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Anonymous Poster	ECommerce - acquiring remote data 06/23/2008 11:45 AM
	I'm new to the e-commerce business and have made general websites, however, now I have someone that wants a site that automatically updates itself with pricing and availability from various manufacturers on varying products. He also wants to be able to send the orders made by buyers through the site to the manufacturers for drop-shipment. Anybody know what avenue I should take to get started?
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Anonymous Poster	#1 Re: ECommerce - acquiring remote data 06/23/2008 7:26 PM
	It sounds like you certainly need a database on the backend of the website. You might need some type of web-scraping code to pull price info from the manufacturer's websites (if that info is not available on a webservice). The orders sent through the site could be sent back to the manufacturer via an email object (SMTP) or possibly through a webservice if they offer it. I would suggest using ASP.NET 2.0 running on a windows 2003 + server. I would recommend using SQL Server 2005 for the database. ASP.NET has a built in mail object so this is a no-brainer. Contact me if you want more info. greg@gneenterprises.com
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Anonymous Poster	#2 Re: ECommerce - acquiring remote data 06/23/2008 11:26 PM
	storesonline had this as a feature
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jovan Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 9	#3 Re: ECommerce - acquiring remote data 06/24/2008 9:59 AM
	I have a question. What would be the difficulty in finding an web hosting company that has sql server running on windows server 2003? Are you saying I would have to create a server on my end to support my client's site? __________________ live the experience...
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