one back-end, multiple Store-fronts (like Magento)
C'mon we're close to getting this.
Interspire have already said that they would not do this.
Let's get CS-Cart up there with the big-boys.
This feature would really work well.
See MagentoCommerce
for how others have done it.
You are welcome to participate in the discussion of the Multi-Store functionality at http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?p=104800
30 comments
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andreycosmin
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Ad possibility to display categories and subcategories for all stores in all stores. I want to use for every category one domain and navigate and buy on the every shop. I have a office suppliers shop and my customer choose products from all stores. EX: A have category Pencil , pen , whiteboard and any category and i want to allocation for category pencil domain pencil.eu , for category pen domain pen.eu , for category whiteboard domain whitebord.eu . On my site customers buy different products from all stores and i want to display all categoryes and subcategoryes from all stres in all stores an if you click on category pencil site go to store with domain penci.eu and if you click to categories or subcategories pen site go in the store with domain pen.eu ........
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admin
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Hello everybody,
Great news! We are opening the CS-Cart Ultimate Edition pre-order! Formerly known as Multi-Store Edition it allows you to handle several stores through one common admin panel, share products and customers as well as configure each store individually.
And now you get a unique opportunity to save $155 by pre-ordering a CS-Cart Ultimate Edition license at the special discounted price. Don’t miss this chance!
http://blog.cs-cart.com/2011/12/02/cs-cart-ultimate-pre-order-is-on/
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andreycosmin
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the now anouncement of multi-store plan :( is not ok
want to pay for multi-shop but not so
price is too high for him
in my shop have 100 categories and each category I want to have a domain
You have not specified what happens if you use subdomains
As with multivendor should pay once and use the many areas we -
Peter Josh
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Are they ever going to get this released??!??
Peter
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Alt-team
commented
f you are interested in Multishop, you shall look our Multishop module http://www.alt-team.com/buy-cs-cart-multishop-addon.html
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basidee
commented
I would like if each store owner can choose their template from the gallery (there should be a temlate preview backend against the options)
Vendor should be able to choose if they want a subdomain (e.g. store.mall.com) or external domain (e.g. www.myowndomain.com) url or if they just want their products to display in the main store as currently configured.
There should be a store subscriptions plan allowing admin to set one-time fee, monthly fee and/or sales commission for each store
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Anonymous
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texasguy, just cos YOU dont need this doesnt mean its not popular, the world doesnt start and end with you
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P-Pharma
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I need to administrate from one backend and have multiple front ends. Each site should be a separate entity with different design/layout.
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Adminimac
(Admin, CS-Cart)
commented
C'mon guys, we really need your ideas and suggestions!!! Please describe what you expect from Multi-Store edition: http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?p=104800
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eCommerceCircle
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OpenCart has implemented MultiStore now
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a
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I hope with this, I can have different vendors with different minimum order sizes and their own delivery costs, whereas customers only have to login once to shop at all of them.
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dennis
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Please check this forum thread. http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=18707. CS-Cart members want to grow!
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P-Pharma
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It seems that this functionality may not be included in the Multistore edition. Please see:
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TexasGuy
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I just have to ask, does someone create a chain of new accounts so they can inflate vote number of this idea... or is it REALLY that popular.
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panag commented
I don't think this would require a complete re write of the core code at all. Jobosales, one possibility would be to have an addon that you install which sets that server as the main control server of other stores, you then have options to add more stores and enter their mysql connection info. The addon creates a few new tables to store the data, and adds simple drop down to select which store you want to configure you see the same layout as now with a notice box up top to let you know which store your editing, the ability to copy / send settings from one store to another boxes products categories etc, also an option to setup custom dashboard to view sales stats, or visitor stats from any combination of your stores. The combined data stays in the main server DB where the new tables were made. All settings are updated remotely with mysql and maybe you could even setup ftp information for each store to send custom templates and files to that reside on one stores file system and need to be copied to another. Servers that didn't allow remote mysql would be a problem. I think this is a good way to create a big addon that can manage multiple stores with and keep all it's code separate from the core code and just work directly with remote mysql and ftp
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nick.w
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Looks like www.opencart.com have now added multi-store, without a song and a dance and it's free! Template support is looking good too.
The "C'mon..." comment in an earlier post was meant to be positive encouragement for CS-Cart to grab an opportunity.
I'm using CS cart on 2 stores now, but I am trialling opencart as a project because of the multi-store feature.
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jegesmaci commented
tulan, I disagree with your comment. For some store owners this feature is needed.
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tulan
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texasguy
you are right this feature and the ebay/amazon addon would require a lot of work and effort which would be better off used on getting the core cs-cart functionality working correctly and optimised. such as improving checkout and shipping calculations.
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TexasGuy
commented
"C'mon we're close to getting this."
This is so untrue. First, you are not any closer just because you have a lot of votes. This "feature" would require quite a re-write of the cart. I am sure that it is the hardest to implement. So, comrades, wipe your saliva.
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phazei commented
It's essential that, for the people who won't want this feature, it wouldn't interfere or cause extra clutter. If I'm not using more than 1 store, I don't want to see a "Store" column on every page with site info.
