How to work with this system?

[CosmoHack]

Hello.

 

In the online store that I am setting up we also have physical shop, but we are gonna work the 80% of the products with the dealers stock (at least in the beginning).

So, if someone makes an order, I first have to verify the stock in the dealer's warehouse and then give an OK to the client.

 

So i think i have to work this way:

 

First I have to make run the oscommerce catalog without stock... i mean, i don't want the stock level appearing in any place of the store and i don't want it to be a problem when you make the final checkout. Is it possible?

 

In second place, before the client pays I have to check stock in the dealer's warehouse and then give an OK to the client, so the modus operandi would be:

 

- Client checks out.

- I check if there is stock in the dealer's warehouse.

- If there is stock, I have to contact the client to give us our account number (for bank transfer or moneyorder), our paypal email or ask him for his credit card number to charge it through our virtual credit card charger (but I don't know if i can do it this way because i have no idea about how works a virtual credit card charger).

 

Is this possible?

 

I mean I guess that if the client chooses bank transfer/moneyorder there is no problem for me to choose when will he pay, but if he chooses paypal or credit card, could he ONLY pay when i give him an OK.

 

Sorry about my english, im spanish.

 

Thank you!

[Guest]

Hi,

 

You didn't say how the credit cards are processed.

 

If you manually process them there are options.

...Latest version of osCommerce installed or all patches applied and all addons installed are free from security holes.

...modify a credit card module to accept payment and write the data unencrypted to the database.

...you review orders (have the cc info display on the order sheet)(admin section needs to be SSL).

...decide if there is a backorder situation

...two ways here.. move the cc info to something secure at your office and delete it from the database or hold it in the database until the order is processed and then delete it. Get it off the database as fast as possible.

 

I have done it on select sites.