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E-Commerce and promotions: -Small time eCommerce is where we want to go with this thing (adilas). People will pay the monthly fee just so that they can sell things. -We also need a way to track sales and promotions. I have a great start done on LTF, it would need to be modified and beefed up a bit, but a great start. Be able to pass promo codes in from outside sources. -Along with promotion codes, people want to track the source from where the codes come from and how often they are used. This could be for specific reps, specific items or products or from specific places (sites, banners, ads, magazines, etc.). Basically, they need a way to track their marketing. -We have created a fun thing in the buttons and what they can do (my cart favorites). What if we allowed a similar thing with eCommerce? -A customer sign-in could be the customer id number and the email associated for that client. The customer id would look-up the corp id. -I want to have a customer bill pay section where they can pay their bills, look at their payables and print invoices and histories. Maybe even their won statements with limited functionality. -One big challenge might be shipping and handling. They are separate but somewhat linked. We need free, set, dynamic and variable options. -I will be building a cart on one server and then passing the whole cart to another server for payment and committing to the database. -What about inventory levels and selling items that don’t exist? How do we handle back orders? -What about custom or we services? Do we want to use XML, ColdFusion web services, basic HTML, etc.? We want to make it portable, yet flexible. We will provide a cookie cutter or pre-built cart and allow for custom options. -Building custom carts could be a great side gig and money maker for me or a development company. That may be a great spot for interns and college folk. Create the tools and then open the road. -We may need some mass or bulk update tools to help with shopping cart stuff: sales, hide/show, active/inactive, my cart favorites, special reports, etc. -Make the process as easy as possible. Many of our clients will be in the under 10 items pool. We may have others who are in the 100-10,000 item pool. Think small to big… -Add photo upload options for categories, buttons and promotional banners. The more we can put at our users finger tips, the better! -Allow a customer to create and save their own quote. -What about merging customer info? We already have them on file but they get entered again. -There will need to be corp-wide settings setup and maintained just for the shopping cart: what location, what invoice type, what customer type, what taxes, what promotions, etc. -A flash shopping cart may also be a fun option. (Extra) -Emails and promotion stuff. -Quick reports and notifications. Email about new sales. Ask customers and clients what they want. |