Building your own using the technologies you already use makes a lot of
sense, as what you're after wouldn't be very hard to do. Getting locked into
a proprietary solution at this stage could cause problems later, especially
if/when you need to interface with a payment processing service.
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King's College, University of London
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: List for the UK HE community to discuss all aspects of
> managing an
> institut [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Cox, Will
> Sent: 06 November 2001 11:00
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> Subject: E-commerce software
>
>
> We are looking to launch a 'store' here at SHU in the new
> year to sell logo merchandise, research reports, books from
> our publishing arm
> etc. I have looked at a few products and played around with a
> few demos but would be interested to know if any of you have
> any systems up
> and running or have any recommendations.
>
> We are only looking for a system that holds the product
> information, has a shopping cart and processes the order. No
> backend stock control
> or order processing is needed, this will all be done
> manually, as will charging credit cards, to fit in with
> existing financial/business
> processes (please don't ask!) - basically the system has to
> take the order and get it to the university, after that it's
> back to paper!
>
> Will
>
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> Will DG Cox - New Media Marketing Manager
> Marketing and Development, Sheffield Hallam University
> Tel 0114 225 3893 Fax 0114 225 2094 E-mail [log in to unmask]
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