One shop or more shops?

[rogy]

Requirements for a Webshop. My client has got 10 local shops based on Germany.

The user has to choose first in which local shop he/she wants to order.
Each client has got a login account. This account gives him access to only certain local shops.
Not each local shop has got the same products available. Some products are available in each shop tough.
Within the order, it has to be visible through which local shop the order went.
The search should only work within a local shop.

My idea:
I will create a "Master Shop" with all products and categories including User Login. I will copy the shop and Joomla including MySQL DB 10x into different directories i.e. Shop.com/localshop_1, Shop.com/localshop_2.... I will create a static website on the homesite where the different local shops are linked to and the user can choose trough which shop he wants to order.

Or can my idea also work with only one shop?

Many thanks for your help in advance.

[balai]

I think that you can handle that with shopper groups.
You can use the shopper groups as a local shop and assign them to your products.

So each user will see the available products based on the shopper groups he/she is assigned to.
The selection of the shop as phisical shop can be done during the checkout as a shopper field

[rogy]

Alright, I am thinking of working around a one shop solution.

Here we go with my main focus points:
-          The stores are "shopper groups"
-          I have 10 "shopper groups" 1xMunich, 1xBremen and so on...
-          The products are assigned to different "shopper groups"
-          Not every product is available within each store
-          The user does not see any products after login in. He has to assign himself to a "shopper group" i.e Munich.
-          Only after assigning himself to a "shopper group" can he see and order those products assigned to this specific "shopper group"
-          He can now finish the order process but cannot (should not) be able to assign himself to a different "shopper group" within this one order process.
-          The user should only be able to assign himself to a different "shopper group" after finishing an order process. Does the user need to login again?
-          The "shopper group" has to be visible in the order confirmation.

Is this even possible with only one shop or would it be easier to only create one Master Shop and copy it 10x and customize each one?

Thank you for your help.

[balai]

I think the biggest part is possible.
Maybe you will have to do some modifications e.g. Display the shopper group to the order

I don't think that the user can assign himselff in a shopper group. This can be done by the admin but not sure if the user can do it.

Is this even possible with only one shop or would it be easier to only create one Master Shop and copy it 10x and customize each one?

Having 10 shops means 10x maintainance effort and time