Guest Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 My server offers three e-commerce options that can be install via Fantastico. From what I have learned so far osCommerce seems to be the most widely used of those three and also seems to have the most support available. I've visited a few stores using this product and have searched the forum but I can't find an answer to whether the site can be configured to display shipping/handling costs before logging in. This is really important to me. I personally will not go through the steps of creating a login on a website unless I am ready to purchase and I am never ready to purchase until I know the shipping/handling costs. I know a lot of e-commerce stores are moving away from that but I would like to allow you to enter your zip code and have the cart give you shipping costs before you invest the time into creating an account. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thank you
rhand Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 My server offers three e-commerce options that can be install via Fantastico. From what I have learned so far osCommerce seems to be the most widely used of those three and also seems to have the most support available. I've visited a few stores using this product and have searched the forum but I can't find an answer to whether the site can be configured to display shipping/handling costs before logging in. This is really important to me. I personally will not go through the steps of creating a login on a website unless I am ready to purchase and I am never ready to purchase until I know the shipping/handling costs. I know a lot of e-commerce stores are moving away from that but I would like to allow you to enter your zip code and have the cart give you shipping costs before you invest the time into creating an account. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thank you Well, I am certainly not an OSC expert, but you could always create and extra page with explanation on that. Just copy a disclaimer page, rename it and add content. I don't know if it is possible to include these prices using a PHP include..
Guest Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Well, I am certainly not an OSC expert, but you could always create and extra page with explanation on that. Just copy a disclaimer page, rename it and add content. I don't know if it is possible to include these prices using a PHP include.. Thank you for your response. I'm not sure that would work well for every product. On some items that will have a flat shipping rate I think this could work but others I really would like to be like www.newegg.com where you enter the zip code and it gives you the shipping options and prices.
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