multi-seller?

Hi,

I have a client that has multiple websites, but only one central SSL site. I'm trying to find out if Zen Cart has a multi-seller capability, ie many store fronts, one cart. It could all be one cart if it could have mulitple templates, one for each store.

TIA,
Andrew.

A SSL Certificate is for a sinlge domain. E.G. https://www.examlpe.com. Only wildcard certificates work for subdomains.

So if you want to use different Zencarts for the same domain, you can install several Zencarts in different folders, e.g. www.example/Zencart1 and www.example/Zencart2 with different databases.

There is also a Multiple site module to manage different Zencarts for one Admin area.

I've done some further research, and found that what I'm looking for is usually called a multi-vendor cart (as opposed to a mall cart). Example: abc.com and xyz.com both have an order link for their products (not form fields), but both go to secure.somewhere.com, where each vendors' store is separate.

That is definitely nothing that is integrated in Zencart. And I havent heard of a module that handles this kind if issue.

Maybe you find another free shopping cart that handles this issue or pay for another hosting account with a second SSL certificate. That is actually not that expensive. If you expect a lot of customers/orders for both shops its the best anyway. Also when you shops are unrelated.

Try Multi Site Mod from
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=563