I want to build a Drupal e-shop, any comments are appreciated

By GiorgosK on 23 Jun 2006 at 17:46 UTC

I am a php programmer but new to Drupal,
I want to build an e-shop (which I have never done before),

its going to be simple at first
basic categories, e-shop, cart, ability to add items, and a custom theme.
but I am not pressed by time

I think Drupal is the right tool more so than OSCommerce and the rest of the e-shop solutions since I can later on extend it to something more than just a shop (articles, votes, comments, reviews etc)

What modules do I need to install for the simple setup ? is it easy to setup the commerce module to work with a merchant's account. I will be getting a merchant account from a bank in Greece, do I probably need some custom coding in order to make it work ?

Should I be looking for someone experienced with drupal to setup it up for me ? How much would this cost ?

Any comments would be appreciated

Comments

I don't have much to offer

rszrama commented 23 June 2006 at 18:04

I don't have much to offer in the way of suggestions on the Drupal side, but I just want to give you a big pat on the back for not going with osCommerce. ^_^ A lot of my time at work is spent fixing bugs, bridging gaps, and writing custom code for an osCommerce site we've had for a couple years. We'd love to migrate to Drupal/e-commerce and will as soon as possible... but for now my time is taken up!