Sumit Verma talks about “Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.

Show notes

What is Slatwall

Enterprise level eCommerce platform

More than just a shopping cart

A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping etc

Easy to customize for your individual business processes

In summary, you could create your own Amazon.com clone. But add on subscriptions, events, reviews.

“The headless commerce” - all the backend of eCommerce

Why use an eCommerce platform

Saves a lot time over custom coding

More flexible than a shopping cart

Security

PCI compliant

PA-DSS certified

GDPR

Reliability

SaaS, hosted on AWS

SLA and support

Auto-scaling

Monitoring

Investment

Free Open source for self-hosting

Full service SaaS ad$1500-5000/mo depending on level

Features

Total customization

MVC

Event-driven architecture

Integrations architecture

Collections - Custom data lists

Workflows

Templates (eg email)

Cart abandon email

Inventory notifications

Call any service methods

Automation

Events

Reports

REST API

Product catalog

Subscriptions

Tickets

Digital content

Product reviews

Taxes and shipping

Order management

Customer management

Inventory management

Promotions

Technology

CFML Server: Coldfusion 10+, Railo 4.0.1.003+, Lucee 4.5+

Database Engine: MySQL, Microsoft SQL or Oracle

Hibernate ORM

Operating System: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

REST API

Integrations

Mura plugin, other CMSs

Payment processing - Stripe, Payflowpro, Authorize.net

Shipping - FedEx, UPS

ERP - SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Micros (SaaS version)

Marketing - Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Salesforce

New features available in Slatwall:

Collections

Pick, Pack, Ship

Accounting and Inventory Enhancements

QuickBooks Online

Other accounting interactions and exports

Point of Sale

Star Micronics m-pop with iPad

Sites using Slatwall

400+ developers using Slatwall

solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.

CalPIA

TotalWine

Sotheby's

Inc Magazine

Scientific American

FastCompany magazine

Why are you proud to use CF?

RAD

Fast to get up to speed - cross training developers from other languages

Clean, concise code

WWIT to make CF more alive this year?

What are you looking forward to at MuraCon?

Mentioned in this episode

Slatwall 

AWS

His MuraCon session Description:

Topic - Slatwall: eCommerce Unleashed

We take a closer look at some new Slatwall Projects that launched in 2017. Learn how these businesses leveraged the flexibility of the Slatwall platform to solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.

CalPIA

TotalWine

Sotheby's

As we review these projects we will also highlight new features available in Slatwall:

Collections

Pick, Pack, Ship

Accounting and Inventory Enhancements

Point of Sale

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Bio

Sumit Verma

Sumit brings over 15 years of RIA, web development and technology management expertise to ten24. He is directly responsible for overseeing the development process for each project and managing ten24's technical infrastructure.  Sumit has successfully implemented projects calling on his diverse skills that involve: E-Commerce Applications, ERP Applications, CRM Applications, Client/Server Solutions, System Analysis & Architecture, Database Designing and Administration, for clients such as Working Advantage, Pongo Resume,