Dustin, I highly recommend the Zen Cart package. It is stable, secure, reliable and free. http://www.zencart.com/ > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:12:23 -0000 > From: "dustinnsc" <dustinnsc@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Shopping cart scripts > > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > We need a shopping cart for our website in order to > interface with > our merchant which also provides gateway services. > At the moment, we are selling about 15 products. 2/3 > of those > products are characterized by the size properties. > The lengths > options may include all of the following lengths > 12", 18", 24", 36", > 48", or only a subset of those (radio buttons). The > customer may > also be given the option to manually input the > length he wishes for > (see at the bottom for two options regarding the > latter scenario). > We (the administrator) plan to add a few more > products to our > present lines and thus will need to be able to > easily add/integrate > those new products to the shopping cart. Likewise we > need to be able > to remove products if we wish to. > > Here is the description of one option for the > shopping cart. If you > have a different concept, please let us see it and > discuss it. > > The last page before the shopping cart contains the > list of our > products and for each of them there is an icon > saying "view shopping > cart". By clicking on any of these icons, the > customer should be > taken to the shopping-cart page. On the > shopping-cart page I wish to > see > 1. the quantity of the product chosen by the > customer (1 to > start with and amenable to changes by the customer > if customer wants > to order several of the same item), > 2. The product code > 3. The product description > 4. If applicable the product length choices (radio > buttons) > 5. The option to remove this item from the shopping > cart > 6. A button allowing customer to shop for more > items. Once the > customer has selected a second item by clicking on > view shopping > cart, customer sees the previous item he had > selected and the new > one. > 7. The total price for each item. > 8. A button to update the shopping cart with the new > value > 9. A button to check out > > When the customer checks out, he will be taken to a > page which asks > him to provide his geographical location (city and > State if inside > the USA, 2 separate entries) or city and country of > any place > outside the USA. According to the state within the > USA, the system > will appropriately add taxes (or not) to the total > price. Shipping > fees will also have to be calculated. > > For each transaction, we need a transaction number > to be generated > and associated with that particular transaction. > > At the end of the shopping cart, we need to provide, > to the merchant- > service provider, the transaction number, the total > amount due by > the client and all the details of the order. The > details of the > order will be used to generate emails to the client > and to us by the > merchant-service provider. > > The shopping cart should be able to handle 500 to > 1,000 transactions > in parallel. > > Our website is very simple. It is written in HTML. > And we would like > to keep the shopping cart as simple as possible. We > would favor the > use of Perl to encode the shopping cart. > > The customer's data are acquired at the interface > with the merchant- > service provider. And our shopping cart will have to > fit the > requirement of the merchant-service provider. > Ultimately we would > like to link this shopping cart to a database to > keep track of > clients and orders. > > The shopping-cart pages should bear only our domain > name and the > name of its own specific page, something like > www.domainname.com/shoppingcart1.html > > We want to be able to see the full code behind the > shopping cart and > to receive it with detailed information about it. > > > Regarding the case where the customer enters the > length he wishes > for, here are two options: > Option 1: > The customer should be informed that his order will > be first > reviewed for approval. Upon approval the customer > will receive a > confirmation number (generated randomly) and this > confirmation > number should allow the client to enter his credit > card info and > continue with the check out process within the > following three days. > > Option 2 > For custom order, the client should contact us, > receive a quote and > pay us by check. > > Can anyone tell me where I can find scripts for it > or can give me > any tips regarding my request? > > Thank you. > > Best regards > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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