Guest Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 H2O Pool Products had a problem. One of the manufacturers stated that they didn't want the prices to display when they displayed the product. Well, the simple solution was to install Call For Price, but H2O Pool Products doesn't have a large staff to manage multiple calls, so the issue became one of getting the data off the page and automatting a way to send the product name and price information to the buyer. By adding one field to the product (whether the item should get e-mailed or not) in the database, we were able to make the changes so that the system will display a message when an item is listed rather than the price ("click for price") and when they get to the products detail page it lists a message (in the languages/ folder) that tells the user that they must enter their e-mail address in the space provided and "click the button" and the price will be e-mailed to them. If they are logged in it will pre-fill the e-mail address of the shopper. If not the field is left blank. Once they enter the email and select the field, the system will send them the price. It will know if the price is on special, and if it is will send them te original price, and the special price. Now, for the one drawback. If the user places the item in their shopping cart, they can see the price of the item without going through the process of the e-mail. The manufacturers concern was the price being displayed on the net, and not showing the price in the invoice (or shopping cart). Based on this we were able to overcome the manufacturers objection. Before I bundle this up, I would like to know if anyone would be interested in this contribution? The code is not as robust as Linda's Call For Price module, but it might meet someone elses needs. If it does, I'll bundle it up, otherwise, feel free to drop me a line if you're interested in the changes we made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajeh Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I am remaking the Free call for price with new fields ie: product_is_free product_is_call You could add another field like that product_is_email_only and that could be used to not display the price and later used to email the price Then edit /includes/modules/order_details.php and have it mask the price when product_is_email_only This would be a nice contribution and I will keep it in mind during the re-write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnehc Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Hi, So ... this contribution right now, doesn't show price of item but user can add item to cart? If so .. how about ... by default, such items, there is no 'add to cart/buy now' button displayed (display a price quote button?) ... in the email, send them information on the price of the item. And, if they want the item, there is a LINK to click to add the item into their shopping cart ... this would presumably take care of users adding it to their cart and seeing the price (if i read your message correctly). That is based on most people will not care/do enough to try and add a 'outofstock/etc' item to their cart by viewing source. ;) H2O Pool Products had a problem. One of the manufacturers stated that they didn't want the prices to display when they displayed the product. Well, the simple solution was to install Call For Price, but H2O Pool Products doesn't have a large staff to manage multiple calls, so the issue became one of getting the data off the page and automatting a way to send the product name and price information to the buyer. By adding one field to the product (whether the item should get e-mailed or not) in the database, we were able to make the changes so that the system will display a message when an item is listed rather than the price ("click for price") and when they get to the products detail page it lists a message (in the languages/ folder) that tells the user that they must enter their e-mail address in the space provided and "click the button" and the price will be e-mailed to them. If they are logged in it will pre-fill the e-mail address of the shopper. If not the field is left blank. Once they enter the email and select the field, the system will send them the price. It will know if the price is on special, and if it is will send them te original price, and the special price. Now, for the one drawback. If the user places the item in their shopping cart, they can see the price of the item without going through the process of the e-mail. The manufacturers concern was the price being displayed on the net, and not showing the price in the invoice (or shopping cart). Based on this we were able to overcome the manufacturers objection. Before I bundle this up, I would like to know if anyone would be interested in this contribution? The code is not as robust as Linda's Call For Price module, but it might meet someone elses needs. If it does, I'll bundle it up, otherwise, feel free to drop me a line if you're interested in the changes we made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I am remaking the Free call for price with new fields ie: product_is_free product_is_call You could add another field like that product_is_email_only and that could be used to not display the price and later used to email the price Then edit /includes/modules/order_details.php and have it mask the price when product_is_email_only This would be a nice contribution and I will keep it in mind during the re-write. Linda, if you want to piece that sends of the e-mail let me know. It is a hackdown of the Tell-a-friend with some distinct changes. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Good day all :) My e-shop have similiar problems - it have products, that have no actual price because they are services and it's hard to determine price for them, or price is not available for now. But i want them to be - listed, but not buyable (cant be added to cart) and price shouldnt appear. Maybe it's possible to modify code, in case of price for product set to 0, it not displayed and product cant be buyed. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elari Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 you can use customer status you can set for new customer no price to be displayed when you agree the customer you set his status to be able to see price if no price shown he will have no checkout you can also set customer to see specifice discount, show price w or w/o tax.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 you can use customer status you can set for new customer no price to be displayed when you agree the customer you set his status to be able to see price if no price shown he will have no checkout you can also set customer to see specifice discount, show price w or w/o tax.... That's not solves the problem - i want some services and products have the price and some not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Pospel, the solution to your problem is Linda's Call For Price Contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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