Opencart Multi Vendor Amazon S3 Extension

With so much data which is present online nowadays, it is essential to secure the data so as to avoid data loss because online data theft has become one of the major concerns for online business entrepreneurs. Amazon S3, which is also known as Amazon Simple Storage Service is an Object Storage Service provided by the AWS or Amazon Web Services. It helps store a large portion of the data in the Amazon S3 bucket, thus making it accessible for the users at any time of the day and at a comparatively faster speed. This reduces the load on the local server and creates a backup of the files on the Amazon Server, which can be retrieved whenever there is a downtime situation.

The idea of integrating your Opencart Marketplace with the Amazon S3 is beneficial as it is one of the best solutions to distribute the data load of the local server by storing the files on the Amazon Server. The Amazon S3 bucket, which is offered by the AWS or Amazon Web Services, is cloud storage, consisting of files or data which is available to the users remotely.

• The admin will have to edit the Opencart Multi-Vendor Amazon S3 module to configure the settings.
• The status of the module can be enabled or disabled.
• The name of the Amazon S3 bucket is to be set by the admin.
• On creating an account with the Amazon S3, the admin receives the Access and the Secret Key
• A dropdown list is given, from which the admin needs to choose the region.

As the Opencart Multi-Vendor Amazon S3 works well with Opencart Marketplace Downloadable products, both the admin and the sellers can create downloadable products in their respective panels.

• Both, the admin and sellers can create downloadable products under Downloads option in their respective panels.
• The admin/ seller will have to add the downloadable product name under Download Name.
• The admin/ sellers need to upload the downloadable file.
• The Filename will be added automatically to uploading the downloadable product or filename.
• The Mask field takes up the name of the file automatically when the admin or the seller uploads the file.

The main purpose of the Amazon S3 bucket is that the customers can easily access the data which is stored in the bucket, regardless of time and space.

• The admin/ sellers can choose any product from the product list and edit the product to add the downloadable product, against the Downloads field.
• As the admin/ sellers save the product, a link will be created on the Amazon S3 and the product is saved on Amazon Server.
• The customer will have to purchase the admin/sellers product with which the downloadable product is added.
• On purchasing the respective product, the links of the downloadable products will display under Account Downloads, in the front end.
• The customer can download the links from Account Downloads, at any time and place.
• The links of the products are also created in the Amazon S3 and saved in the Amazon server.