I found that getting a basic site running for business was not that hard - and this was my first Drupal site. I needed help with other aspects of the site, but I was able to figure out Ubercart with only the online resources. Actually the hardest part is getting the Paypal "sandbox" stuff to work right for testing!
Turnip
www.eightlessons.com
www.turnipvideo.com
Thanks
Thanks for your responses.
Merchant bank, PCI
It's not too difficult to setup a merchant bank account + Authorize.net CIM (helps PCI compliance since they store CC info) + SSL (for transferring CC info securely, also affects PCI compliance) + Ubercart (has Authorize.net and CIM support). Merchant accounts charge you an annual "PCI compliance fee" (usually around $90) to cover credit card fraud issues. Of all the e-commerce modules, Ubercart is by far the most simple/ feature packed/ supported in our opinion. We wrote up an article that sums it all up: Create a High-Powered, Easy to Use and Secure E-Commerce Site with Drupal and Ubercart.
Pay Pal "Buy Now"
Pay Pal "Buy Now" buttons
https://www.paypal.com/pdn-item
Before defaulting to PayPay
Before defaulting to PayPay SchmayPal and their fees and lack of scruples, I suggest your client see what merchant services are available for use with the bank they're already using for their business. For smaller volumes, PayPal will often be cheaper, but for higher levels of volume, they're likely to get better rates with their bank, not to mention the convenience of not having to transfer funds from the PayPal account.
The Boise Drupal Guy!
Hello, Does anyone have an
Hello,
Does anyone have an idea on integrating Drupal with Prestashop.
Any idea is welcome.
Thank you in advance
Prestashop is a standalone
Prestashop is a standalone e-commerce system, the idea of attempting to integrate it with Drupal is like trying to integrate OSX with Windows.
Your two options for e-commerce with Drupal right now are Ubercart and Drupal Commerce.