Open Source Ecommerce in PHP

OpenSource Ecommerce What are the Recent Trends? Saidur Rahman bijon Email :bijon_php@yahoo.com Blog: http://saidur.wordpress.com Sr. Software Eng.

Agenda : OpenSource Ecommerce

Features in Ecommerce

Popular Open source Ecommerce

Look at a recent kick ass application

What are the Ecommerce Features?

Is Ecommerce differ from real life shopping?

Let’s see the Real life Shopping Products display for customers Choosing different products Price with products

Real life Shopping (continue..) Choose products and add to basket Checkout Baskets & payment Payment Process

Online Shopping like a Real life shopping products display for customers Choosing products & add to basket show basket items Shopping Basket System

Online Shopping (continue..) show basket items Shopping Basket System

Online Shopping (continue..) payment Options Billing and Shipping Information CheckOut &Payment system payment by 3 rd party tools

Online Shopping (continue..) How paypal work

Features OF Ecommerce

Site Management

Product management

Variety of payment and shipping modules

Order Management

User Management

Report system

Customize the Template Look and Feel

Features OF Ecommerce (Continue..)

Unlimited category hierarchy

Entry product description

Multiple images per product

Multiple price plans

product review system

Product Management Features

SSL security support for orders

Shipping to multiple addresses in one order

Shopping basket

Shopping Cart with tax and shipping estimates

Multiple payment gateway options

Shipping & Payment Features

Coupon System

Newsletter System

Product Promotion and marketing features

What are the options to build ecommerce?

IN-House

Open Source

Outsourced

Licensed Solution

Popular Open Source Solution Google Trends Open Source ecommerce

Basic Features OsCommerce ZenCart Virtumart Magento License GPL V2 GPL V2 GPL V2 GPL V2 First Release 2003 2005 2005 2007 Depend-encey - - joomla - Parent - osCommerce phpShop -

Features of osCommerce Technical Features Code Base PHP4 PHP5 Compatibility Partial Framework Used - Database MySql

OsCommerce Features Unlimited categories Unlimited product options Administration Panel Multi-lingual Coupon System Tax Rate Management Permission System Multiple Currencies Shipping Modules 1 image per product

Oscommerce - Advantages

Has the most available number of contributions and modifications .

Recent security update brings it up to date with MySQL 5 and PHP 5

OsCommerce-Disadvantages

Difficulty to add advanced features

such as group discount, configurable products, custom payment module

No graphic template system meaning it is harder to modify the design

Unable to add multiple product image

Features of ZenCart Technical Features Code Base PHP4 PHP5 Compatibility Yes Framework Used - Database MySql

ZenCart Features Unlimited categories Unlimited product options Fully Customizable Template system Multi-lingual Customer Group Customer Reporting Tools Permission System Multiple Currencies Shipping Modules Multiple image per product

ZenCart - Advantages

Overcome the short come of Oscommerce

Many contributions from Oscommerce already installed.

Nicer looking default designs pre-installed

ZenCart - Disadvantages

not possible to use Oscommerce contributions, they must be converted to Zen Cart.

Admin interface usability

Features of Virtumart Technical Features Code Base PHP4 PHP5 Compatibility Partial Framework Used Joomla CMS framework Database MySql

Virtumart Features Unlimited categories Unlimited product options Easy Template Integration Multi-lingual SSL Customer Reporting Tools Tax Calculation Multiple Currencies Shipping Modules Multiple image per product

Virtuamart - Advantages

Easy to install .

Combine well with best cms joomla

Has the basic shopping cart features

Easy template switching

Use Joomla Component

Virtuamart-Disadvantages

Lacks a lot of high-end shopping cart features.

Not as many add-on modules available

Features of Magento Technical Features Code Base PHP5 PHP5 Compatibility YES Framework Used Zend framework Database MySql

Magento - Advantages

Out of the box it has the most features such as Google Checkout, Order editing

Has the cleanest coding of all of the shopping carts reviewed.

Has an excellent templating system making it easy to upgrade

Magento - Disvantages

Modifying the cart can sometimes take longer

the coding style has a steeper learning curve

Highly configurable system requirements

Significant cost to host the platform and get decent performance

The ‘Right’ Solution

First-No perfect Solution. Realize this early on.

Look for a product build or

Product that fulfill your objectives

A provider you trust

The Recent Kick ass ecommerce www.magentocommerce.com

Reviews on Magento

"Magento is going to win the eCommerce software war, hands down. I've never seen another ecommerce platform so well architected and well designed as Magento." Jack Aboutboul,

Features of Magento Site Management Multiple Websites And Stores Administration Panel Multi-lingual One-click Upgrades Customer Groups 100% Customizable Tax Rate Management Roles And Users Permission System Multiple Currencies Localization

What maeks magento differ from others? What are the main things to choose a better apartment ?

Magento Architecture -Background