[PLUG] eCommerce Special Deals

[Michael Rasmussen]

On 2018-07-28 20:38, Michael Barnes wrote:
> Not really specifically a Linux thing, but you are the best group of 
> folks
> I have access to.
> 
> Considering an online store, we have an issue of a special sale coming 
> up
> of a limited number of a product. We expect this item to be in high 
> demand
> and folks will be waiting in line to purchase. We would like to 
> announce
> the sale will start at Noon Pacific Time on the chosen date. We felt 
> this
> would give the most customers an even chance to purchase as opposed to
> starting at some seemingly random time.
> 
> First, does this seem like a logical concept? Our webmaster claims it 
> is
> not doable with our current software. He says he can only have the sale
> start at midnight, but he is unable to determine what time zone that
> particular midnight is, whether it is our Pacific time or whatever time
> zone the host server happens to be in (which we do not actually know). 
> He
> also claims no known ecommerce software allows this and nobody who does 
> on
> line sales would do such a thing.
> 
> I would guess it is not unlike buying tickets to a movie on line and
> waiting until they go on sale to purchase and there only being a small
> number available.

Any CMS worth its name allows publication at and after a specific time. 
I'd press the webmaster.
If you share your CMS software/platform someone here may be able to 
point out how it's done on that platform.

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       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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