Integrate E-commerce Platforms with RS - Sell Services & Products in Sync - BOOM!!
This idea is an excerpt from the ever popular "Add ability to sell Serial Number Products in RepairShopr! Antivirus, Backup Software, etc".
This is a new thread so the previous idea can be marked as complete (awesome!).
Here are the goals:
Sync Inventory with a shopping cart platform.
a. Allows to sell services, client purchases, and all inventory that is in RS on an shopping cart platform
b. Ability to turn configure visibility of a RS product on the ecommerce site like a checkbox stating “Show on E-commerce Site” or “Don’t show on E-Commerce Site”Sync past purchases/invoices between both platforms
a. See all invoices through either the client portal in RS or the “My Account” page on the E-Commerce PlatformUtilize Marketr between both platforms to…
a. Remind clients about upcoming maintenance services
b. Remind clients to renew their AV subscription easily though a website
c. Remind clients to renew any subscription based products (Either clients do this themselves or they ask for assistance from us) – Product Subscription examples would be data backup, AV, VIP programs, Web Site Hosting, and MSP programs.
Here are some of the ideas on E-Commerce Platforms (Hosted and Self-Hosted Solutions). They must support the REST API system for RS to integrate well (maybe some input from the RS development team on these requirements?)
Best Self Hosted Options I’ve Found (PHP/MYSQL based): Magento, Prestashop, WooCommerce, Volution , and X-Cart.
Easiest to Setup and Theme, in order, from my experience (I’ve never setup Volution but I hear it’s a popular platform)
1. Prestashop
2. WooCommerce
3. X-Cart
4. Magento
Considerations: Addons/Extensions/Themes/Developer Costs
Approximate Startup Costs ($0 to $1000): PrestaShop, WooCommerce, X-Cart
Approximate Startup Costs ($1000 to $5,000): Magento
Cloud Hosted Options ($30 to $500+ per month): Shopify
What would you like to see?
I’m going to mark this complete with the caveat that we haven’t completed the subscription portions, or delivering of serial numbers – but we’ll keep working toward it!
This is live for beta testers, live for everyone in a week or two.
Please note that WooCommerce is the only E-Commerce platform we’re supporting at the moment.
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Ryan (CTO, Pinellas Computers) commented
I like the "BOOM" part...