New Plug in Idea

[Guest]

NEW PLUG IN IDEA

 

Hi

I have just created a “Second Hand Book Shop” for a client and was very impressed with the OSCommerce.

 

The owner wanted a section that dealt with non-listed book requests.

 

Being it would be impossible for him to catalogue 10’s of thousands of books; he only catalogues the books, which are wanted by collectors.

 

So I hoped the “Wish List” plug in would suit his needs.

 

Not so, as you are only able to request listed items.

 

I think in any store there will always be a need for the public to request a non-listed item.

 

This can only be beneficial to the storeowner as he/she may be able to open new categories, which they had not thought of.

 

I am a standard website developer and I do not have the time to think about programming this sort of plug in.

 

I would love to hear feedback on this.

[Guest]

So like a request for products sort of thing?

 

And then everyone would be able to see the requests made in some type of listing?

 

I lov the idea!!

 

I'm about to launch a store that will have around 4000+ items, and there will prolly be a product, and or category that I will miss! And this would be something that would be very benifical to me!

 

I'd like to hear other thoughts on this. . .

[mattice]

I am a standard website developer and I do not have the time to think about programming this sort of plug in.

 

Being a non-standard website developer I guess I am WAY to busy then to think about programming this plugin. :)

But then there is the Contact Us form which will do quite nicely what you want.

[Guest]

Yes I have reused the Contact Us form.

 

But in my opinion it is just a variation, and I wanted more of a feel to the page where the customer thinks they are making a valid request as apposed to some meaningless contact us page.

 

I love AlexT suggestion where other people can see requests.

 

Some might say, hey what about reusing the guest book or BB.

 

Well I could, but I was hoping for a more purpose made script that uses the technology and design of Wish list, guest book, contact us and BB.

 

Visit the site, it is just a new site and needs content added but I think you will see what I mean when you visit the REQUEST A BOOK page.

 

http://www.barelyreadbooks.co.uk/

[Guest]

Burt, apon your idea....

 

. . . the user fills outs a form and it is sent to the admin(s) but sent also to a section in the admin area where you can "approve", "decline", or "delete" the suggestion. If you approve the suggestion then it gets added to a "gloabal" page for every one to see. Upon approval you can add commnets etc. If declined it will show up on a "decline" page that shows the reason why, and then if deleted the record never shows. . . .