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** Nonprofit org wants online registrations with payment
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** Bookseller
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** Goods and Services
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** Media Production (rental of cameras, lights, &c)
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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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* 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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** 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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Revision as of 18:41, 16 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

Resources


Meeting Notes

Introductions
  • Where is everyone coming from? Sam Nabi will tailor his tour to our needs.
    • Nonprofit org wants online registrations with payment
    • Bookseller
    • Online donations
    • Goods and Services
    • Media Production (rental of cameras, lights, &c)
  • Want to make things easier for sellers and buyers


Shopkit
  • https://github.com/samnabi/shopkit
  • Plugin for CMS called "Kirby"
  • Sam sells code for other developers to use on their websites
    • Doesn't want to deal with the actual credit card processing
    • Or poor installations by those developers
  • Self-hosted PHP-based solution
    • Sold as a subscription service
    • Sam would hold the code and provides the online webhosting


  • Using Stripe and Square


  • Sam provides the code, and can work it into the design of an existing web page


  • Had an idea to pool resources for pooled shipping, delivery, advertising


  • Sam started as a city planner, moved to a startup doing web development
    • Then, Sam bought a retail store (Full Circle Foods)
    • ...the inherited system is a series of linked spreadsheets :/
    • Full Circle has 90 suppliers. Seems a lot, but many are small, local businesses
    • Lots to be done digitizing the order system


Future Topics