For months I have been trying to implement a "multi-vendor marketplace". Without a budget, it is almost impossible. There is a free software, Sellacious, which runs off Joomla. Out of the box, it does not work. It has MAJOR security holes. However, it was the ONLY one I could find where more than one seller could sell the same product. Suppose 5 people have 1391401 keyboards. In almost every other system, you would have 5 separate listings. I wanted something more like Amazon, where the item is listed ONCE, and then each seller can set his price and a description of the condition, etc. I am most familiar with Magento, which is what I use. There is a multi-vendor add-on available, but the base package is $399, and then you go up from there with features, like each seller being able to input his own shipping methods/rates and payment methods. Deskthority donated the space for such a market, and offered to host it, but no one has the time to update/maintain it. If it were Magento, I would do it, but I don't have $400+ to invest in the extra software (basic Magento CE is free). If someone wants to donate the funds, or write a good working module for Magento multi-vendor, I will be happy to set it up an maintain it. The advantages to Magento are many, but it has a few drawbacks too. You can do almost anything with it, but it can be a little slow. The community is very active. There are numerous tiny sites for buying and selling that are not very active anymore, and most use a PHP BB type system, which will not let you list and buy like a true ecommerce does. It also does not tell you when something is out of stock, or allow you to add it to a wishlist. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via cctalk Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 5:07 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Want/Available list On 12/20/2018 03:46 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: Is there really a dearth of satisfactory locations for people to swap / trade / buy / sell computer equipment? I've not seriously looked. But I feel like this should have been solved already. Maybe it has an the typical places are running people off or otherwise unappealing. What would people want in such a swap-n-shop? In some ways it's a basic inventory management system, with the ability for people to add their own listings. I feel like the community could likely benefit from an associated forum to discuss things without bogging down the business transactions. I would want it easy to search and find things, or possibly even register as being interested in being notified when someone lists something for sale in the future. -- Grant. . . . unix || die --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

well, we tried to implement a new module, but ... yet again without a budget, and without interest I personally dropped the whole project http://www.downthebunker.xyz/wonderland/experimental-bay/app0.php Il giorno ven 21 dic 2018 alle ore 16:33 Electronics Plus via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> ha scritto: > > For months I have been trying to implement a "multi-vendor marketplace". Without a budget, it is almost impossible. There is a free software, Sellacious, which runs off Joomla. Out of the box, it does not work. It has MAJOR security holes. However, it was the ONLY one I could find where more than one seller could sell the same product. Suppose 5 people have 1391401 keyboards. In almost every other system, you would have 5 separate listings. I wanted something more like Amazon, where the item is listed ONCE, and then each seller can set his price and a description of the condition, etc. > > I am most familiar with Magento, which is what I use. There is a multi-vendor add-on available, but the base package is $399, and then you go up from there with features, like each seller being able to input his own shipping methods/rates and payment methods. > > Deskthority donated the space for such a market, and offered to host it, but no one has the time to update/maintain it. If it were Magento, I would do it, but I don't have $400+ to invest in the extra software (basic Magento CE is free). > > If someone wants to donate the funds, or write a good working module for Magento multi-vendor, I will be happy to set it up an maintain it. > > The advantages to Magento are many, but it has a few drawbacks too. You can do almost anything with it, but it can be a little slow. The community is very active. > > There are numerous tiny sites for buying and selling that are not very active anymore, and most use a PHP BB type system, which will not let you list and buy like a true ecommerce does. It also does not tell you when something is out of stock, or allow you to add it to a wishlist. > > Cindy > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via cctalk > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2018 5:07 PM > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Want/Available list > > On 12/20/2018 03:46 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > I too want a web forum venue for hunting, acquiring and dispersing > > vintage computing gear, with a restoration/collector slant, ie not about > > the money, ie I'm poor, ha ha. A mailing list is NOT an appropriate > > context. It has no categories, is ephemeral, chews local storage, has > > no hot-linking, and demands more real-time attention than I can spare. > > Is there really a dearth of satisfactory locations for people to swap / > trade / buy / sell computer equipment? > > I've not seriously looked. But I feel like this should have been solved > already. Maybe it has an the typical places are running people off or > otherwise unappealing. > > What would people want in such a swap-n-shop? > > In some ways it's a basic inventory management system, with the ability > for people to add their own listings. > > I feel like the community could likely benefit from an associated forum > to discuss things without bogging down the business transactions. > > I would want it easy to search and find things, or possibly even > register as being interested in being notified when someone lists > something for sale in the future. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >

As someone that actually has to worry about such things

And yes, it?s a PITA for businesses and websites, but I for one wish we had something similar in the US.

from what i know from friends in europe its proactive in many cases

On 12/21/18 4:49 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk wrote: I wonder how many things are changing what they do or even not starting something new because of GDPR. Anybody can do anything they are capable of doing. The fact that they can do it does NOT make it legal to do. Murder is not legal, yet it still happens all over the world. Sounds like he is getting lucky. Or nobody is motivated to stop him yet. -- Grant. . . . unix || die