Integrating multiple merchant payment routes

[NatashaA]

I am setting up a niche market affiliate website - catalogue style, the problem I am encountering is that with multiple merchants there are multiple payment routes and only one product can be purchased at any one time as there is no shopping basket for my actual site. I am not doing aStore (Amazon) or similar store widgets and am adding the products individually primarily to generate strong content and long tail URLs. Current incomplete site can be found here: www.theeasteregg.co.uk.

Please note that my site has been built using www.ezweb123.com.

Wondering whether a shopping cart and single payment process could be developed giving customers a full shopping experience online before going through to purchase. This would necessitate xml or similar integration with existing merchant payment structures.

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated

With thanks,
Natasha

[c1lonewolf]

If I'm understanding you correctly, there are open source php affiliate scripts already available that should have everything you need. Just place on your webserver and begin building.