For months I have been trying to implement a "multi-vendor marketplace". Without a budget, it is almost impossible. There is a free software, Sellacious, which runs off Joomla. Out of the box, it does not work. It has MAJOR security holes. However, it was the ONLY one I could find where more than one seller could sell the same product. Suppose 5 people have 1391401 keyboards. In almost every other system, you would have 5 separate listings. I wanted something more like Amazon, where the item is listed ONCE, and then each seller can set his price and a description of the condition, etc.
I am most familiar with Magento, which is what I use. There is a multi-vendor add-on available, but the base package is $399, and then you go up from there with features, like each seller being able to input his own shipping methods/rates and payment methods. Deskthority donated the space for such a market, and offered to host it, but no one has the time to update/maintain it. If it were Magento, I would do it, but I don't have $400+ to invest in the extra software (basic Magento CE is free). If someone wants to donate the funds, or write a good working module for Magento multi-vendor, I will be happy to set it up an maintain it. The advantages to Magento are many, but it has a few drawbacks too. You can do almost anything with it, but it can be a little slow. The community is very active. There are numerous tiny sites for buying and selling that are not very active anymore, and most use a PHP BB type system, which will not let you list and buy like a true ecommerce does. It also does not tell you when something is out of stock, or allow you to add it to a wishlist. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via cctalk Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 5:07 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Want/Available list On 12/20/2018 03:46 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > I too want a web forum venue for hunting, acquiring and dispersing > vintage computing gear, with a restoration/collector slant, ie not about > the money, ie I'm poor, ha ha. A mailing list is NOT an appropriate > context. It has no categories, is ephemeral, chews local storage, has > no hot-linking, and demands more real-time attention than I can spare. Is there really a dearth of satisfactory locations for people to swap / trade / buy / sell computer equipment? I've not seriously looked. But I feel like this should have been solved already. Maybe it has an the typical places are running people off or otherwise unappealing. What would people want in such a swap-n-shop? In some ways it's a basic inventory management system, with the ability for people to add their own listings. I feel like the community could likely benefit from an associated forum to discuss things without bogging down the business transactions. I would want it easy to search and find things, or possibly even register as being interested in being notified when someone lists something for sale in the future. -- Grant. . . . unix || die --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
