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An associate of mine wants me to add simple e-commerce functionality into their website. I have researched the possible solutions to this project for some time now and everything I have seen, including Magnento/osCommerce/BigCommerce/zendcart/etc., all seem to be storefronts and templates you have to style to look like your website.
I do not wish to use the storefronts or templates which may or may not become difficult to style using CSS. I’m looking for some open source PHP solutions I can add into already existing website pages for instance My Bag, Add to Cart, etc;
I don’t necessarily need fancier functions such as coupon redeeming and tax calculators especially if I can extend a current platform on my own.
Is there any shopping cart solution I can use which will not force me into an entirely new template I’d have to further style?
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E-commerce is a lot more complicated than you think. Even something as simple as a persistent shopping cart that allows your user to add a bunch of items takes a fairly significant amount of code. Then there is the whole checkout process and order tracking/fulfilment thing as well. Any true shopping cart is going to include shipping options, payment options, a cart of some sort, a check out process, order generation, etc. If you just want to sell a couple products then just use Paypal or Google Checkout.
Just code one, its far simple than find out one, configuring it to suit your taste
Jcart can do it, and it seems really basic :
http://conceptlogic.com/jcart/install.php
A little late but you could integrate Moltin with your frontend via the API. However it’s a SaaS platform and it will require a little work to integrate. Should give you flexibility by allowing you to choose which components you use without the templates.