Python Online Store for Retailers / Distributors

Question

I have an internal sales request in my organization to create an online store for our distributors / retailers. I wonder if there is a web store that does this in Python / Django?

I find this a lot more complicated than a regular web store because of this:

• Clients are installed in groups - A, B, C
• The group has product discounts depending on how much they buy each product, say, 1-100 pieces: 4 USD 101-200 pieces: 5 USD.

But another group gets a completely different price.

Mathematically, this becomes a factor problem with combinations, therefore possible combinations of the client - the price for the selected number of items - group - the product immediately becomes huge.

I suppose it's better to do something like this: 1. Set our product purchase price 2. Add a minimum margin for each purchase amount: 1-100, etc. Thus, no client can become lower than we, at least, make a profit. 3. Then, depending on which group the customer belongs to, add another stock on top of 1 and 2. 4. Display the product on a web page with different prices when they add different quantities of goods to the basket.

This creates prices based on calculations instead of a fixed price list, but should it work?

Is there anyone who has a working FOSS web store in Python? Any ideas?

Hooray!

Answer 1

mezzanine looks like a great project to look at Cartridge for him. They have a really good demo site that you can use both the end user and the administrator to edit products and prices. Django packages also have an eCommerce page that evaluates a whole bunch of django packages for various functions. I am sure that with these two resources you will find something that is worth using at least at least.

Answer 2

Have you watched Satchmo ?

Satchmo supports user group discounts :

Satchmo supports setting up different price levels and discounts based on user groups. The most common reason a store owner may need it is if they want to offer different discounts or prices for a class of users. For example, a user with a Gold membership may automatically receive a percentage discount. Other common uses are for wholesale and retail prices.

and discounts can be activated when a certain quantity is ordered :

In case of product changes, the price may have an expiration date and / or quantity. If any of these fields is set, then the price is valid only for orders placed before this date, or> = this quantity.

Satchmo is also widely used, so the documentation and the community are good.