shopping cart??

[jme]

Okay, I am starting to put together an online site which I need a shopping cart for. I have searched the web and sf.net but cannot find anything that comes close to what I need.

There are some great options through third party sites like www.mals-e.com and paypal.com but I want it all to be inhouse so that I can manipulate the customers details on m y server.

Does anyone know of kinds of software that I can install on my server (Debian, Apache, PHP, MySQL) that will enable me to o do this. It's really a case of not knowing what I am looking for.

Cheers guys,

Jamie

[mdwatts]

The only 'shopping carts' are the ones I see posted at freshmeat.net from time to time. Have you had a look/search there?

[Dark Ninja]

Well, I'd like to preface this with me saying that all I know about setting up your own online store comes from a relative of mine who does exactly that. However, this knowledge is limited.

Anyway, it is very cool that you want to run a completely in-house system. However, one downside to doing this is you become completely responsible for everything -- this includes security issues involved with the shopping cart service.

For example, say that Shopper 1 is buying some stuff and Criminal 1 somehow manages to override their order and add his own purchase to their shopping cart (okay, maybe not a good example, but just what I came up with off the top of my head) -- well, all of a sudden, you have an angry customer demanding their money back. And, it's up to you to provide.

If you use an already established company, they have policies and procedures in place to help you with this. Also, it may not be as expensive as you may think if you think about maintenance/support/etc that you must provide if you are using your own in-house shopping cart program.


Again, I could be completely off-track, but, it's something to think about.