Magenta Multi Store Question

[Tech4Homes]

I've read a lot of Google about this but it's not 100% clear.

I have Website A for retail and Website B for trade. They are set up as two separate websites on different domains which means the content is duplicated.

What I want really is www.websitea.com/trade which goes to a different store view with a different product categories etc but it's essentially the same website and same products using customer group pricing.

Is this possible with a new "store". If so how do I get the store to be www.websitea.com/trade

It's easy to make it a completely different domain but I want to avoid the differing domains, I just want different categories and hidden/different pricing for customer groups.

-- Edit -- Mac changed Magento to Magenta in title.. obviously I mean Magento.

 

[ready steady solutions]

I expect it is possible
Can I ask I just clarify what you are trying to achieve?
Are you trying to set up a new multi-store magento website with one of the stores on the main domain and the other on maindomain/trade ?

 

[Tech4Homes]

Yes pretty much.

At the minute I have two completely separate stores, it works fine, but I share a lot of the products so they now come up in Google twice and can obviously cause issues with duplicate content etc. I thought it'd be easier to keep it to one site with separate pricing.

The annoying part is I need a different category structure for the trade side hence why I can't just change the prices with a log in...

 

[pickaweb]

I would recommend having just one website.
So much easier when it comes to then marketing it too.
Eg:
mybusiness.com
but then have an area on your website where you have your online shop eg mybusiness.com/store.

You can do this easily. There are several ecommerce applications you can use.
My favourites are:
List of ecommerce software
Hope it helps.

 

[Don]

What I've done is have a trade section on our website, which is just a category (with some sub-categories). Customers have to have a log in for a specific customer group (set up for each trade customer). So when they log in as a trade customer, they see discounted prices (by having a group price for that customer group) for each relevant product.

As well as that, due to needs, a separate trade website is also being set up that will use the same root category, but will be a different "website" in Magento.

 

[Jaroslav]

It is definitely possible. Moreover - it's easy.
I need one week to make different store view with a different product categories etc within the same website and same products using customer group pricing.
I have strong experience with Magento for the last 4 years.
and offer a full portfolio of modules and services for online stores.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Kind regards,
Jaroslav N.
WebiProg Inc.
email: vladnep(at)webiprog.co.uk
Skype: vladnep