Suggestions on Simple Shopping Cart

  • Hi all,

    I’m looking for a shopping cart plugin that is very simple to use and integrate into the site.

    Firstly, I do not need the paypal feature (can disable it or something or those plugins which has that feature?)

    I need something that is easy to integrate.
    – With a categories page
    – (Optional) Ability to add comments and ratings to a product
    – Option to put the product on “Out of Stock” status
    – Ability to choose the quantity to purchase for the product
    – Ability to choose the “colors” of the product
    (eg. the product is in 2 colors or more)

    – Short desciptions of each product
    – With the usual features of a shopping cart (automatically calculate total cost of products purchases etc

    – Also, is it possible for the plugin to automatically add in the cost of postage from the postage options given?

    Can anyone recommend me a wordpress plugin for the above, nothing too complicated please. I appreciate any help and comments. Thank you. ??

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  • I’ll stop now. I couldn’t help myself.

    In an attempt to once again veer this discussion back to the original topic – (as well as to avoid saying something I shouldn’t) I won’t justify your question with an answer.

    Fair enough.

    I do have on caveat on using WP for e-commerce. If you selling a single product (say an information product) WP would work fine for e-commerce. It’s just that when you get into even 5 to 10 products; managing inventory, shipping costs, order status, product options, returns, credits, accounting, etc. can get to be a royal pain unless you have a cart to help you manage your business.

    There are lots of good carts on the market, and you can attach a WP blog to any cart.(even Yahoo store).

    Once again – the TOPIC ON HAND is a request for a WORDPRESS PLUGIN SHOPPING CART.

    Not an external one to be integrated.
    Not an external one NOT to be integrated.

    But a plugin. That works INSIDE wordpress. And a FREE one at that, also stated by the original poster.

    Hijacking this thread as you and your “customers” have done is not only unprofessional, but shows that you don’t give a hoot about what the person making this request wanted, you just want to push your own, or your own type, of products.

    This is not a “blog” – it’s a support forum for WordPress.
    Please stop taking everything to another topic.

    excuse me. I already said we are not taking on clients. I’m not selling anything.

    I was expressing an opinion.

    In response to the features requested by the original poster, I believe YAK (mentioned earlier) satisfies some of the requirements, but not all off them.

    YAK associates a post with a product, so if you categorise your posts you consequently categorise your products. “Out of Stock” messages are supported, as are setting quantities, and the automatic calculation of costs. Comments are obviously supported as a natural part of WP posts, and I guess there are other plugins out there you could use for ratings.

    However, the selection of colours is not supported, nor are alternative shipping options — at the moment shipping is a particular area which needs some work.

    Not sure this is helpful to the original poster given it’s a bit late after the original message, but hopefully may be of use to anyone else with the same criteria.

    jrbriggs – thank you for your insight – i may be interested in using that one myself for a few clients in the future.

    craigchilds

    (@craigchilds)

    i had fun reading this one. i find forums have trouble staying on point.

    Yak is looking very promising. I like the fact I can use posts as products. This is going to become very versatile. One thing I’m going to need to iron out is altering contact information of buyers ; adding email and an extra text field.

    Otherwise a breeze to integrate.

    A thanks to those who contributed constructively.

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