[UPHPU] I need shopping cart advice

[David Boucha]

> The assumption here is that any jar can be used with any wax, with or
> without wick, and with any fragrance. As long as that is the case, then
> what you are proposing would likely work. Figuring out how to price those
> items might be harder. One thing to be careful with if it does "packages"
> of items is that it really does bundle them together in the cart. If it
> doesn't bundle them properly, then someone who orders two jars, two waxes,
> and two fragrances would most likely get their order mixed up with the
> wrong jars with the wrong waxes and fragrances.
>
> Another way that you might be able to put this together is similar to the
> way you'd sell something like T-Shirts. Each shirt design may be a
> separate product, like a jar might. Then the size of the shirt is probably
> an option similar to what wax and wick/no wick you prefer. The color of
> the shirt may be a choice similar to the fragrance. Depending on what cart
> you get, you may or may not be able to change the price of the product
> depending on those options.
>
> A custom cart may not be as hard as you think, and may not be a bad idea
> since you've pretty much got custom products. That way you'd also be able
> to make a step-by-step Candle Configurator (tm) that walks them through
> the ordering process, explaining the wax and wick/no wick options perhaps.
> Then it would only drop fully configured candles in the cart, and they
> could manage things like quantity from there.
>
> It sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it, and if you happen to find
> a good cart system that works out really well, let us know what it is.
> Most I've found are so hard to customize that it takes longer to make them
> look the way you want and do what you want than it would have to build
> your own. So we generally end up building our own... :)
>
> Thanks,
> Mac

Mac,

Do you keep some code around that you share between shopping cart
projects? Or do you code them up from scratch every time?

Dave