Anybody experimenting with e-commerce solutions for Elements?
I have an Ecwid option I have been playing with that @dan helped me put together using Buy Now button code from Ecwid. But lately I have been investigating Shopify to see if it might be a better solution.
There had been talk about someone bringing Reflow to Elements but I have not heard anything about that for some time.
Just looking for other options.
Take a look at this: Shopping Cart for Paypal & Stripe
I don’t use it myself but you will get first class support from Adrian of Vibralogix. I use their Sitelok product. 
I am using Cartloom and have been for numerous years. I have it all working in ELEMENTS and a few little tricks from Cartloom Support and Dan have helped me although most was learning ELEMENTS side. I am currently re writing my whole site and enjoying all the new things I can do with ELEMENTS easier than with RW and Classic versions.
I was wondering about Cartloom as I have used it in the past. I’ll have to do some wexperimenting with it in Elements.
I have a copy of VibraCart that I had planned on using on this site. I never used it though as it was easier to stick with what I had. Might require a second look.
It’s the same method, drop and drag snippets from cart into a custom element. Simples, I also have PayPal and Stripe set up with it, its so easy and just works for me.
That is what we did with the Ecwid custom element. But It took a little tweaking to get it to work right. Especially, to simplify adding the product IDs. But it is fairly simple.
I’ll give Cartloom a test run to see how it works.
I have everything et up in Cartloom so it’s just the snippets that I needed to copy across. I have used Cartloom for many years and perfected everything I need in there. My products have remained constant just updates like price and new legislation been added and as its instant that suits me brilliant. Good Luck!
@handshaper Cool thing is, Cartloom uses Tailwind just like Elements does. Should be a easy and good looking fit 
@yabdab That is good to know.
I used to use Cartloom awhile back. I signed back up yesterday and have been playing with it. I think I will be switching back as soon as I can do more playing to see how it works out.
Still trying to figure out how to create a custom Buy Now button component that will allow me to enter the product ID, so I don’t need to create a custom component for each product. I only use Buy Now buttons on my site, so I do not leverage a full store page, yet.
On Cartloom just go to snippet tab and copy the snippet into a custom and label it buy now “x”. You need to do this for each button/product/group or whatever you want and then drag it into your page where you want it!
Everything you need in hooks (basic default)
const transformHook = (rw) => {
rw.setProps({
node: rw.node
});
};
exports.transformHook = transformHook;
Everything you need in properties (button label, and product id)
{
"groups": [{
"title": "But Now Button",
"properties": [{
"title": "Button Label",
"id": "label",
"text": {
"default" : "ÂŁ9.99 | Add to Cart"
}
},{
"title": "Product ID",
"responsive": false,
"id": "productid",
"text": {
"default" : ""
}
}]
}]
}
Now in the html template you just need to replace your cartloom snippet parts for the product. id, and the label text with the id’s of the properties you just created. Then style the a tag however you like with tailwind classes.
Wrap the scrip portion in a portal, so it’s inly ever added to the page once. See image and snippet below.
@portal(bodyEnd, includeOnce: true)
your cart loom script goes here
@endportal
Wow, great.
I still can’t get it to work though. My script appears to be different than yours.
Here is what I get from Cartloom.
<script data-cartloom-buy="{{productID}}" data-cartloom-type="styled">
if (typeof Cartloom === "undefined") {
var Cartloom = {};
(function(){
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.src = "https://gb24-box.cartloom.com/v5/cart.js";
document.body.appendChild(script);
})();
}
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="https://gb24-box.cartloom.com/v5/cart/quickbuy/{{productID}}" target="_blank">Buy Now</a>
</noscript>
So I don’t have the button you are creating in the opening <div>. My script provides the button as well as the options I have defined for the product.
If you are using the includeOnce option, you must include a unique ID for your portal.
The ID should be in a reverse domain format, along the lines of com.doobox.componentName.cartloomScript
This is really important, Elements won’t be able to reliably include the portal only once without the ID.
So your code should look like this:
@portal(bodyEnd, includeOnce: true, id: "com.doobox.cartloomComponent.cartloomScript")
// your code here
@endportal
@ben Not sure I get the distinction between the two in the docs then.
I assumed if that code above was used multiple times in a page, then that would be deemed multiple instances of the same component.
Oh sorry, you are correct, I forgot that we actually support includeOnce without an ID.
BRB, just getting some more coffee 
WHOOOOOSH - straight over my copying and pasting brain! I added a custom HTML, copied snippet from Cartloom and then added custom exactly where I wanted it on page. As I have individual products, groups, bundles etc on Cartloom it was easy peasy to do it this way as you don’t have to keep delving into code and forgetting where you have put your buttons and pages. Each one to their own but this is the simples way for non coders and forgetful people. 
When I try to wrap the code snippet in the PORTAL block it stops working. Without it the snippet works perfectly.
I guess I will just have to create a custom component for each individual product, which is a pain.
I have all my products set up in Cartloom, I then have groups e.g. All products, groups of similar products and bundles. It might be a pain to start with but if you set up everything once in Cartloom its dynamic so you may have more than one website with sales on and it is just a snippet copy.
Yes, I have the process working with Cartloom. It just seems wasteful to have a custom component for each product. Hopefully, at some point in the future Cartloom will provide a generic product component that allows you to enter the product ID and off you go.
Which is what @Doobox was showing earlier, but I could not get it to work with the snippets I have been getting from Cartloom.
