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🏬 PHP Commerce Package — Feature Guidelines (Store-Centric Architecture)

1. 🧱 Core Concept: The Store

The Store is the heart of the package — it acts as the orchestrator and configuration container for all commerce operations.

Core Responsibilities

  • Initialize and configure all submodules (Cart, Orders, Products, Payments, etc.)
  • Manage global store settings (currency, tax, region, etc.)
  • Provide access to repositories and services
  • Define the business rules (e.g., default tax rates, active payment gateways)
  • Handle store-level events and lifecycle (e.g., store opened/closed)

Key Features

  • Multi-store support (e.g., StoreManager::get('store_id'))
  • Configurable settings (currency, timezone, locale, etc.)
  • Store-specific catalogs, prices, and customers
  • Base for dependency injection into all modules

2. 🛍️ Product Management

Features

  • Product model with ID, name, SKU, price, description, and category
  • Support for variants and attributes
  • Manage product visibility and stock availability
  • Store-aware pricing (each store can have its own price list)
  • Search and filter support
  • Digital and physical product support

3. 🧺 Cart Management

Features

  • Each cart belongs to a specific store
  • Add, update, and remove items
  • Apply taxes, discounts, and coupons dynamically
  • Persistent storage (session or database)
  • Merge carts (guest → customer)
  • Auto-recalculate totals when store configuration (tax, currency) changes

4. 🧾 Order Management

Features

  • Create orders from a cart within a specific store
  • Store-specific order numbering format
  • Track order statuses and fulfillment states
  • Support for multiple stores and order partitioning
  • Manage billing, shipping, and customer information
  • Store-aware tax and discount application

5. 💸 Pricing & Discounts

Features

  • Store-based pricing rules and discount policies
  • Coupon management and validation
  • Rule-based discounts (customer group, order value, etc.)
  • Multi-currency price lists per store
  • Tiered pricing or membership discounts

6. 💰 Tax Management

Features

  • Tax configuration per store or region
  • Inclusive/exclusive tax display options
  • Dynamic calculation based on customer’s address
  • Integrate with external tax services (optional)
  • Support for compound taxes (VAT + regional tax)

7. 🌍 Currency & Localization

Features

  • Each store defines a base currency
  • Optional multi-currency conversion using defined exchange rates
  • Localized price formatting
  • Regional settings (date/time format, language)

8. 🚚 Shipping

Features

  • Store-defined shipping zones and methods
  • Flat, weight-based, or distance-based pricing
  • Integration-ready structure for external APIs (e.g., DHL, UPS)
  • Pre-checkout shipping cost estimation

9. 👤 Customer Management

Features

  • Store-scoped customers and authentication
  • Guest checkout
  • Multiple addresses per customer
  • Customer group segmentation (VIP, wholesale, etc.)
  • Saved orders and carts

10. 💳 Payment Integration

Features

  • Store-specific payment gateways and credentials
  • Unified interface for multiple payment providers
  • Transaction logs per store
  • Support for offline/manual payments
  • Webhook/callback support for async confirmation

11. 🔒 Security & Validation

Features

  • Store-based access controls
  • Secure order and checkout validation
  • Token-based request verification
  • Safe serialization for data exchange
  • Protection against cart or price tampering

12. 📊 Analytics & Reporting

Features

  • Store-level sales summaries
  • Top-selling products and categories per store
  • Revenue, tax, and discount insights
  • Exportable data (CSV/JSON)

13. 🧩 Extensibility

Features

  • Store-level event dispatching (e.g., store.onOrderCreated)
  • Middleware-like processing pipeline for checkout and payment
  • Service provider system for plugin integration
  • Configurable dependency container

14. 🧰 Utilities

Tools

  • Price formatter
  • Tax calculator
  • Currency converter
  • ID and token generator
  • Date/time and localization utilities

15. 📦 Developer Essentials

Include

  • README.md with setup and examples
  • composer.json with PSR-4 autoload
  • Unit tests for all modules
  • Configuration file format (e.g., config/store.php)
  • CHANGELOG.md for releases
  • LICENSE and CONTRIBUTING.md

16. 🔌 Optional Advanced Modules

  • Store API Layer — REST/GraphQL-ready endpoints
  • Inventory Synchronization — for multi-warehouse systems
  • Subscription Billing — recurring payments per store
  • Refunds and Returns — manage credit notes
  • Marketplace Support — multiple vendors under one platform
  • Admin Dashboard SDK — reusable components for backend UI

🧭 Summary

Layer Purpose
Store Core context, configurations, and orchestrator
Product Catalog and inventory
Cart Manages selected items and totals
Order Finalized transactions and statuses
Payment Gateway and transaction handling
Customer User data and preferences
Tax & Currency Pricing rules and localization
Shipping Delivery logic
Analytics Reporting and insights
Extensibility Events, hooks, and integrations