Thread: how to keep track of the data for the item sold online

I have a question on keeping the data of the item sold online.

For example: if I have a quantity of 3 for an item I am selling online, how do I program the “buy now” to know or store this information in itself and minus 1 when someone click on the button to buy 1 of the 3 I have?
And also to strike off the item once my 3rd of that item had been bought by someone so that people will know and there will be no duplication in the order forms to resultant unnecessary refund.

Have any idea how do I do the above? :S
Thank you so much and have a nice day! :D

Jul

You need an actual shopping cart to do this. Paypal buttons wont work. Youll need something like mals cart or a custom cart, cart manager etc.. that actually uses a database.

Karen

hi Karen,
thank you so much, but which one do i setup first? the paypal button or the shopping cart button to get this right? I do not dare to do anything yet as i afraid i will mess up everything...

Jul

The cart will generally OWN the paypal button, the thing is you need to decide on the CART before the horse so to speak. The third party add on carts will generate the code you need to paste the buttons in.

Karen