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Hi Everyone,
(I apologize in advance if this question is not on the right board.) Has anyone had any success implementing a shopping cart for a Printing Company? Generally, the quantities have a hard coded price (i.e. $25 for 1000 business cards, $40 for 2500 business cards), and if a user wants additional options (let's say a checkbox for rounded corners), it would automatically add $25 to the total.

I've looked into the Products/Cart/Orders combination as well as the Shop Made Simple, but I don't think they are geared towards these kinds of products. Moreover, the printing company website's I have seen on CMSMS Show Board do not incorporate a shopping cart.

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

I don't see why it can't be done with the Products e-Commerce Suite.

Create 1 product for 1000 and set the price to $25. Create another product for 2500 and set the price to $40.

Then for rounded corners, full bleed, full color front and back, other custom stamping you can use "Attributes" for each individual product to set the pricing for that.

You may be able to even use attributes to set the price for various quantities, but I think I would keep them separate. Especially if rounded corners for 2500 is going to cost more than rounded corners for 1000 (which I would assume is true).

Here is an older guide that can at least get you started. It doesn't cover all of the new features, but it gives you the basic principals. http://calguy1000.com/Blogs/8/60/cmsms- ... ow-to.html

I was thinking along those lines originally, but it seemed tedious to create a per quantity product. If it's the easiest out-of-the-box solution though, it might be the way to go.

Thank you, tyman, for your input.