Suggestions for adding a shopping cart?
 

I would like to add a store to my vB4 PS website, but am not sure what would be the best way to do it. My store will use the dropshipping method with a merchant account and payment gateway, so I want something robust with good customer and inventory management. Preferably with datafeed import options. I know there are some vB plugins for shopping carts, but am not sure they will be effective. I would love to use PrestaShop and bridge vB together so they share user info, but am not sure if I can do that.

Does anyone have any suggestions? What would be the best way to make this happen? Hiring someone to make a completely custom cart is not possible, unfortunately.

Thanks!

I think that the only choice that you've (in case that you want a 100% vB product) is microCART, originally developed by Mary, and then upgraded by Michael, at totally-scripts.com

As it was not so clear in your post, I assumed that you're selling tangible products. If not, then iCart from vbcover.com is also available.

Chris

Thanks! I will check that out and yes, they are tangible products. :)

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So I have installed MicroCart. It is a great plugin for small shops not requiring a lot of bells and whistles. I am not sure this will be enough for me though. I will be using a dropshipping manufacturer with a huge database of products. They provide updated datafeeds that can be imported into the store with the right tools. Unfortunately, MicroCart does not have such an import tool. Each product, as far as I can tell, must be manually added one by one. This also means that all of the categories and options must also be manually added. With a datafeed, all of that information gets imported with one click.

Another problem I forsee is that there is no option to connect to a payment gateway/merchant account. You can only use 3rd party processors like PayPal and CCBill. My mouth fell on the floor when I saw that you cannot process VISA payments with CCBill without a $750 deposit. Plus, CCBill holds back 5% of every transaction as a reserve for 26 months! No thanks!! Lol!

I have had good experiences with PrestaShop as a stand alone product. I would really like to incorporate that. I wonder how much of a chore it would be to link the two systems together?