Starting an Online Store...

[bajanboost]

Hey guys,
I currently have a physical store that I sell computers and accessories from. I would like to do the following:

1. Create an online store to showcase my products
2. Hide the prices of my products to NON-Members, but still show them the product without logging in.
3. You must register and become a member to view the prices of our products
4. You can sign up on the website using built in functionality of the store.
5. We are not doing any online transaction since we are cattering to a small town and we have branches throughout the town.

6. We would like a feature that would enable our customers to view our specials.

I have explored some E-Commerce solutions, but I have not seen any features that would help with #2.

#2 is probably my most important feature I require. Help?

[bathurst_guy]

I havnt seen anything like that, maybe you could modify an existing one, or create a new one.

[geraelindsey]

I believe you can hide prices until a customer logs in with ZenCart - http://www.zen-cart.com

Hope that helps :)

[Reli4nt]

The solution is simpler than it seems.

If for example you are using osCommerce. On the product_info page check if the user is logged in (by checking the session variable). If so echo the price, if not then don't.

Then just make sure to remove the add to cart button and teh checkout pages and they wont be able to buy through the site.

Everything else is built in.

[bajanboost]

Ok, Reli4nt, Can you write something like that?

Also, what about a feature that allows me to have different prices for different products depending on location.

E.g. South Store has chocolate bars for $0.50

but North store has the same chocolate bar for $0.30.

When a browser/client visits the website, depending on which store is available to them, they can select it via a drop down menu. On selection, they can see a different price for their store.

[Reli4nt]

I can but it depends on how you log your users in and what session variable you register at that point. I'd have to see the rest of your code. Try it first. In the checkout script you have I am certain that there is code that checks to make sure the user is logged in. That will be what you need.

For local prices add price fields to the products (if there are just a few) to store the additional price information. Then add a "locality" field the user database, and the registration page for where they are located. Then when they login in add it to the session. Then again on the pages that show prices first check if they are logged in and if so then check this "locality" session variable and display the appropriate price.