Posted by SVSN on May 16, 2009 at 12:01am
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| Project: | Ubercart Marketplace |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | minor |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
Hi,
I am about to embark on a project to create a site where multiple vendors can sell their products either via auction or at fixed price. From my understanding it seems that I would have to combine the Marketplace module and the Auction module.
I have a few questions:
1) Is this possible?
2) Is the newest version of marketplace 6 stable enough to be used in a new development. What are the features that are available in 5, but not in 6?
I'm new to Drupal, but I do have a little PHP knowledge, and I don't want to start something that will I will get stuck on :), this is a big enough challenge as it is.
Thank you in advance for your help and advice
Comments
#1
Let me try and respond with my limited knowledge.
1) Anyyyything's possible. Having no knowledge of the Auction module, I'd say that it would seem like the main hurdles to marketplace would be the auction details themselves. Opening and closing auctions by date, setting a biddable price, etc. and I really couldn't say if marketplace and auction will play nice with each other. It might be a good idea to give it a try and come back with feedback.
2) I've used the old dev marketplace 6.x version on a live site and at its core, it is decently stable. Masspay seller payments seem a bit tenuous so that might be a big issue with your site. I'm also not familiar enough to comment on the differences between 5 and 6.
I'm doing some spring cleaning and this is an old post so I am marking it closed. If the OP or anyone else would like to resurrect the topic or discuss, feel free.
#2
Hey there,
This "kind of" works.. but.. for example in the "Sales Reports" view, you can see all the auction-products there, but none of them is ever sold, even if they are won and purchased completely.. is this fixable somehow?
Thanks a lot in advance!
#3
Any update on this? I am trying to do something very similar.
How critical is the "sales reports" to the overall functionality, or is this more for reporting/accounting purposes?
#4
Yea, it's a matter of completeness really.. The general functionality works fine - well it would be weird if it didn't because auctions are nothing more than usual products just with a few additional fields.. and you can always build your own reports.. so in that sense it works just about fine. :)
#5
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#6
I am playing with this option.
The general function works.
creating auction and selling no problem.
the problem is the stats:
in the selling menu an auction is not seen as a product.
this means:
when an auction is paid for, values is not passed as product sale.
- no status change from 'for sale' to 'sold'/'out of stock'
- no value in total sold in the reports menu.
- No Seller Order Status Reports available.
Also fulfilling is NOT possible. When I completed the order as an admin, the order WILL show in the selling/fulfill menu. %?
This is kind of problematic if the concept is that users should be able to manage their product orders *lol*
Or....is it possible to work around this with views or some code??
#7
+1
#8
I have it working somehow, with some really back hacks.
Site goes into testing phase in a few weeks.