Is a Video Rental site possible??

**battousai622** · 01-25-2010, 02:02 PM

Hello, im looking into implementing a video rental site for a project.

I was looking into using osC as my platform, but before i start this i want to make sure its possible to implement.

But osC is used for selling products not renting. Is it possible to change osC into a rental site?

Are there any better platforms to use to do this?

Any advice would be great, thanks.

**battousai622** · 01-26-2010, 12:04 AM

any help would be much appreciated plzz thanks =]

**pgmarshall** · 01-26-2010, 02:31 AM

Since you have posted in the osCommerce forum - I assume this is what are using rather than osCMax?

I can see no reason why you could not use the site for video rental ... are you trying to do a postal service model? Or is it a physical store as well?

You will probably need to tweak the Products_expected bit a little so that you don't have to continuously reload your stock when it is returned. Eg. when video is rented - automatically set the instock date to +3 days ... ie. when it is returned. You will need to think about late charges etc.

However, I have not seen a specific module for this purpose before ...

Regards,

**battousai622** · 01-26-2010, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by pgmarshall

Since you have posted in the osCommerce forum - I assume this is what are using rather than osCMax?

I can see no reason why you could not use the site for video rental ... are you trying to do a postal service model? Or is it a physical store as well?

You will probably need to tweak the Products_expected bit a little so that you don't have to continuously reload your stock when it is returned. Eg. when video is rented - automatically set the instock date to +3 days ... ie. when it is returned. You will need to think about late charges etc.

However, I have not seen a specific module for this purpose before ...

Regards,

I am just trying to make a model for a project im working on, im not planning on opening a real store.

thanks for the help tho! =)