If I want to sell a variety of items (couple dozen max) how can I integrate some kind of shopping cart, etc for simple ecommerce?
Holokai
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If I want to sell a variety of items (couple dozen max) how can I integrate some kind of shopping cart, etc for simple ecommerce?
Holokai
I'll be watching this thread with interest. I share the same concern about implementing e-commerce function within a xWD created website.
Would google check-out work for you? The have several integration options:
tom
Hi Tom, you have doubled up the http:// in your link
uups...thanks!
Tom
I actually thought about Google Checkout because I have it and have used it successfully. But my customer knows PayPal and trusts them. For good or bad.
This software add-in has some limitations (inventory control and handling multi-state tax, to name a couple), but it might be worth checking out. I think they're working on a new version to come out soon that implements tax handling better.
http://www.coffeecup.com/shopping-cart/
I actually decided to add a BUY IT NOW button from PayPal.
It went in with a placeholder and it was VERY easy.
www.tommcgonaglerightoncue.com
I was thinking of removing the "Buy it now" and "Amazon" buttons and having a large BUY THE BOOK icon. When they clicked there it would have the 2 choices across the entire table and maybe an excerpt from the book.
Any thoughts on this? Or should I leave it as it is.
What did you have to do to get the paypal site to come up?
I have a paypal account but didn't know about anything like that.
Also, what are some of the fees associated? Perhaps a link to the Paypal site where this can be setup would be of good value.
Looks like your on track for getting some online sales potential.
Good luck!
here's a really great forum that has a Wealth of Info on ecommerce & online auctions, also offers E-stores & hosting
..you will definetely find many answers here
there's also a Paypal Button factory..for the coding
http://www.powersellersunite.com/log...ite_120x60.png
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I just went to the paypal site, logged in and clicked the "Add a Buy it Now button" link.
It created the code for me and I added it to a placeholder on each page.
The customer had already set up the account and I'm not sure of the fees but I assume they're pretty standard, based on the amount of the sale - like eBay.
I signed up to do the donation button, that worked fine. Then I added a put in cart button, copied the code to the web properties of the placeholder and nothing shows up when I do a preview...
Does anyone have any ideas?
Here's the file although it has a LONG ways to go and I'm just fumbling through this.
Here's a screen capture of the Paypal button and the HTML code that Paypal
<form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="4075739">
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Fingerprint Beads">Fingerprint Beads</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
<option value="First Bead">First Bead $349.00
<option value="Additional Duplicates Each">Additional Duplicates Each $249.00
</select> </td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on1" value="Name you would like on the bead(s)">Name you would like on the bead(s)</td></tr><tr><td><input type="text" name="os1" maxlength="60">
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_SM.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
That's the "official" paypal code
Does anyone have a XWD website online yet that utilizes a shopping cart?
It's far beyond the possibilites of XWD.
But XWD doesn't offer a Shopping Cart or something like that.
Placeholders allows you to include HTML, JavaScript and scripting languages like PHP, JSP or ASP. And if you're able to develop web solutions, you could code it by yourself or use a Open Source solution or a commercial solution. But we have learned in the last weeks, that such Web developers needs some more tools within XWD and that they are not the target group of XWD.
Remi
It didn't say "Design a website solely in XWD that utilizes a shopping cart"
I thought that included any site designed using XWD that utilizes a shopping cart
XWD also doesn't have the capability to create videos, but you can embed a video into a XWD site.
My mistake.