eCommerce Plugin

[DPC]

Hi -

I just applied the Church template to my WP bLog and now I'm looking to extend it even more with a shopping cart. Any suggestions/recommendations on an eCommerce plugin(s) that will play nicely with the this template and WP v2.7?

[Jeff Milone]

wp ecommerce is a very good one: http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/

[DPC]

Thanks! I gave that one a try but it has conflicts with Featured Content Gallery and based on Yelen's comments
here it does not look like a good match:

wp-eccomerce uses jquery framework, fcg uses motools framework, they are not compatible

[deauxmain]

e-Junkie is a pretty good one.

You can see how I implemented it on the Streamline theme http://www.upspowershop.com/xtreme-power-ups/xprt-ups/.

That's what they used here when you purchased your template.

Bruce

[DPC]

Thanks Bruce!

I checked it out, but personally I'm not keen on the pop-up cart/checkout style as it reminds me too much of PayPal (which I'm trying to avoid).. I'm looking for something that's seamless/transparent to the user.

[violet]

Oh no. Not WP e-commerce again. Yuck! :)

I'm flashing back to my unpleasant experience with it:
http://www.revolutiontheme.com/support/ ... f=7&t=7734

And it hasn't gotten any better apparently:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/242067?replies=2

I just don't think it's a good choice.

I've tried eShop lately for an application where I don't need a big, super-duper featured cart and I think it might be a good solution for the site I'm working on.

I ended up using CubeCart for another site because it's really full-featured and lots of templates available. You can customize it to look like your site if you want. For me, that wasn't important or desired.

[Jeff Milone]

eShop looks like a nice option.

[dreamwhisper]

I've just started using Shopp. It seems to be behaving better than Instinct's at this point. http://shopplugin.net/

[violet]

Shopp looks interesting dreamwhisper. Let us know how it works out.

[Jeff Milone]

Indeed. Please do.

[integritycoins]

I listened to a Podcast with the owner and creator of Shopp. It seems pretty nice and flexible.

The Podcast is WordPress Weekly, Episode 37. Free Podcast on ITunes.

Jeff

[newslancers]

I'm wondering if there is a plugin/widget that can detect which page it is connected to, then send the user to certain sites? What I had in mind was creating a product page with a "buy" widget in the sidebar. If the user clicks "buy," the widget knows to send/him her to affiliate for productA rather than productB.

[violet]

newslancers...are you talking about linking to an outside site via affiliate link? Not sure exactly what you're wanting to do.

[newslancers]

Yes. Users would view a general information page on my site, then click on a "buy" button that would take then to an affiliate, such as e-junkie. I want to avoid creating a "buy" button for every information page, instead employing a smart sidebar widget that could detect which page is connected to the button. So, if I have a "widgets" information page, the user would be sent to my "widgets" affiliate, rather than my "plumbing" affiliate.

[timlockie2000]

I think this can be done on the WP-eCommerce plugin... check at the bottom of the product page, there's an "offsite" link option. Don't know if this does exactly what you're hoping, but it might.

[jerry4u2innola]

Originally Posted by Jeff Milone

wp ecommerce is a very good one: http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/

One of the better ones around...

[dreamwhisper]

Just an update on the Shop Plugin. Thus far, I've had much more success with integrating the plugin than I did with Instinct's. Also, it seems more intuitive than Instinct's. While, Instinct's plugin has a few more features than Shop, the support is much much better for Shop. (Let me just say that I even went as far as to request paid support for Instinct's plugin for specific tax issues and never got a response - twice. I personally think it is buggy.)

The only issue I've had so far is related to needing specific, yet unavailable shipping options. Don't get me wrong, Shop has good shipping options - it is just the site I'm currently working on has specific shipping needs that neither Shop nor WP-ecommerce fulfill.

I'll post a link when I have the site running on it's permanent url.

[katemag]

This plugin, WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/word...art-plugin-768lets you add the ‘Add to Cart’ button anywhere on any post or page. It's a very easy to use plugin

[Jeff Milone]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing it.