Comments on: WordPress e-commerce / Shopping Cart Solutions

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:14:25 +0000

Hi Shannon,

I was testing an earlier version of Market theme. I do need to update this post to go over the new features.

Angela

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:11:43 +0000

Hi Nancy,

There is an option in the Shopp settings in WordPress that will copy the template files to your theme folder. You can then look at the Shopp documentation online to see what the different template files and how to modify them. I really do love the Shopp plugin because of their nicely designed template files and how easy it has been to customize some things.

Angela

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:00:04 +0000

I purchased Shopp for our travel website and I am having trouble trying to customize it. I am trying to use Firebug to see where I need to change code and then cannot find the code to change in the php files. When I have asked for support and specific questions I have not gotten any replies.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:33:50 +0000

Thanks for the informative post, Angela. I’m curious if you were testing Market 4.0 or an earlier version.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:54:24 +0000

Here’s a list of top 5 e-commerce plugins for WordPress: http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/top-5-excellent-e-commerce-plugins-for-wordpress/. PHPurchase is listed there as well. I look forward to checking that out!

By: Pictrix

Pictrix — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:51:55 +0000

I checked your suggestions and they were all great. In the end I chose the PHPurchase plugin. After I’ve had a chance to use it for a while I’ll be able to comment on it some more. Thanks for your insight.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:43:00 +0000

@Pictrix, a couple things to consider:

1 – Be sure your web host supports WordPress. There can be problems with some plugins not working properly when you’re using a hosting service that does not have their PHP set up correctly for WordPress. Blue Host, Host Monster, GoDaddy, Dreamhost, etc. are all okay.

2 – You may have to contact your web host to have them increase the MB size you can upload via WordPress. Usually, this is limited to 5 – 8 MB, so you can have them set it higher. However, it is always faster to upload via FTP if the file sizes are large and then reference the URL in the Shopp plugin downloadable file path.

3 – When using the Shopp plugin, be sure to check their list of incompatible plugins. They have a plugin you can install to make sure everything is okay on your server for running Shopp.

4 – Depending on how many ebooks you are selling, I believe you could alternately use Paypal itself for the downloadable files and set up the buy now buttons at Paypal and embed the code on the page.

I’ll let you know if I come across anything else! I don’t know about PDF stampers, but I know the person to ask.

By: Pictrix

Pictrix — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:45:50 +0000

Thanks for your quick answer. You are right! I haven’t tried the Shopp plugin –I got it confused with eShop. I’ll definitely check your suggestions.

I still not sure how big my downloads will be. This online store will sell ebooks, but I don’t have PDFs available yet. I will need a PDF stamper too, and I wonder if you or anyone have any suggestions.

I’ll make sure to report my findings.

Thanks a lot!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:02:39 +0000

Have you tried the Shopp plugin? Is that what you are talking about above? http://shopplugin.net/ I’ve found that to be the best. If you’re having trouble with the digital downloads, you should definitely post something in their support forums. Another product I’ve recently come across is http://www.ecwid.com/ and http://www.phpurchase.com/. How large are your downloads?

Magento might be too big a thing to bite off. It would definitely require more server memory than what you’re likely to find on a regular shared hosting plan.

By: Pictrix

Pictrix — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:53:04 +0000

I want to add a small shop to my WP site to sell both digital downloads and physical goods. I’ve found that WP E-commerce lacks flexibility to handle downloads correctly and its faulty support. I could not make eShopp work with the downloads either. Do you think I should just take the plunge and integrate WP with Magento?

Do you know of any other free option that will handle digital downloads and physical goods?

I’ll greatly appreciate your insight!