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* [https://shopkit.samnabi.com/ Shopkit by Sam Nabi]
 
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* [https://www.techsoupcanada.ca/en/shopify-donation-for-lower-budget-organizations/product/advanced-shopify-plan-6-month-initial-subscr Shopify from TechSoup Canada]
 
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===== Introductions =====
 
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* Where is everyone coming from? Sam Nabi will tailor his tour to our needs.
 
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** Nonprofit org wants online registrations with payment
 
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** Bookseller
 
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** Online donations
 
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** Goods and Services
 
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** Media Production (rental of cameras, lights, &c)
 
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* Want to make things easier for sellers and buyers
 
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===== Shopkit =====
 
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* https://github.com/samnabi/shopkit
 
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* Plugin for CMS called "Kirby"
 
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* Sam sells code for other developers to use on their websites
 
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** Doesn't want to deal with the actual credit card processing
 
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** Or poor installations by those developers
 
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* Self-hosted PHP-based solution
 
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** Sold as a subscription service
 
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** Sam would hold the code and provides the online webhosting
 
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* Using Stripe and Square
 
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* Sample sites:
 
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** an indiegogo type site: https://coblisher.com/shop
 
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** retail business: http://gourmetpassions.ca/kirby
 
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* Sam provides the code, and can work it into the design of an existing web page
 
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* Had an idea to pool resources for pooled shipping, delivery, advertising
 
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* Sam started as a city planner, moved to a startup doing web development
 
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** Then, Sam bought a retail store (Full Circle Foods)
 
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** ...the inherited system is a series of linked spreadsheets :/
 
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** Full Circle has 90 suppliers. Seems a lot, but many are small, local businesses
 
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** Lots to be done digitizing the order system
 
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==== Future Topics ====
 
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* See [[KWNPSA Requested Topics]]
 
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* Need a topic for Monday, 20 August 2018 (Bob can't do I2P)
 
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:14, 19 July 2018

Web Stores and Shopping Carts

Date
Monday 16 July 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Meetup Event
https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/250380630/
Location
Room 1301 -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
Event Announcement
Web Stores and Shopping Carts/Announcement 2018-07-16

Does your NonProfit organization sell things? Does it provide paid services? Do you need a web presence for your sales? Will you need a separate server for your web store? Or can you add a shopping cart to your existing web site? Or is it better to outsource all online commerce?

Meet our guest speaker Sam Nabi, developer of Shopkit, and let's discuss what a System Administrator needs to join a NonProfit organization to the world of web commerce.

--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman

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