shared:ecommerce_preparation [Cone Wiki]

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====== Setup an e-commerce ======

Elements to be defined:

  * Registration
  * Product
  * Purchase process - steps, mandatory fields
  * Price logic - by product, quantity, discount rules
  * Price visualization - ex/after VAT, currencies
  * Currencies - prices set/displayed in different currencies
  * VAT - by type of activity, EU, extra EU
  * Shipping
  * Payment methods - base, advanced
  * Post-order process
  * Notification emails
  * Promotions

==== Registration ====

The standard process is with two screens:
  * screen 1 - email and password (mandatory, inserted twice for confirmation)
  * screen 2 - name and address (not mandatory, can be completed later)
The user is created after the second screen.

Options:
  * the fields can be customised
  * FB social login available

==== Product ====

The entity put to the cart and purchased. It can be a 3Spice catalog product or sub-product.

It's possible to create the product dynamically at the purchase time, for e-commerces of customisable products. In this case the process has to be designed.