Drupal Commerce

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Drupal Commerce
Basic data

Maintainer Commerce Guys
Current  version 8.x-2.3
(January 10, 2018)
operating system cross-platform
programming language PHP
category Program library
License GPLv 2
www.drupal.org/project/commerce

Drupal Commerce is an open source - E-commerce software based on Drupal . The functionality of Drupal Commerce includes the management of products, orders and payments and covers the typical area of ​​application of common e-commerce and online shop software. In contrast to comparable systems, the data structures are similar to Drupal itself, flexible and can be heavily modified, which enables the mapping of specific sales scenarios.

history

Drupal Commerce was originally developed by Ryan Szrama as a fundamental revision of the “Übercart” e-commerce module. The first version was released on August 23, 2011. At the moment, Drupal Commerce is largely being designed and developed by Szrama's company “Commerce Guys”.

distribution

Drupal Commerce has grown steadily since its inception. Currently the module is active on 64000 installations of Drupal. If you compare distribution trends with other online shop systems such as osCommerce and Magento, the relatively high distribution in larger e-commerce websites becomes particularly clear. The projected proportion of ecommerce websites using Drupal Commerce is currently 1%, according to builtwidth.com.

Major users of the software are the jewelry manufacturer Cartier, as well as the e-learning provider Open Sesame and the language travel provider Eurocentres.

Functions and structure

Similar to Drupal itself, Drupal Commerce has a modular structure and is integrated into its subsystems through the structure of Drupal. So are z. B. Functions such as multilingualism are also available in all areas of Drupal Commerce. The modular structure enables only subsystems of the basic system to be used for certain requirements (e.g. if no shopping cart is required). Extended functionality such as payment methods or shipping are made possible in Drupal Commerce via additional modules.

Core functions

The core functions of the current version of Drupal Commerce include:

  • Product management and management of product attributes
  • Management of product presentations
  • Order management and management of order items
  • Management of payments and payment methods
  • Calculation and treatment of different tax rates
  • Discount calculation

Available extensions

Extensions are available for the following functionality:

  • Administration of shipping methods and shipping calculation
  • Inventory management
  • License sales and management

See also

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Drupal Commerce . In: Drupal.org . October 15, 2009 ( drupal.org [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  2. Releases for commerce 7.x-1.0 . In: Drupal.org . August 23, 2011 ( drupal.org [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  3. Usage statistics for Drupal Commerce | Drupal.org. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  4. Ecommerce technologies Web Usage Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  5. Cartier | Drupal Commerce. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  6. Open Sesame | Drupal Commerce. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  7. eurocentres.com | Drupal Commerce. Retrieved July 11, 2017 .
  8. Commerce Shipping . In: Drupal.org . February 28, 2011 ( drupal.org [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  9. Commerce Stock . In: Drupal.org . April 14, 2011 ( drupal.org [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  10. Commerce License . In: Drupal.org . July 6, 2013 ( drupal.org [accessed July 11, 2017]).