Re: shopping cart

I'm in the process of setting up a client with mals-e and it works 
great.  I highly recommend them.

Roy

At 08:28 PM 10/13/00 -0500, Tamara Abbey wrote:
>Barbara,
>
>I've been doing this for a while, and one day what Bryan wrote will all 
>make sense. I'm not a programmer either, but lately, php/MySQL is looking 
>good -- just wait! See what you have to look forward to?
>
>In the meantime, check out http://www.mals-e.com/ -- it's a 
>bring-your-own-merchant-account shopping cart service. Secure server, some 
>reasonable customization, decent phorums (sic) and it will help you get 
>your feet wet here. Plus it's free -- only cost will be a few hairs and 
>some hours of frustration.
>
>Then, when you discover what you *could* be doing -- well, the HWG lists 
>have been great at helping me with that stuff too. Thanks to them, I know 
>what Bryan's talking about!
>
>:)
>
>T
>
>At 08:19 PM 10/13/00 -0400, Barbara Money wrote:
>>As far as I know, it will be fairly simple. He sells embroidered and
>>screenprinted apparel. Server platform, probably Unix, so I won't be able 
>>to do
>>anything there. Database? Flat file? Uh, my ignorance is showing. Do you have
>>to use a database for a shopping cart? I confess I don't even own a database
>>program, except an extremely simple one called simply Data Base, nor do I 
>>know
>>how to use one. I assume he will need a secure certificate, but I understand
>>they are costly. I'm not a programmer, just a humble web site designer, so it
>>has to be simple.
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Barbara Money
>>The Essential Image
>>
>>Bryan Bateman wrote:
>>
>> > There is much to consider.  How were you contemplating providing a 
>> shopping
>> > cart?  What server platform will you be using?  Will there be a 
>> database or
>> > "flat file" for products and categories?  Will you be purchasing a
>> > certificate for secure server (https)?  There are more but those are for
>> > starters.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Barbara Money" <bmoney(at)brainiac.com>
>> > To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
>> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 10:24 PM
>> > Subject: shopping cart
>> >
>> > > Hi all,
>> > >
>> > > I'm not sure if this is appropriate for the Basics list, but I've seen
>> > > lots of references to javascripts and other stuff that are currently
>> > > beyond me, and not what I personally consider basics.
>> > >
>> > > Anyway, one or two of my clients are or will be considering online sales
>> > > abilities for their web sites, and I wonder if you can point me in the
>> > > right direction. Should I set them up with a 3rd party like Freemerchant
>> > > or attempt to build a storefront from scratch? They have already the
>> > > ability to accept CC's over the phone or in person, so they'd only need
>> > > something for online CC authorization and then receiving the info for
>> > > the order itself plus shipping and tax calculation. Is there anything
>> > > else I need to consider? I don't want to offer ecommerce yet if there's
>> > > a huge learning curve to get over first, and I really don't think any of
>> > > them want to be the guinea pig. There's a Catch-22 for ya.
>> > >
>> > > Any suggestions?
>> > >
>> > > Barbara
>> > > The Essential Image
>> > >

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