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Is there a way to fully integrate an excel based calculator into a php based shopping cart? We have been trying to do a pricing structure for days and it's a bear! There's got to be a fix.
Example: customer inputs- color of shirt- quantity- colors on front- colors on back.
website gives- price per shirt with quantity breaks at set points and automatically adds in set-up, ink, flash charges.
Is there a way to fully integrate an excel based calculator into a php based shopping cart? We have been trying to do a pricing structure for days and it's a bear! There's got to be a fix.
Example: customer inputs- color of shirt- quantity- colors on front- colors on back.
website gives- price per shirt with quantity breaks at set points and automatically adds in set-up, ink, flash charges.
You mean so that customers can automatically get realtime quotes from your website? With you inputting your costs and markup?
We have a very similar solution on our site (visit link below and check the products page). It is fully dynamic, with quantity breaks, discounts, and special offers. It really isn't that big of a deal to program. PM me and maybe we can work something out.
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@outdabox Hey, if you want to shoot me a PM, go for it. This can be done, it is not hard, but from a developers point of view, it can be time consuming.
Right now your website gave me 12000 white tees with a 3 color print for $120K and 1000 white tees with a 1 color print for $4530...that can't be right...can it?
I have a pretty cool vision of your site in my head...
@outdabox Hey, if you want to shoot me a PM, go for it. This can be done, it is not hard, but from a developers point of view, it can be time consuming.
Right now your website gave me 12000 white tees with a 3 color print for $120K and 1000 white tees with a 1 color print for $4530...that can't be right...can it?
I have a pretty cool vision of your site in my head...
we use a php one, but i reckon you'd be better off using a shopping cart so you can jump to the next step of taking card payments etc much easier.
ours is useful and we get an email everytime a quote is generated so we get feedback from the site but i think there are disadvantages to this way of doing it.
Hi, I was wondering if there are any new plug-ins or anything for this type of solution? I am experience in web design, and simple retail ecommerce but do not know how to do this type of programming to for quoting a print job.
Thanks
Paul
I am curious, how do you get your orders off the website? Do you export them as aTXT file? Or do you re-key the info inro orders? Od do you write them by hand?
Your best bet for a solution like this is going to be one of 2 things.
A) A php script with values in the database that just adds things together and gives a % off for quantity.
B) A javascript that acts like a calculator with pre-defined values.
Both can be time consuming. I have made scripts like these for myself as well as other clothing lines, and they work great. You just have to find out how advanced you want it (more advanced would work better in PHP) and find someone that can do it.
-Tim
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