Commerce Starter Kit 2.0
Blog entry from the eBay Developer Conference - Day 3: The Unconference
When I wasn’t with the Shopping.com team, I checked out the Commerce Starter Kit presented by Dave Nielsen of StrikeIron.
ASP.NET Developers can grab the Community Starter Kit for free, since it is an open-source e-commerce store. It is all ASP.NET 2.0 and uses SQL Server 2005 (Express Edition is fine) as the backend database. Modification can be done with Visual Studio 2005 (Web Edition is fine). It also integrates with the PayPal API to allow seemless checkout for consumers which is a very significant feature and also a great usage of the API. The backend admin features need improvement for any type of serious e-commerce merchants… But its open-source so the possibilities are endless.
Small e-commerce business owners can checkout some CSK hosting plans here at: Ultima CSK.
Developers can get the latest build and help in the development by heading over to the CodePlex Site.
I only had fifty minutes with Dave and the group so I didn’t get to ask all the questions I wanted. My main question was: Is there an easy way to calculate tax and shipping charges? (Eg. For shipping contact UPS / USPS / FedEx web services) Or is will it be possible in the future?
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