E-Commerce

**holokai** · 15 March 2009, 10:57 PM

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

**cursor** · 16 March 2009, 03:20 PM

I'll be watching this thread with interest. I share the same concern about implementing e-commerce function within a xWD created website.

**dogbertbh** · 16 March 2009, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by cursor

I'll be watching this thread with interest. I share the same concern about implementing e-commerce function within a xWD created website.

Same here. Would Paypal be the best way to go? I know they have some kind of shopping cart thingamajig that may work.

**camelot217** · 16 March 2009, 10:12 PM

Would google check-out work for you? The have several integration options:

tom

**steve.ledger** · 16 March 2009, 10:20 PM

Hi Tom, you have doubled up the http:// in your link

**camelot217** · 16 March 2009, 10:33 PM

uups...thanks!

Tom

**dogbertbh** · 16 March 2009, 10:36 PM

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.

**Spinny** · 17 March 2009, 11:52 AM

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/

**dogbertbh** · 18 March 2009, 05:57 PM

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.

**Boy** · 18 March 2009, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by dogbertbh

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.

Whatever you decide, I suggest that you at least place to the two "buy" buttons next to each other. At first, I didn't even notice the Amazon button. This is also because the page a bit cluttered.