Allowing visitors to view your wares and shop as they go is a popular convenience on many of the best commercial websites today.
The technical challenges involved include :
- retaining the cart's contents as the visitor freely roams the site
- remembering cart content if the visitor has left the site, then returned before completing their purchase
- allowing for maintenance of inventory pricing, availability, and descriptive information
- securely processing the customer's payment
- completing the sale by presenting the order to the company's fulfillment department
- follow up with customers during order fulfillment when needed or desired
Face 2 Interface's has written several shopping cart sites which separate the design from the inventory through templates. See our portfolio page and follow the links to see one of our shopping carts at work.
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