[Coco] CoCo Store

[Roger Taylor]

Greetings all,

Months back, I started a section on coco3.com for visitors to be able to 
sell CoCo-related items on their own by adding items to the grid.  It works 
like an automatic classifieds section that you can add or remove from on 
your own.  When you add an item, it asks for an item name, description, 
price, your e-mail, and an optional photo.  Your item is listed as soon as 
you reply to the confirmation e-mail.  In this e-mail is also a 
cancellation link for removing your sold item.  That's as simple as I can 
keep it.

I am working now to add inventory control and a means for you to 
automatically collect payment through PayPal (if you like).  When your 
inventory reaches a set level, say 0 or 3 items left, you'll get an e-mail 
from the script telling you to add to your inventory, etc.  The fun part is 
that only about 5 pieces of information wil be needed from you to do all 
this.  When you submit the form, your item is listed.

All you need is a product name, price, description, total available, 
optional photo, and your PayPal e-mail address used to receive 
payments.  The system will create the Buy Now buttons 
automatically.  You'll get an e-mail from PayPal telling you who bought 
your item and where to ship it to.  The inventory will decrease by the 
number of items they bought.  It's very simple.

What can you sell?  Anything having to do with the CoCo.  You can sell new 
or used items.  Anybody is welcome to sell through the grid.  With the 
number of hits I am seeing, exposure is guaranteed.  So get rid of your 
unused CoCo items and offer them to a new home.  You can even post the 
price as $0.00 if you are donating something.

-- 
Roger Taylor