Geo F Trumper - online shop
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Geo F Trumper was established in 1875 and is a well-known gentlemen's perfumer and barbers with two shops in London's West End. The ecommerce site we built for them was originally established in 2001, and enables them to sell online the full range of products from their catalogue. The original site stood the test of time for 5 years and then underwent a major re-design at the end of 2006 making the Trumpers shopping experience even more user-friendly.
The site was completely custom-built to the client's specification. We set up the various database tables needed to enable an ecommerce system to work properly and then wrote the coding for the shopping basket solution. The programming elements were all done using ColdFusion allied to a MySQL database which gives us maximum flexibility when doing this sort of work or any work that requires server-side code.
The site continues to grow with additions such as online gift vouchers that can be both bought and spent on the site.
There is also the administration module which allows authorised staff at Trumpers to use a browser-based system to administer various aspects of the online shop:
- Product database - adding new products or deleting or modifying existing ones.
- Order tracking - allowing orders to be tracked and fulfilled.
- Downloading CSV files of the shop orders to integrate with their in-house accounts system.
- Source analysis - allows them to see where their clients found their site.
The Trumper online shop has proven to be a great success.
Tech
Advantages of a custom-built system
The delivery price options for Trumpers' products are complex as they rely on a wide range of criteria such as area, weight and even number of items ordered. We had to build in a separate weight banding for all products. Because their requirements were so specific, this could only be done using a custom-built system.
Integrating with Sagepay
In order to run an ecommerce site, an online store has to integrate with a payment service provider (PSP) in order to be able to take credit and debit card payments. We used SagePay (formally Protx) for the Trumpers site and carried out the integration into SagePay's systems seamlessly.
We have used both SagePay and WorldPay for payment services as well as having investigated others for suitability for particular clients' needs. It is important to ensure that the payment provider satisfies a number of criteria before going ahead as it is a big decision and the integration process can be quite lengthy.
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