Hi. I’m thinking of updating my website to a new modern responsive design and am considering using Bootstrap in combination with ASP.Net (VB).
I would also like to have my own store that will easily integrate with this kind of design template and redirect to PayPal and another third-party credit card payment processor (to comply with PCI) and then return to my site once the order is complete to automatically send out an order confirmation email with a license key. The store would also have to handle VAT/Tax calculations.
I am currently using esellerate to handle the ecommerce, licensing and activation but would like to move away from them to use my own licensing system so I can manage activation and deactivation online myself and generate my own keys and upload them to the new store system for distribution.
I would also like to somehow incorporate my old customer database (from esellerate orders) into my new one and for my new system to handle CRM and support ticketing etc. And if and when I decide to create a physical boxed product for the store to also handle sending out fulfilment emails to the customer with tracking info and to a warehouse to process the order.
I know these are a lot of questions all rolled into one topic but I feel they are all intrinsically linked and that before I can make any decision on one solution I need to carefully consider all the other options.
Can anyone give me some advice?
Perhaps share their own experience in this field and their own design choices and adopted solutions?
Thanks!