Fwd: Open Source Auction Web Site software on Linux

Greg Rundlett (freephile) greg at freephile.com
Thu Jun 3 20:29:33 EDT 2010


sorry, meant to post on-list.  See bottom

Greg Rundlett

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From: Greg Rundlett (freephile) <greg at freephile.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Open Source Auction Web Site software on Linux
To: Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com>


On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:

> A client of mine asked me this morning to create a new domain and web
> site for on-line auctions of their items &, eventually, consignments
> (they are in the collectibles/antiques business, primarily weaponry).
> They are not trying to reinvent eBay; they only want to list their own
> items and not the general public's. Rather than write my own, I searched
> for some existing solutions, but haven't found anything which jumps out
> as "good," let alone, "best." Does anyone have any suggestions for
> on-line auction software, preferably open source, though commercial is
> acceptable, if source is available (Perl, PHP, or Ruby, preferable)?
>
> Running on Linux is mandatory (the distro started out as a RedHat
> variant years ago, but has been heavily customized since). We host with
> ICDSoft. They have the usual LAMP setup, as well as PostgreSQL, or other
> options, as needed.
>
> Any package likely will need us to customize it some, presumably nothing
> onerous, as there are a few oddities of this business (governmental
> regulations) that off-the-shelf software might not provide. Plus I
> really prefer to be able to modify anything as needed.
>
> So far I've seen the names of phpAuction, AuctionFactory (a module for
> Joomla), iLance, E-Z Auction, and a smattering of others which appear to
> be phpAuction-forks. I have only briefly looked at any of these, as I
> hope someone in the group has some experience with something reliable
> and, preferably, easy to work with.
>
> Any thoughts?
> TIA.
>
>
Hi Dan,

Possible option would be to re-write/update an un-maintained Drupal module
that Ben Melancon wrote...it's a stretch, but possibly useful to you if you
know Drupal already.
http://data.agaric.com/node/1105

Greg Rundlett
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