Where can I find a Woot.com type script? April 17, 2008 6:15 AM Subscribe
I'm wanting to start a site like Woot.com but can't find a turnkey script to use. Does anyone know if such a script exists? All I can find are freelance projects and I'd really rather just buy a readymade script. posted by Hellafiles to computers & internet (7 comments total)
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Couldn't you just use a blog to make a post scheduled at a certain time each day? Or do you mean the whole thing with forums, e-commerce, member accounts, and such? posted by mathowie at 7:22 AM on April 17
Yeah I'd like the whole members area/ forum integration. With a full admin panel etc. posted by Hellafiles at 7:38 AM on April 17
There are generalized web frameworks/cms packages like Drupal that will get you part of the way there, but as far as I know nothing exists that is pre-packaged and ready-to-go with the commerce aspect of it. posted by verb at 8:46 AM on April 17
"I'd like to make a site that works like X.com, but don't know how/want to build it myself. What are the turnkey options?"
This question pops up regularly on AskMe (annoyingly increasingly so, but I digress). Here's the simple answer to all of them:
Find other sites that do roughly the same thing. You'll find one of three things:
A) No other sites like it exist. You're on your own.
B) There are other sites, but they're all completely different- e.g. all running their own software. You're on your own.
C) There are several that look and work very similarly. Check through their "about" pages, as junkbox notes, or ask around, and find out what they're running. There's your answer.
If you're serious about diving into a market that is already being served, you should be doing this research anyway for reasons other than technology.
My fairly anecdotal response from the few sites like this I've seen is that they all use some sort of blog software as the foundation, and go custom from there. posted by mkultra at 9:15 AM on April 17
Turnkey that'll do ecommerce, shopping cart, credit card processing, inventory, shipping, discussion forum, woot-like front page, etc? I doubt it exists. You'll have to hire some talent to write this application for you. If you could do this overnight then there would be thousands of woot clones. posted by damn dirty ape at 9:57 AM on April 17
Turnkey that'll do ecommerce, shopping cart, credit card processing, inventory, shipping, discussion forum, woot-like front page
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posted by mathowie at 7:22 AM on April 17