Re: different ship dates and shopping carts -- how to?
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numero = 14991
interpreted = N
texte = >My client has decided that he'd like to offer customers the option of >shipping the orders as the merchandise becomes available to ship, or to >wait until all items are in stock and ship together. This is what >amazon.com offers. > >I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to handle the situation >where the customer wants items shipped separately, as soon as possible. >My client wants them to see the shipping total (based on weights and >distance) for each shipment before they complete the purchase. > >Right now, for simplicity of credit card authorizations, etc., I'm >leaning towards splitting the shopping cart into multiple shopping carts >(really multiple orders, but invisible to shopper), where each shopping >cart contains items with the same leadtimes. This would be done only if >the customer wants items shipped separately.Sandy,This gets complicated, believe me. I'm writing a multi-vendor store in WebCat for a client, and it requires similar capabilities to what you're looking to implement in your own store. Your approach may end up being a bit different from mine, however, and hopefully yours will be faster and easier to implement.I *thought* I would be able to use WebCat's built-in commerce functions with some special formulas to get the results I need, but the more I got into it, the more I realized that I would probably be better off creating all my own commerce functions from scratch in WebDNA, rather than try to modify WebCat's built-in capabilities.Believe me, this was no small task -- it's a LOT of work. I managed to succeed, and the results are awesome! But in the process, I learned some very valuable lessons, the most important being that PCS has taken into consideration many, MANY eCommerce features and functions which are completely invisible to the user -- but absolutely critical for the proper (and secure) results to be achieved.I would *not* suggest that you create your own commerce functions from scratch like I did ... unless there's absolutely no other way around it. But fortunately, it CAN be done if absolutely necessary, so that's just one more good thing about WebCatalog ... because no matter what I need (or think I need), at least WebCatalog makes it possible for me to attempt it. Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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>My client has decided that he'd like to offer customers the option of >shipping the orders as the merchandise becomes available to ship, or to >wait until all items are in stock and ship together. This is what >amazon.com offers. > >I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to handle the situation >where the customer wants items shipped separately, as soon as possible. >My client wants them to see the shipping total (based on weights and >distance) for each shipment before they complete the purchase. > >Right now, for simplicity of credit card authorizations, etc., I'm >leaning towards splitting the shopping cart into multiple shopping carts >(really multiple orders, but invisible to shopper), where each shopping >cart contains items with the same leadtimes. This would be done only if >the customer wants items shipped separately.Sandy,This gets complicated, believe me. I'm writing a multi-vendor store in WebCat for a client, and it requires similar capabilities to what you're looking to implement in your own store. Your approach may end up being a bit different from mine, however, and hopefully yours will be faster and easier to implement.I *thought* I would be able to use WebCat's built-in commerce functions with some special formulas to get the results I need, but the more I got into it, the more I realized that I would probably be better off creating all my own commerce functions from scratch in WebDNA, rather than try to modify WebCat's built-in capabilities.Believe me, this was no small task -- it's a LOT of work. I managed to succeed, and the results are awesome! But in the process, I learned some very valuable lessons, the most important being that PCS has taken into consideration many, MANY eCommerce features and functions which are completely invisible to the user -- but absolutely critical for the proper (and secure) results to be achieved.I would *not* suggest that you create your own commerce functions from scratch like I did ... unless there's absolutely no other way around it. But fortunately, it CAN be done if absolutely necessary, so that's just one more good thing about WebCatalog ... because no matter what I need (or think I need), at least WebCatalog makes it possible for me to attempt it. Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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