Re: [WebDNA] making a gift cert. (in effect) it's own lineitem/'product' with negative price - pros/cons?

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 100710
interpreted = N
texte = > Thanks Donovan, Yeah I remember that we have to keep the user from getting more than one gift cert., so this 'hassle' would be a 'con'. Do you remember any other pros/cons? I mean WHY all would you want to do it that way? ...as opposed to just: - allowing user to input his gift code, which on the fly checks a giftcert.db if that gift cert exists/valid, and if so: - change the price of his product's lineitem(s) (according to the % off the gift cert gives) - On [purchase] set the gift cert to 'spent' in giftcert.db ? I am just thinking out loud here, but I wanted to do that to also see how the more recent versions of webcat may or may not have influenced the pros/cons for doing gift certs one way or another. -Govinda > > Hi Govinda, I guess it would depend slightly on what you are starting > with. If this is a SiteBuilder type of site, or a site that is > using the Commerce tags of WebDNA (as it appears it maybe), yes, > personally, I > would probably use the negatively priced "Gift Certificate" lineitem > method. > > You have to "watch out" that you don't give the ability of the users > to add multiple negatively priced gift certs. ;-) This is done by > reassessing the entire cart every time the cart is affected in any > way.. removelineitem, deletelineitem, setlineitem etc... > > The "blank" Gift Cert product can be added to the cart at a price of > $0.00. > > Let us know more of the details if you have further questions... There > are lots of "busy" people here that will be able to help you through > the process if needed. > > Cheers, > Donovan > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] making a gift cert. (in effect) it's own lineitem/'product' with negative price - pros/cons? (Govinda 2008)
  2. [WebDNA] making a gift cert. (in effect) it's own lineitem/'product' with negative price - pros/cons? (Govinda 2008)
> Thanks Donovan, Yeah I remember that we have to keep the user from getting more than one gift cert., so this 'hassle' would be a 'con'. Do you remember any other pros/cons? I mean WHY all would you want to do it that way? ...as opposed to just: - allowing user to input his gift code, which on the fly checks a giftcert.db if that gift cert exists/valid, and if so: - change the price of his product's lineitem(s) (according to the % off the gift cert gives) - On [purchase] set the gift cert to 'spent' in giftcert.db ? I am just thinking out loud here, but I wanted to do that to also see how the more recent versions of webcat may or may not have influenced the pros/cons for doing gift certs one way or another. -Govinda > > Hi Govinda, I guess it would depend slightly on what you are starting > with. If this is a SiteBuilder type of site, or a site that is > using the Commerce tags of WebDNA (as it appears it maybe), yes, > personally, I > would probably use the negatively priced "Gift Certificate" lineitem > method. > > You have to "watch out" that you don't give the ability of the users > to add multiple negatively priced gift certs. ;-) This is done by > reassessing the entire cart every time the cart is affected in any > way.. removelineitem, deletelineitem, setlineitem etc... > > The "blank" Gift Cert product can be added to the cart at a price of > $0.00. > > Let us know more of the details if you have further questions... There > are lots of "busy" people here that will be able to help you through > the process if needed. > > Cheers, > Donovan > Govinda

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