076 Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts) with Sumit Verma

Sumit Verma talks about “Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. 
https://teratech.com/podcast/slatwall-coldfusion-ecommerce-unleashed-beyond-shopping-carts-sumit-verma/
Episode highlights
What is Slatwall
Enterprise level eCommerce platform
More than just a shopping cart
A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping etc
Easy to customize for your individual business processes
In summary, you could create your own Amazon.com clone. But add on subscriptions, events, reviews.
“The headless commerce” – all the backend of eCommerce
Why use an eCommerce platform
Saves a lot time over custom coding
More flexible than a shopping cart
Security
PCI compliant
PA-DSS certified
GDPR
Reliability
SaaS, hosted on AWS
SLA and support
Auto-scaling
Monitoring
Investment
Free Open source for self-hosting
Full service SaaS ad$1500-5000/mo depending on level
Features
Total customization
MVC
Event-driven architecture
Integrations architecture
Collections – Custom data lists
Workflows
Templates (eg email)
Cart abandon email
Inventory notifications
Call any service methods
Automation
Events
Reports
REST API
Product catalog
Subscriptions
Tickets
Digital content
Product reviews
Taxes and shipping
Order management
Customer management
Inventory management
Promotions
Technology
CFML Server: Coldfusion 10+, Railo 4.0.1.003+, Lucee 4.5+
Database Engine: MySQL, Microsoft SQL or Oracle
Hibernate ORM
Operating System: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux
REST API
Integrations
Mura plugin, other CMSs
Payment processing – Stripe, Payflowpro, Authorize.net
Shipping – FedEx, UPS
ERP – SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, Micros (SaaS version)
Marketing – Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Salesforce
New features available in Slatwall:
Collections
Pick, Pack, Ship
Accounting and Inventory Enhancements
QuickBooks Online
Other accounting interactions and exports
Point of Sale
Star Micronics m-pop with iPad
Sites using Slatwall
400+ developers using Slatwall
solve very complex eCommerce requirements while maintaining their legacy platforms.
CalPIA
TotalWine
Sotheby’s
Inc Magazine
Scientific American
FastCompany magazine
Why are you proud to use CF?
RAD
Fast to get up to speed – cross training developers from other languages
Clean, concise code
WWIT to make CF more alive this year?
What are you looking forward to at MuraCon?

Mentioned in this episode
Slatwall 
AWS