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pexring




Joined: 01 Jan 2010
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PostPosted: Apr 28, 2010 05:50pm    Post subject: Splitting a shopping cart Reply with quote
Currently our store sells parts that we physically ship. Next on our agenda is to add digital downloads. In the next few years I can foresee selling the parts business but keeping the digital download business as I hope to semi-retire.

If I sell the parts business, my thoughts are for you to host my digital download business on a new shopping cart (hey, I love this program!) If this happens, would it be a very hard or long process to transfer all the digital files to another store? Or should I start now with a separate store for the downloads?

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PostPosted: Apr 29, 2010 03:27pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hello,

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Currently our store sells parts that we physically ship. Next on our agenda is to add digital downloads. In the next few years I can foresee selling the parts business but keeping the digital download business as I hope to semi-retire.

If I sell the parts business, my thoughts are for you to host my digital download business on a new shopping cart (hey, I love this program!) If this happens, would it be a very hard or long process to transfer all the digital files to another store? Or should I start now with a separate store for the downloads?


There are two ways this can work, and there are pros and cons to each of them.

The first, and simplest method would be to start another Modular Merchant Account for the Digital Products.
Pros:
1. There will be no need for the digital objects to be recreated when or if the business is sold, as mentioned.
2. All of the order and sales history will be retained for the digital products being sold.
3. If any of the digital delivery module options are changed; they would not need to be reconfigured in a new account when the time came.

Cons:
1. A second Modular Merchant account would be needed relatively soon rather than when the business is ready to be sold.

The second option would be to begin to add the digital products to the existing Modular Merchant account and have both the physical products and digital to be purchasable from the same store.
Pros:
1. A second Modular Merchant account would not be needed via this method.

Cons:
1. If the business is sold and the Digital Products need to be moved, there are no built in tools in the current version of the software to export the digital products from one store and imported into another. Only the Product side of the digital products is export/importable; the digital objects are not. All of the digital objects would need to be recreated in the new account at that time.
2. No order or sales history relating to the digital products will be retained in the new account; they would need to be started from scratch.
3. Any changes to the digital delivery module options will need to be setup again, as the new account would have only the defaults set.

I hope this information was helpful and points you in the right direction. If you have any further questions, please let us know.
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pexring




Joined: 01 Jan 2010
Posts: 23
PostPosted: May 02, 2010 08:26am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the info.

I thought of another big issue ## search engine optimization. Moving everything to a new shopping cart with a different website name would play havoc with the search engines, at least for awhile.

I also thought about the option of storing the digital files in a separate location. But in the end everything probably works the smoothest if everything is together in one location.

One thing I do know is that this is the slickest shopping cart out there, and I can't wait for the update so it also handles inventory and shipping labels.

Mark
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