Prospective customer questions

[kjs50]

Hello,

I have a few questions for Miva users before I
purchase anything?

1) Is it possible to use static html pages as the
front end. I've achieved top ranking in google for my
main keywords and I don't want to change my static
html pages. Can I simply pass the product information
via a "Add to Cart" button into the Miva Shopping
Cart?

I currently am using a remotely hosted shopping cart.

2) If I can do this, is there anyway to configure Miva
so it will create a return link to the original
product as well in the cart?

3) How much can I customize the checkout? What if I
don't want to require customers to create a login and
password, is this doable?

Thanks!

 

[foxdev]

1) to some extent, yes. The tricky part is a SessionID; I don't know how you'd use an all-static HTML front-end and allow multiple products to be added to the basket. You might consider Miva Order rather than Merchant.

3) user login is not required by default.
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[kjs50]

Thanks for the reply.

I just looked at Miva Order, and it seems to match what I need, but it just doesn't look very customizable

I still can't find the perfect solution. I've looked at Mal's E-Commerce, and at trying to download and host my own cart that I can interface with my html pages.

But I would like to customize the checkout to be very user friendly and possibly cross sells as well.

KS

 

[foxdev]

Have you considered osCommerce?

http://www.oscommerce.org/

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[kjs50]

Foxdev,

Yes, I've looked through that as well. The downside of that is that it requires the customer to create a login and password during checkout. I believe this can scare off some customers and I don't want that as a required option. I posted a message on the OSCommerce board and they said it is required.

Thanks.

 

[foxdev]

Another one I've run across that looks promising (and cheap) is CandyPress.

If your intention is to do all of the front-end yourself, I would think Miva Merchant is overkill. --------------

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