How to add a shopping cart

johnwoolfjohnwoolf
edited May 2005 in Internet & Media
hi to all..........

I want to add shopping cart functionality to my site how can i do that?

my site is http://www.direct2deal.com

Plz, give me suggestion, It's urgent.

Thanks

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    You have three choices really...

    1. Build your own in a language (either PHP, ASP or Coldfusion)
    2. Buy an off the shelf package you can integrate
    3. Commision one from a programmer with experience of integrating a shopping cart.

    You have several things to consider...

    Security is paramount. If someone can hijack your shopping cart, you are in big trouble.

    Card processing. You would need to register with a card processing gateway. There are plenty around but there is a cost involved.

    Certificate. You would need to get a signed certificate and SSL encryption for secure transactions.

    Platform. Again this relates to the programming language. Make sure you are on a dedicated server. Only very small shopping carts with low value items are safe to run on a shared server (Ie.. more than one site on the box). It's a security risk.

    I don't want to put you off at all but from experience, eCommerce has some caveats to getting it right AND safe :)
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2005
    Hehe I wrote a simple shoping cart for my first lab in Data Struct/Alg C++ class this semester.
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