Nice!
Do you plan on adding modules? Would you be willing to add features via partnerships? Your "full" ecommerce stack lacks a few things that could be added either into your core or via external tools.
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#12If someone is going to integrate with your API in PHP as an example, why not use a full open source shopping cart where they have more control?
Because we’re quicker and easier to implement. That gives the developer much more freedom to be creative with their application, especially if they’re working within a budget or short timeframe.
Our API also allows you to pick and choose the components you want, you can build more than just a website, your data is accessible on mobile or at a physical retail store all from the same platform.
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#13This looks nice, but very limited.
Is there any support for:
- Vouchers
- Promotions
- Categories
- Classifications
?
These all are features a successfull webshop needs. I have to admit I only took a brief look at the API, but all this seems to be missing. Am I mistaken?
edit: seems like Categories at least exist. I didnt find the docs at first. I suggest putting the Documentation link into the "more" dropdown in the navigation
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#14Nice! Do you plan on adding modules? Would you be willing to add features via partnerships? Your "full" ecommerce stack lacks a few things that could be added either into your core or via external tools.
In short, Yes! But perhaps not soon.
We have a really strong community ethos at Moltin, and we’re trying hard to open up as much of our platform as possible, both in open source and community modules.
We know there is still work to be done and we have a pretty lengthy set of features and updates going forward.
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#15Is this for inventory based sites inky or would it work for digital products too?
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#16How do you handle the case of a product that you get to select different options? I don't see it in the API.
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#17How do you handle the case of a product that you get to select different options? I don't see it in the API.
We have support for modifiers (size, colour, etc.), singles (gift wrapping, etc), input (custom options or labels). We’re working hard to make sure our new docs platform has all of this in it, but you can find it in the API reference and use these via our dashboard (forge).
If you ever have any problems we’re always available on email or live chat :)
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#18Is this for inventory based sites inky or would it work for digital products too?
The beauty of an API approach is the features we don’t quite fully support can be easily created by you within your application, and then work alongside our product.
We don’t explicitly advertise support for digital products at the moment, however, we can support it to some degree. Reach out to us on livechat or email and we’ll be happy to help.
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#192 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart?
And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the similar services do)... any chance of providing a non-javascript fallback such as a generic-looking checkout page hosted on your own servers (like when you use a paypal button to send users to their site to complete the final step of the transaction)? Please don't tell me that "everyone uses javascript yay" or that I shouldn't be concerned -- I know who my clients and their users are and I know what their accessibility requirements are :) (I always have to say this when I ask eCommerce services this question because usually they dismiss it out of hand and it's very frustrating when you have requirements that sites work even without javascript).
Thanks, and best of luck!
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#202 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the similar services do)... any chance of providing a non-javascript fallback such as a generic-looking checkout page hosted on your own servers (like when you use a paypal button to send users to their site to complete the final step of the transact…
The website has PHP and curl examples.