multiple stores

Hi all,

Just doing a website for a friend of mine. She has a small business but lots 
(hundreds) of products in different categories. I want to keep the store 
pages to a sensible size so I though I would have quite a few links for the 
different catergories on the home page which will open a different store. 
All stores would have the same settings. I will be using Mals-e and paypal. 
Is this a sensible solution. i.e. if someone is buying items from different 
store pages would they all link to one 'open' trolley in Mals-e so that at 
checkout time there is just one transaction?

All advice and other suggestions welcome!

<She has a small business but lots (hundreds) of products in different
categories.>

Look at Cubecart.

--Nancy



"Dj" <22006@davidwiles.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Just doing a website for a friend of mine. She has a small business but
lots
> (hundreds) of products in different categories. I want to keep the store
> pages to a sensible size so I though I would have quite a few links for
the
> different catergories on the home page which will open a different store.
> All stores would have the same settings. I will be using Mals-e and
paypal.
> Is this a sensible solution. i.e. if someone is buying items from
different
> store pages would they all link to one 'open' trolley in Mals-e so that at
> checkout time there is just one transaction?
>
> All advice and other suggestions welcome!
>
>
>
>

Thanks Nancy but not being into PHP, MySQL, etc it could be a bit beyond 
either me or, more importantly, my friend who will be managing controlling 
the site once it is up and running. It also doen't require a database type 
of store.

Can this be sucessfully done just in NOF?



"Nancy O" <nancyoshea1@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message 
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> <She has a small business but lots (hundreds) of products in different
> categories.>
>
> Look at Cubecart.
>
> --Nancy
>
>
>
> "Dj" <22006@davidwiles.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:A921.1179400523.353@gfwebforum.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just doing a website for a friend of mine. She has a small business
but
> lots
>> (hundreds) of products in different categories. I want to keep the
store
>> pages to a sensible size so I though I would have quite a few links
for
> the
>> different catergories on the home page which will open a different
store.
>> All stores would have the same settings. I will be using Mals-e and
> paypal.
>> Is this a sensible solution. i.e. if someone is buying items from
> different
>> store pages would they all link to one 'open' trolley in Mals-e so that

>> at
>> checkout time there is just one transaction?
>>
>> All advice and other suggestions welcome!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> 

Never tried it but if you add something to the MAls cart and then exit from
the site, it clears the cart out. If you add to the cart and then go to a
different page  (no shopping) and then return to the shopping page it
remembers the value of the cart when you add an extra item, from that I
would suspect it should work. Guess you've just got to try
--
Ian
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"Dj" <22006@davidwiles.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks Nancy but not being into PHP, MySQL, etc it could be a bit beyond
> either me or, more importantly, my friend who will be managing controlling
> the site once it is up and running. It also doen't require a database type
> of store.
>
> Can this be sucessfully done just in NOF?
>
>
>
> "Nancy O" <nancyoshea1@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
> news:f2hvbq$f915@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> > <She has a small business but lots (hundreds) of products in
different
> > categories.>
> >
> > Look at Cubecart.
> >
> > --Nancy
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dj" <22006@davidwiles.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:A921.1179400523.353@gfwebforum.com...
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Just doing a website for a friend of mine. She has a small
business but
> > lots
> >> (hundreds) of products in different categories. I want to keep
the
store
> >> pages to a sensible size so I though I would have quite a few
links for
> > the
> >> different catergories on the home page which will open a
different
store.
> >> All stores would have the same settings. I will be using Mals-e
and
> > paypal.
> >> Is this a sensible solution. i.e. if someone is buying items from
> > different
> >> store pages would they all link to one 'open' trolley in Mals-e so
that
> >> at
> >> checkout time there is just one transaction?
> >>
> >> All advice and other suggestions welcome!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

Well Nancy, I don't know why I didn't just take your advice. Instead I 
pondered and sifted through loads of different options and then came back 
to.... Cubecart!

I had the guys at Cubecart install it on the server for me (a mere $29 or 
£15!) and after a few very small niggles it was operational. It's been easy 
to set up and the guys at Cubcart have responded to e-mailed help requests 
almost immediately.

Thanks Nancy and I'd also recommend this package to anyone looking for a 
mutl-category store solution.








"Nancy O" <nancyoshea1@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message 
news:f2hvbq$f915@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> <She has a small business but lots (hundreds) of products in different
> categories.>
>
> Look at Cubecart.
>
> --Nancy
>
>
>
> "Dj" <22006@davidwiles.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:A921.1179400523.353@gfwebforum.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just doing a website for a friend of mine. She has a small business
but
> lots
>> (hundreds) of products in different categories. I want to keep the
store
>> pages to a sensible size so I though I would have quite a few links
for
> the
>> different catergories on the home page which will open a different
store.
>> All stores would have the same settings. I will be using Mals-e and
> paypal.
>> Is this a sensible solution. i.e. if someone is buying items from
> different
>> store pages would they all link to one 'open' trolley in Mals-e so that

>> at
>> checkout time there is just one transaction?
>>
>> All advice and other suggestions welcome!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>