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Stephanie S asked:


I am preparing to bid on the design and coding of an ecommerce site using Paypal and PHP (the easiest way to do it, I believe). The site is a lingerie site, and will have roughly around 1200 different items to choose from, some with different color choices, most with different size choices and prices. Even if I create a database and do the PHP to reduce what would be an enormous amount of html, this is still going to be a lot of data-entering and work. I have a feeling that most lingerie sites do not carry this much stuff, so I’m worried that the owners are trying to get me to cheap the price while they unload this monster catalog on me. This is the biggest site I have ever tackled, so I would greatly appreciate any advice from seasoned ‘pros’ out there. I have a degree in web development but am still green on freelancing. I am US based in the Mid-West (Michigan.)

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bigherbs asked:


There are a lot of choices out there and I don’t know what to use. In a effort to run things a little leaner cost wise I would prefer to use something outside of the big boxproviders of these services?Do I even need to use them in the first place can someone else manage that for me?I know I have to pay and i would pay for good service its just all confusing to me.

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kio2buy asked:


Just to clear things up a bit, I have my own website where I sell woman’s clothing and gift items.

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Russell Z asked:


I am looking for automated website testing software. It is to test a shopping cart checkout system, among other things. The cost of the software is not important.

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mbeck5886 asked:


I have customized a downloadable web template for OsCommerce which I purchased from templatemonster.com. How do I upload this new homepage onto the site. Also, how do I upload product images. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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Winnebago asked:


I would like to pay about $20 a month with no set up fee. I have less than 10 products anyway. i want it all in one package along with product options per item. Thanks!

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karl asked:


I would like to build a site that sells my products but also has a full user community.

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Jorm asked:


What is a better alternative to use? Also, what are the pros and cons of both? Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

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Ddp asked:


%@ Page debug=true Language=VB ContentType=text/html ResponseEncoding=iso-8859-1 %
html
head
titleShopping Cart/title
script runat=server
Dim objDT As System.Data.DataTable
Dim objDR As System.Data.DataRow

Private Sub Page_Load(s As Object, e As EventArgs)
If Not IsPostBack Then
makeCart()
End If
End Sub

Function makeCart()
objDT = New System.Data.DataTable(Cart)
objDT.Columns.Add(ID, GetType(Integer))
objDT.Columns(ID).AutoIncrement = True
objDT.Columns(ID).AutoIncrementSeed = 1

objDT.Columns.Add(Quantity, GetType(Integer))
objDT.Columns.Add(Product, GetType(String))
objDT.Columns.Add(Cost, GetType(Decimal))

Session(Cart) = objDT
End Function

Sub AddToCart(s As Object, e As EventArgs)
objDT = Session(Cart)
Dim Product = ddlProducts.SelectedItem.Text
Dim blnMatch As Boolean = False

For Each objDR In objDT.Rows
If objDR(Product) = Product Then
objDR(Quantity) += txtQuantity.Text
blnMatch = True
Exit For
End If
Next

If Not blnMatch Then
objDR = objDT.NewRow
objDR(Quantity) = txtQuantity.Text
objDR(Product) = ddlProducts.SelectedItem.Text
objDR(Cost) = Decimal.Parse(ddlProducts.SelectedItem.Value)
objDT.Rows.Add(objDR)
End If
Session(Cart) = objDT

dg.DataSource = objDT
dg.DataBind()

lblTotal.Text = $ GetItemTotal()
End Sub

Function GetItemTotal() As Decimal
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim decRunningTotal As Decimal

For intCounter = 0 To objDT.Rows.Count – 1
objDR = objDT.Rows(intCounter)
decRunningTotal += (objDR(Cost) * objDR(Quantity))
Next

Return decRunningTotal
End Function

Sub Delete_Item(s As Object, e As DataGridCommandEventArgs)
objDT = Session(Cart)
objDT.Rows(e.Item.ItemIndex).Delete()
Session(Cart) = objDT

dg.DataSource = objDT
dg.DataBind()

lblTotal.Text = $ GetItemTotal()
End Sub
/script

/head
body
form runat=server
Product:br
asp:DropDownList id=ddlProducts runat=server
asp:ListItem Value=4.99Socks/asp:ListItem
asp:ListItem Value=34.99Pants/asp:ListItem
asp:ListItem Value=14.99Shirt/asp:ListItem
asp:ListItem Value=12.99Hat/asp:ListItem
/asp:DropDownListbr
Quantity:br
asp:textbox id=txtQuantity runat=server /brbr
asp:Button id=btnAdd runat=server Text=Add To Cart onClick=AddToCart /brbr
asp:DataGrid id=dg runat=server ondeletecommand=Delete_Item
columns
asp:buttoncolumn buttontype=LinkButton commandname=Delete text=Remove Item /
/columns
/asp:DataGrid
brbr
Total:
asp:Label id=lblTotal runat=server /
/form
/body
/html

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shallybabi3 asked:


do you have to package the items your self?
i know you can do dropshipping. but its such a risk to take for your business…one of the biggest decisions you’d have to make for your business.
excuse me guys…i ment how*…lol

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