Thanks prothero & walt!
I'm nearly positive I'll chose Ubercart. I'm now thinking about getting the Pact Publishing book "Drupal e-commerce with Ubercart 2.x" as I've read Ubercart 3.0 was nearly a straight port of 2.0. Also, I'm thinking of getting an old (2006) lynda.com ecommerce Video because I think the first few sections might be helpful: 

 - The elements of e-commerce
 - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate essentials
 - Acquiring and installing an SSL certificate
 - Choosing between a payment gateway and a processor
 - Merchant accounts 

The rest of the video is about building your own shopping cart, so I'll probably skip the other sections.. I'm just trying to get a grasp on what I need to know about ecommerce in general, and Ubercart 3.0 in particular.



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Walt Daniels <wdlists@gmail.com> wrote:
For D7 the options are Commerce or Ubercart, not eCommerce currently.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:02 PM, prothero <prothero@geol.ucsb.edu> wrote:
Brendan:
I recently had to make the same decision. After trying out both solutions (eCommerce and Ubercart), I settled on ubercart. It seemed more mature. I also had a book that helped get me started (Drupal for Dummies). It was simply easier to get ubercart working for my application. Also, I have software downloads that need to be part of the store and ubercart had better support  for that.
Good luck,
Bill

William A. Prothero

http://earthednet.org/



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For D7 the options are Commerce or Ubercart, not eCommerce currently. 

On Feb 11, 2011, at 12:10 PM, brendan, fresh-off wrote:

Hello,
I'm looking to create my first ecommerce site and could use some direction (books, tutorials, videos, etc.) I also intend to build the site as a D7 site. It looks like there's a reliable Ubercart release for D7 - but I've also been reading about Drupal Commerce, and I'm finding it confusing figuring out which would be a better route to take.

The site I'd like to create would start out with about 20 (physical) products organized into about 5 categories. Over time I'd like to double that (40+ products / 10+ categories). I'd need to take credit cards &  track inventory, sales and shipping. My php skills arent too great, but I'm not scared to get my hands dirty.

I'm hoping somebody can give me some suggestions on which ecommerce solution to take (ubercart ordrupal commerce), what I'm in for, and some good resources. My first ecommerce site is a little intimidating.. but it's time to get one under my belt!

brendan

 

 


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