Re: Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order)

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2001

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texte = What you want to do here depends on what emails you want to send out and when...You could do everything through PayMethod AC and a header field to indicate the stage etc, but the real complete solution would involve probably another PayMethod - you can do this by editing DoPurchases.inc so that the PayMethod is handled correctly - something like CK for check and the order is placed into a Pending folder or something like that...Then WebMerchant report templates could be modified to show those transactions correctly and to allow you to reprocess the order with another PayMethod to indicate that you have received the check.This is the kind of work that I love...>A client, whose store we recently completed, would like visitors to >have the option of paying by mail. I have a working knowledge of >WebMerchant, but I'm not expert on the e-commerce functions of >WebMerchant/WebCatalog. So, I'm asking for any pointers that you all >may have.>>After filling their shopping cart and adding billing and shipping >info, the visitor can print a page that contains all their >information. The visitor will check a box on the page for Check, >Money Order, or Credit Card. If they're paying by CC, they fill in >the necessary information. The visitor then sends the printed page >with check or money order, if necessary, to us.>>If they used a credit card, we need to process the card through AuthorizeNet.>If they used a check, we'll wait until the check clears.>If they pay be money order, we'll immediately mark the order as complete.>>Here's the catch:>All of this needs to be done using WebCat/WebMerchant and the >original Orderfile. So, we're basically putting the order on hold >until we receive payment from the visitor. Once payment has been >verified, we need to let WebCat/WebMerchant know, so that monthly >totals and inventory can be updated as if it were a order processed >in real-time.>>My main hang up is how to take the order out of the WebMerchant >loop, then put it back in with no loss of information. Also, I'm >thinking that CC orders will have a payMethod=CC, and check/money >order orders will have payMethod=AC so I can run it through without >checking anything. Is this right?>>Does anyone have any pointers? Has anyone set up a store like this before?>>Thanks in advance!>---- Jay Van Vark ***********************************Fax (801) 659-7952 ***********************************Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there! --Roy Rogers-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order) (Terry Wilson 2001)
Re: Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order) (Jay Van Vark 2001)
Update: Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order) (Clint Davis 2001)
Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order) (Clint Davis 2001)

What you want to do here depends on what emails you want to send out and when...You could do everything through PayMethod AC and a header field to indicate the stage etc, but the real complete solution would involve probably another PayMethod - you can do this by editing DoPurchases.inc so that the PayMethod is handled correctly - something like CK for check and the order is placed into a Pending folder or something like that...Then WebMerchant report templates could be modified to show those transactions correctly and to allow you to reprocess the order with another PayMethod to indicate that you have received the check.This is the kind of work that I love...>A client, whose store we recently completed, would like visitors to >have the option of paying by mail. I have a working knowledge of >WebMerchant, but I'm not expert on the e-commerce functions of >WebMerchant/WebCatalog. So, I'm asking for any pointers that you all >may have.>>After filling their shopping cart and adding billing and shipping >info, the visitor can print a page that contains all their >information. The visitor will check a box on the page for Check, >Money Order, or Credit Card. If they're paying by CC, they fill in >the necessary information. The visitor then sends the printed page >with check or money order, if necessary, to us.>>If they used a credit card, we need to process the card through AuthorizeNet.>If they used a check, we'll wait until the check clears.>If they pay be money order, we'll immediately mark the order as complete.>>Here's the catch:>All of this needs to be done using WebCat/WebMerchant and the >original Orderfile. So, we're basically putting the order on hold >until we receive payment from the visitor. Once payment has been >verified, we need to let WebCat/WebMerchant know, so that monthly >totals and inventory can be updated as if it were a order processed >in real-time.>>My main hang up is how to take the order out of the WebMerchant >loop, then put it back in with no loss of information. Also, I'm >thinking that CC orders will have a payMethod=CC, and check/money >order orders will have payMethod=AC so I can run it through without >checking anything. Is this right?>>Does anyone have any pointers? Has anyone set up a store like this before?>>Thanks in advance!>---- Jay Van Vark ***********************************Fax (801) 659-7952 ***********************************Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there! --Roy Rogers-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Jay Van Vark

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Re: Pay by Mail (CC, Check, Money Order)

2001

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