gcextreme 475 Posted February 25, 2016 Ok i just installed a pretty simple, basic, robust product designer on my site, its not the fanciest, but it was affordable. This isn't ideal for vinyl cutting, but would work for vinyl printing i guess, but its more ideal for Dye Sublimation items. Basically, you create the Product, first one i have done so far is for an Iphone 5 cell phone case. Then u have to create a background, basically an empty template of the product, again in this case, its the iphone 5 case. Then the customer can upload their own photos and tweak it for the case, and add text over it as well. The customer can also select images from a library you build and attach to the item. Only thing i don't like is, this library isnt categorized, so they have to scroll thru all your images instead of picking a category first. The developer of this software extension is working on an upgrade that will do that. Once the customer is done, and purchases it, a .png file of all the artwork is saved in a folder on your server and/or emailed to you, then u can make the final product. Once i get my 1st product all done and lots of images in the library, its best to then COPY that item and edit it for another product, like a different cell phone case or a mouse pad, etc..this way you won't have to insert the library all over again.. This is also another feature the developer is working on, where u can have one library and all the products can be linked to it, so u just need to add images to that directory and not update each individual product each time. If any of you are interested in seeing this in action, let me know. It is an OpenCart extension...the extension costs money for the license, but the OpenCart core website is free... I have been looking for other similar extensions that would work for cutting decals, solid colors, but no luck yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Topper 61 Posted February 25, 2016 I really like your website, looks good! It has come along way since the last time I looked at it along time ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcextreme 475 Posted February 29, 2016 I really like your website, looks good! It has come along way since the last time I looked at it along time ago. Thanks..its a long slow work in progress. I probably move close to an average $800 in sales a month thru the site... So i keep adding little extensions and modules to make it better. Just added a fee/discount module that lets me adjust fees or discounts based on product, quantities, categories, etc. Mainly got this to give discounts on orders when they buy more than one...right now i have it set up like this 1-4 = 0% 5-9 = -5% 10-19 = -10% 20-9999 = -15% Also added another feature to help with shipping. Before i just had a flat rate $5 shipping on all orders...which in most cases i was losing money on. But now i can set it based on weight or cart total. There are many other options and rules but i try to keep it simple. There are many shipping rules..but here are mine for US 48 shipping 0-16.99 = 5.00 17-35.99 = 7.00 36-45.99 = 8.00 46-55.99 = 9.00 56-80.99 = 10.00 81-99.99 = 15.00 100-99999 = 0 (Free shipping) I also added the extra banners for showing paypal and credit card payment options, the Free Shipping on orders over $100, and then the discounts for bulk orders.. I also added the Affiliate system, where customers can sign up to be affiliates, and then they create a Tracking Code to give to customers. The customers get a % discount off their orders and the affiliate gets a % commission. This is very useful and will help bring in more orders. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
