Hi Mark,

it doesn't really sound like this add-on would be a good fit for what you are wanting to handle. The add-on is very much based around there being an actual block on the page with the product details, and that it was creates the add-to-cart link (and the data a Snipcart callback reads via a callback URL).

I may not be fully understanding your explanation of what you are trying to do, but if you are reading an RSS feed, you may simply be able to write a script that outputs the links you need, including those for Snipcart - the Snipcart documentation is pretty good, and you'd be able to manually integrate it without the use of my add-on.

Feel free to explain what you are trying to do it more detail.

-Ryan

Hi,
Thanks for your fast reply. I may have not been clear enough in my question but I am getting a lot wiser with your answer.

But oh boy, I just realize this is for an external sitehttp://snipcart.com/. My mistake for not understanding. Was looking for alternative ways :)

I was more like looking for an out of the box feature for concrete to have an affiliate store. With the products being imported from RSS/CSV feeds. As I would like to have search filters etc for products. Think of it as a lyst.com type of deal.

Greetings,
Mark

I'd suggest what you are describing isn't really true eCommerce a such - such a site isn't putting through any transactions or storing, it's more just an aggregator of data with offsite links. I'd be thinking more along the lines of directories or catalogues, rather than starting with the thoughts of eCommerce.

I don't think you'll find something pre-built for concrete5, but it certainly would be a good platform to build something.

I've built concrete5 sites in the past that automatically create pages (and download resources) from XML and JSON feeds, so it's certainly possible. I've done this for real-estate websites in particular, but the topic is really irrelevant - it's all just data to be imported and presented.

Like many of the setups we've done, I'd be storing products as pages with attributes, allowing you to doing searching, use page lists, manual edits via composer, categorisation, etc, etc. I'd build it as if you were just manually adding all the products first, including their referral links, and then automate the creation of the pages with an Automated Job at a later point, one that fetches the data and creates the pages.

I was thinking the same. Was just hoping for more of an out-of-the-box feature/add-on that would do this.
It is indeed more of an directory/catalogue based based system that I would need.

I've done projects before but in WordPress and then converted a Woo-commerce store to a affiliate catalogue system.
I am looking into alternatives as I am getting tired of WordPress and have built a few websites in concrete5 (just basic ones) and am looking what availabilities there are for concrete. Though, there are a lot of possibilities that come with concrete as a standalone.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.