How can I add the data to shopping cart?

In search of a decent shopping cart

• I'm looking for a shopping cart solution that can meet these requirements: -Good advanced search capabilities (eg: search book title or author or publisher or ISBN). Results MUST have good relevancy logic (see below). -Handles 1000's of products -Inexpensive ($500 or less) -Preferably Apache/PHP/MySQL based -Easy to customize but looks nice out of box (designer nice, not programmer nice!). -Supports bulk import/export of products, transactions, etc. Let me explain what won't/hasn't worked so you can get an idea the obstacles we've faced. X-cart: using it, need to get rid of it. Showed promise but product maintenance is tedious, featured products are a huge pain, and search results have terrible relevancy sorting. Custom work is cheap but cultural differences between here and Russia make you have to spell out every tiny detail that you want or it won't happen. eShox: REALLY promising but no advanced search capability, no additional product data fields allowed. Looks beautiful, really like the default designs. Support is questionable since they don't even reply to presale questions! Yahoo! Store: Many advantages, good maintenance and development. The killer is they don't support advanced searches though they do let you add as many product data fields as you like. I would like a short list of suggested carts to focus on. Personal experience is key.

• Answer:

  Hi brian3636, Thank you for your note, I'm glad to hear you like the looks of Chrislands. We'll leave that as a "first choice" (I've heard nothing but good reviews from Chrislands booksellers) and add a few more for you to consider. 1) CHRISLANDS Advanced Search: Yes Handles 1000s of products: Yes $199.99 set up fee / $9.99 to $29.99 per month SQL database. Easy to customize: Yes Bulk uploads: Yes http://www.chrislands.com/ Examples of a dozen active online Chrislands stores: http://www.chrislands.com/shops/builtstores.php note: they will send a feed to Froogle at no extra cost. 2) TOMFOLIO What other features does TomFolio.com offer? Credit Card Service: "We provide a credit card system that allows you to accept major credit card payments, even if you do not carry a credit card merchant account of your own..." but you can use your own merchant account if you prefer. Dealer Page: You will be given a dealer page once you have entered your information on the site..." http://www.tomfolio.com/JoinTomFolio.asp Examples of some TomFolio websites: ://www.google.ca/search?num=100&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=+%22This+web+page+provided+by+www.TomFolio.com.%22&btnG=Search&meta= note: also sends to Froogle. 3) BOOKSITE "BookSite provides a complete online bookstore solution that can be tailored to your needs. The BookSite Original module can be used as a stand alone bookstore, or incorporated into your existing site. You can use the 16 powerful features included in BookSite Original as an informational and marketing tool with simple order forwarding for as little as $150/mo." 3 million book database w/cover graphics and descriptions ($350 set-up fee; $150/mo. operating fee) Easy to Edit Web Page Templates Shopping Cart with E-mail Order Notification http://www.booksite.com/more_booksite.html 4) BIBLIOPOLIS "Bibliopolis, maker of BookHound? inventory management tools, has joined with booksellersolutions.com to offer custom database development and complete e-commerce and web hosting services for independent booksellers. Our mission is to help independent booksellers establish, maintain and grow their internet presence with easy-to-use products and services that can evolve when the market demands it. Please send us an email if you are interested in obtaining more information about our products and services. You can also contact us by telephone at the numbers below." http://philo.bibliopolis.com/cgi-bin/biblio/ 5) UKBOOKWORLD This is what the UKBookWorld website service gives you # Your own internet shop with either its own unique web address or a domain name of your choice. # A built-in shopping basket with orders going direct to you. # For booksellers who accept credit cards, a built-in secure server to handle your customers' card details (we don't process the cards on your behalf; we store the details on our SSL encrypted website for you to process in your normal manner) # No practical limit to the number of books your bookshop can hold and display - anywhere from 5 to 50,000 titles. See table of prices further down in the page. http://www.clique.co.uk/ukbookworld.htm Additional Link of Interest: A good forum to browse: Global Book Town Independent Booksellers http://p201.ezboard.com/bglobalbooktownindependentbooksellers BookSense (if you have a physical bookstore): http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/4695.html I'm glad I was able to help. If you have any questions, please post a clarification request before closing/rating my answer and I'll be happy to reply. Thank you, hummer Search Strategy: We searched our own bookmarks and also followed links found at various bookseller websites.