Re: Accountancy for a webshop/ecommerce system

Am 2008-08-21 07:57:51, schrieb Rene Veerman: > What i'm worried about is the accounting part of a webshop system. > I've downloaded some accounting manuals and programs, to see 'how its done'. > I've also downloaded some other webshop php apps (notably oscommerce.com) to > see how they do things. > > OS-commerce provides very little reporting. There's no balance sheet, no > statement of loss/profits, etc. > I'm wondering how a webshop operator/owner would keep track of inventory and > profits/losses. I have installed osCommerce om <http://onlinestore.tamay-dogan.net/> and I am very disappointed from it... There are bugs which can not be solved (some boxes are without colored head but use the same function) and of course, the same problems you have encountered... > Taken to the extreme, a webshop system would require accountancy reporting > functionality, a general ledger, journals, etc. > How much information would you provide to a webshop owner? InterShop 4 is the right thing, but I am not willing to pay arround 12.000 € for it... I think, I will take the ideas from osCommerce and build a fork from it. And of course a software which write its configs on 4 files and into the database is crap since I have set the /session/ and /cache/ directories and searched it to hell as I moved the installation from my @home server to my hosting provider... Also I find, a software which depends on a specific database is crap too since my own programs have its definitions in seperated database-<db>.inc and can be fully configured... And the system how to add options to a product is crap, e.g. selling a Debian install CD as ONE product and then let the customer choose which architecture... You have to add each architecture seperately... There are noch checkboxes where you can select and add it with a singel click. And of course, I hate forums... I can not access it over GSM/UMTS and <osCommerce.com> does not provide mailinglists... Even if it is a nice project, I say: "Forget it! -- At least in this state." Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)