We operate several OSCommerce webshops. We have 1 shop (Mastershop) which contains all items and besides that we operate niche webshops (Satelliteshops) on their own domain with the same content as the Mastershop.
In the Mastershop we have all kind of modifications build in.
What we need is the following:
We need to handle the content of the Satelliteshops from the Mastershop so if a price changes in the Mastershop it’s changed directly in the Satelliteshop.
These modifications allow us to assign specific products and categories to multiple stores that we define in the administration panel. The products and categories will not be able to be manipulated via the web-browsers address bar (like in most
other multi-shop implementations). Also, there is no “one store to rule them all”. We decide which categories we want displayed on which store-front. We decide which products in that category you want displayed on which store-front.
Also we need all features handled through the Mastershop like shipping features, email confirmations, order processing (so every sale in each Satelliteshop will be processed in the Mastershop), discounts, etc.
The costumer database of each Satelliteshop must be integrated in the Mastershop.
So basicly all “behind the scenes” must be controlled from the Mastershop and all Satellite shops remain with their own identity.
Checkout in the Satellite must be in the Satellite look and url but when checkout is succesfull the data must be brought to the Masterstore.
We also must be able to add future Satelliteshops to the Mastershop!!
The Mastershop will be a copy of the existing one and the satellite can be a clean install of OSCommerce (it will be filled from the Mastershop anyway!).
