E-commerce
“E-commerce doesn’t always mean there is a credit card transaction and more work. You can pre-order online for pickup or delivery, and then pay by cash or check, and in person.”
- Jeremy Bloom, Internet Farmer
An online shopping system made for selling locally
If you are a interested in software for your buying club, we offer BuyingClubSoftware.com.
Many farmers wanted to open online markets for their local customers, and have them pickup their orders at a drop-off location(s). Our shopping cart is the Open-Source ‘Zen Cart’ Order System that we have fine tuned to provide this kind of business model. Customer’s shop online, no payment is taken, and they receive a receipt like they would from any website. When they get to the drop-off location, missing items and final meat weights can be calculated, and the customer can pay without worry of over or under payment.
Why no credit cards?
If you want to take credit cards online, you certainly can. Some don’t want to take credit cards because it gives money to large corporations. Sometimes farmers just like doing it this way to avoid the accounting headache of credits and debits due to pre-payment. It is all easier done at the time of picking up your food.
Features of the Service:
- Full setup, education and training on how to use this shopping cart – unlimited phone and email support
- Easy online ordering for customers
- Thousands of free design templates to choose from (i.e. http://www.zencarttemplates.info/)
- add your own logo to any template
- custom design available on request
- Take credit cards online, or at pickup
- Import/Export any and all data (products,categories,manufacturers,orders)
- allows you to create pick-sheets for easier behind-the-scenes management
- Receipts and Invoices by email and print
- Inventory Management (when you run out of inventory, display no product or “out of stock”)
- Assistance merging orders and inventory with QuickBooks or other type of accounting software.
- Multi-location Module let’s customers choose a pickup location as they checkout, and the store owner can then sort orders by pickup location. (add-on – see below)
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Cost:
- $1,000 setup shopping cart + $35/month ($420/year)
- $99 setup Multi-Location Module