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[Henica]

Hello,

Basically, I am making my website.

I want to charge people for me to sell their items for them.

I am looking for the best way to do the following:

1. Charge a membership fee, and allow "members" to submit their item information through the website.

2. Charge a commission through paypal or google checkout. So that 5% of every sale goes to my paypal/google account, and the rest goes into theirs, without me having to do all the math/work.

I know the first one is possible, but I am really strapped for time. So if there are any open sourced projects for this type of thing, I would really appreciate some information regarding them.

I am not sure the second is totally possible. Any information would be very valuable to me.

Thank you for your time.

[Drew]

You could do the first one and the second one. If you charge a standard membership fee for you to hold the information of theirs and that they are paying for the security of information and other data that may be on the server of theirs. Then you charge a small commission for actually processing the sales and all. Thus, you win both ways. Also, by having a SMALL membership fee that gets paid every year, it's a good way to always have the servers in good condition. As for the commission, that lets you do anything else that needs to be done, including upgrades and other servicing.

If you look around, go to HotScripts, there are many up there, but it's best you chose the one that YOU want, for they are all quite similar, but very different. It all depends on you. But take a look, otherwise..

1. let me know what Operating System the server is.
2. Is it PHP, Coldfusion, ASP, JavaScript, Ajax?
3. What Database? MySQL, SQL, Access, PostgreSQL?

Essentially, what is it that the server will be able to run?

Edited by Drew, 19 May 2010 - 04:28 PM.
Had 1 spelling mistake.