Is VM the solution?

[hiya83]

Hi,

So I have a certain use case for my site, but I am not sure if VM is the right solution, so please enlighten me. The following is a quick overview of my usage: on the site, there are 2 classes of users that can be registered, a service provider and a service requester. So there is a pool of service providers that are registered on the site with the services they provide and the options. Now a service requester logs on the site and picks a certain service from the listed providers and selects a whole set of customized settings and options. After the requester has selected his/her order, this essentially becomes a new "product" that the requester will pay for, hopefully through Paypal or some other payment gateway. The requester can also write reviews/rate the service provider after the transaction is complete. Since I don't have a concrete list of products, is VM still a viable solution for what I need? Or would I be better off just creating my own table of products which gets populated with a new order form, and use some paypal module/or write one myself to finish the payment?

Thanks!

[jenkinhill]

VirtueMart would not be suitable unless extensively modified. I guess that SobiPro may be the best tool to use for this - http://www.sigsiu.net/sobipro.html

[hiya83]

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I took a look at SobiPro, and whilst it does seem similar, I don't think it's quite what I need. I think I'll probably just code it up myself; I don't think it'll be that complex (hopefully ). The main hurdle I see will be payment using Paypal API (or Google checkout). Any tips/advise for that step that you are willing to impart?

Thanks!

[jenkinhill]

  I'm not a coder...