Spree Upgrades Its Open-source Platform; Amazon Launches PayPhrase
Spree, the open source ecommerce shopping cart, and Amazon.com have both announced new products in time for the holiday shopping season.
Spree is an ecommerce platform using the Ruby on Rails programming language. New features include coupon and discount support and an improved system of shipping calculators.
Coupon and Discount Support
With Spree 0.9.0, coupon eligibility is customizable on a per coupon basis. For example, an ecommerce merchant can configure coupon eligibility based on start date, expiration date, number of uses, and combinations (ensuring that specific coupons cannot be used with other coupons in the same order.)
Shipping Calculators
The new shipping-rate calculator system has a more modular design. The screens…
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Spree Upgrades Its Open-source Platform; Amazon Launches PayPhrase
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