Integrating Zen with Bricks and Mortar Shop - eShop Forums - eCommerce Help Forum for Shopping Cart Owners.

Martin · #1 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 05:30 PM

Scenario:
A web shop using Zen Cart has expanded and opened a "real" high street shop.

The challenge:
How to use one common inventory since all products are equally available either online or from the high street shop?

Does anyone know if Zen Cart will integrate with any EPOS software to allow a common inventory to be used both in-store and online? (Ideally everything would intregrate with Quickbooks too for accounting, but thats another issue!)

Lawrence · #2 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 02:26 AM

Have you had a look at TurboCash?

http://www.turbocashuk.com/

As for QuickBooks, I've just about given up finding anything for the UK version. What Intuit don't tell you is that not only does it differ in regards to tax and some accounting practices from the US version which is to be expected but it's actually a completely different piece of S/W. Every book I've come across in the UK for it is actually for the US version so is next to useless. The Amazon review here is a perfect example http://www.amazon.co.uk/QuickBooks-s...1896264&sr=1-3
Why they even bother to sell the books in this country is beyond me.

openmind · #3 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 08:29 AM

Well you will be pleased to know that a QB exporter is on the feature list for a near release of OMC along with Kashflow

Martin · #4 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 09:29 AM

Thanks for replies so far.

For lots of reason, don't want to change what is already there. So Zen Cart and Quickbooks are a given. The priority is to find POS software for the bricks and mortar shop and managing two inventory lists is the big issue - hence the focus being on finding something that will work in the bricks and mortar shop that can synch inventory with Zen Cart. Quickbooks integration is a nice to have.

dezina · #5 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 10:08 AM

EPOS with zencart..not seen mod for this as yet
but following mod maybe of help re zencart and quickbooks
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=144

January8 · #6 (**permalink**) 24-10-2007, 06:57 PM

You may want to check out AaaTex Shopping Cart Integrator - it may be just what you need. www.aaatex.com

Tinkerbell · #7 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 08:56 PM

did you find anything compatible with zencart? I am looking a shop on Friday so I may have the same problem

Lawrence · #8 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 10:04 PM

There is a mod to export everything from Zen into Kashflow, have a word with Duane Jackson on UKBFs for more info.

dezina · #9 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 04:47 AM

Quote:

have a word with Duane Jackson on UKBFs for more info

what/where is UKBF's please?

Lawrence · #10 (**permalink**) 01-11-2007, 08:08 AM

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/

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