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Hi!
I have three questions:

1) How much approximately costs an implementation of a shopping cart module.
2) How long it would take, approximately.
3) Could you, please, give me some... let's say... advice on how to do it, some useful links.., or what basically I have to read in order to be able to do it.

I would greatly appreciate any help of your side!

Best wishes,

Kei

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asked about cost, schedule and what to learn; moved the topic into PHP. Below is a compact, practical plan to turn those questions into deliverables.

Rough ballparks (very dependent on location, designer/dev rates and exact features): a minimal custom cart (product pages, add-to-cart, cart page, hosted checkout) can be done in days to 2 weeks; expect roughly $500–2,000. A mid-level system (product options, inventory, admin UI, shipping/tax rules, coupons) is typically several weeks and $2,000–10,000. Enterprise or integrated platforms (multi-vendor, ERP/warehouse sync, complex tax rules, custom UX, PCI scope) take months and 10k+. Using an off-the-shelf PHP solution (WooCommerce, PrestaShop) or a hosted gateway dramatically lowers cost and time.

Practical learning path and resources: start by defining a strict MVP feature list. Study PHP session handling and safe DB access (session storage for guests, persistent DB carts for logged-in users). Use prepared statements / PDO and follow OWASP guidance for input validation and CSRF protection. For payments prefer hosted flows or tokenized APIs (Stripe, PayPal) to reduce PCI burden. Key references: PHP session manual, PDO prepared statements, , PayPal developer docs, OWASP Top Ten and Composer docs.

Quick checklist and tip: define product/order models, implement add/update/remove, persist carts, sandbox checkout, order confirmation, admin order view, inventory transactions and logging. Test with sandbox payment accounts and SSL. Common issue: if sessions seem to vanish, check cookie settings, session.save_path and "headers already sent" problems.

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All depends on the technology you will be using PHP/ASP/JSP

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Well, I suppose I'll use PHP. But, of course, if you suggest that smth else is better...

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OK, I'm moving this post to PHP section it will get more and better attention over there

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