This VM is created for 2 reasons: 1. Very little initial setup work required to make a Customer Self-Service Desk Live For All Shopkeepers, within minutes. 2. This system should keep running for Years, without requiring Updates / Breakages.
If you are new to Virtual Machines, then please watch the Video below ( taken from my other project. just replace td with csep wherever mentioned )
After starting this VM, please login to its Control Panel with:
Website Address: https://csep.local/index.php?s=csep_admin
( Accept Any Warnings )
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: change_this
from any PC on your Local Network.
Then study the Demo Entries made in Categories, Products & Brands ( Just click on their icons from the Dashboard ) by editing them and then make your own entries, similarly. You may cleanup the demo entries, later.
Your customers can now visit the Products Page at: https://csep.local/
The features screenshots below are self-explanatory.
Features
- Saves enormous amount of time for Shopkeepers, as this system itself will show the Customers, Product Choices that are available, their Price for the Quantity chosen, keeping track of it in the Shopping Cart. After customers make their Payments using Cash OR Cards OR UPI Payments like GPAY etc., the items in the shopping cart can be delivered by the shopkeeper and the shopping cart can be emptied by the customer themselves, thereby making way for the next customer's usage of the system. Optionally, You can install and configure a payment gateway yourself, in order to accept direct payments on your AbanteCart store. There are a number of different payment gateways available for AbanteCart, both free and paid. To install a payment gateway on your AbanteCart store, you will need to download the payment gateway extension from the control panel. Once you have downloaded the extension, you will need to install it on your AbanteCart store and configure it with your payment gateway account information. Once you have installed and configured a payment gateway, you will be able to accept direct payments on your AbanteCart store.
- All other features can be explored at your leisure.
- Once setup & running, please ensure that a Backup of the system, is taken regularly, to avoid any issues.
- These are covered in the video. Google Search helps in finding more about AbanteCart ecommerce software.
- A surprisingly simple, user-friendly and FREE Customer Self-Service Desk For All Shopkeepers.
- As this system is meant for local network usage, it uses a self-signed https certificate. Hence, browsers will throw a warning for the first time. Please accept the same and proceed ahead.
- A small correction in the Video below: Choose a LAN Card Network Adapter Connection in Virtualbox ( Not Wifi ), after connecting your PC to your Router / Switch, with a LAN Cable. If the Router / Switch has a DHCP Server enabled inside, then the Virtual Machine, will be able to obtain an IP Address from it, quickly.
- Please save this webpage completely, for future references.
- If you like AbanteCart ecommerce software ( as I did ), you can contribute to its development, by visiting: https://www.abantecart.com/contribution
- Increase CPU Count and Memory in the VM's Settings, as required, for better performance
Project Samples
