PatrickM Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 One of my customers is a travel agency and requires a new website. Their business is to book people onto tours and receive a commision from the operator. The requirements are similar to that of a regular webshop. There are items, categories, payment processing, backend administration, etc. Yet there are some important differences as well. The items don't have a traditional stock but instead have an availability that depends on the date. A tour can't be bought, it needs to be booked for a certain date. At a first glance, I'd have to change these things about prestashop: - make the product page in the backend simpler (no need for weight or dimensions, etc.) - implement a module that can manage item availability for a certain date - modify the booking process to consider the availabilty, check for a valid date, etc. Now the question is, is it a good idea to do this with prestashop, or am I better of building something from scratch? Assuming it can be done with prestashop, will it be a really tough nut or is this something than can be well done with a module? Appreciate your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hi Patrick, This isn't something traditionally done with PrestaShop, but it absolutely can be implemented . First of all, many of the fields in the Back Office, such as dimensions, or not required fields. You are welcome to leave those blank and you should have no issues. Otherwise, if you would like to completely remove them, it would require some customization to the code itself. We do have a module available for an event calendar, which you can find here. Additionally, what you may want to consider doing is creating each event as a digital product. This will still allow you to only sell a certain quantity for each event (and each event would have its own product page), and when the purchase is confirmed your customer can receive their ticket, confirmation number or whatever else you want to configure by email. It will also be available for them to download on your site in the My Account tab. I hope this helps! -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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