Seeking Paid Web Programming Help: E-Commerce Storefront

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:43 am

My wife's small business is in need of a Finland-based e-commerce storefront, shopping cart, and automatic payment remittance function (an auto-sent email receipt with bank transfer instructions). I've built a good number of web sites, but have met the limits of my skills in creating such a module. I'm specifically looking for help in building the commerce module and then being able to maintain it myself.

If this is something you are interested in helping me accomplish, please contact me privately. I'll need to know approximately what you'd charge, as well as any links to similar work you've done. If that's too vague and you need more info, just let me know. Our budget is small, but we want to do it well.

Thanks!

Chris

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Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:49 am

Don't invent the wheel again. Look for oss solution and help with configuring it or buy it as a service.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:03 pm

Look at drupal or joomla

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:08 pm

Mook wrote:Look at drupal or joomla

I looked into teaching myself Drupal, but stalled. Any suggestions where to start?

Thanks --

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:01 pm

I've only used Joomla myself.

When we outsourced development of my company's website we told the company to "base it on an open source CMS system (e.g. Drupal, Joomla, mambo)". They chose drupal (which I guess is the most technical).

If I were you I would
1) Identify the CMS system with existing modules for your payment method. In Finland this would probably be the bank transfer re-direct thingy (tupas)
2) Find an example web site that's close to what you want
3) start hacking

Enjoy...

irnbru · Post by **irnbru** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:03 pm

http://www.oscommerce.com/

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:07 pm

irnbru wrote:http://www.oscommerce.com/

Woah, cool! Thanks for this resource. I'll check it out.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:27 pm

http://drupal.org/project/uc_finnish_payments

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:51 pm

Mook wrote:http://drupal.org/project/uc_finnish_payments

that looks good too, thanks! maybe i will pull this off after all...

Geezus · Post by **Geezus** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:00 pm

You can always find a freelancer on freelancer.com when you are lost in codes.

janedoe · Post by **janedoe** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:19 am

Upphew wrote:Don't invent the wheel again. Look for oss solution and help with configuring it or buy it as a service.

Numerous ready made solutions out there.

If your web store requires extra, custom features, then I say pick one of the those open source ecommerce platforms and develop on top them.
Eg of those open-source platforms include: oscommerce, magento, virtuemart (joomla), zencart, etc.

However, if you wish for ready made and simple solutions, I suggest you buy it as a service and relieve yourself of all the burdens of 'reinventing the wheel'. My recommendation is : http://www.clovershop.com/index_fi.php (Popular amongst many Finnish web stores)

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chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:23 pm

Geezus wrote:You can always find a freelancer on freelancer.com when you are lost in codes.

Thanks! I'll check it out if things don't go well.

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:24 pm

janedoe wrote:
Upphew wrote:Don't invent the wheel again. Look for oss solution and help with configuring it or buy it as a service.
Numerous ready made solutions out there.

If your web store requires extra, custom features, then I say pick one of the those open source ecommerce platforms and develop on top them.
Eg of those open-source platforms include: oscommerce, magento, virtuemart (joomla), zencart, etc.

However, if you wish for ready made and simple solutions, I suggest you buy it as a service and relieve yourself of all the burdens of 'reinventing the wheel'. My recommendation is : http://www.clovershop.com/index_fi.php (Popular amongst many Finnish web stores)

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This is really helpful, thanks a lot.

- Chris

oknesis · Post by **oknesis** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:36 am

If you would still like to have some assistance. I can help you outsource this to a established and experienced company. Please contact me at oknesis@gmail.com

chrisryan · Post by **chrisryan** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:04 pm

janedoe wrote:
Upphew wrote:Don't invent the wheel again. Look for oss solution and help with configuring it or buy it as a service.
Numerous ready made solutions out there.

If your web store requires extra, custom features, then I say pick one of the those open source ecommerce platforms and develop on top them.
Eg of those open-source platforms include: oscommerce, magento, virtuemart (joomla), zencart, etc.

However, if you wish for ready made and simple solutions, I suggest you buy it as a service and relieve yourself of all the burdens of 'reinventing the wheel'. My recommendation is : http://www.clovershop.com/index_fi.php (Popular amongst many Finnish web stores)

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Do you understand the pricing breakdown for this service? It's translating as "perpetual" or "periodic"; so she'd pay once a month for as long as she uses it, or can pay the "perpetual" fee one-time (or until the software needs to be upgraded)? Does anyone have a better interpretation?

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