How to create a page with a shopping cart with products in it?

[Guest]

I know this is quite a challenge, but I am running a promo on my store that if they fill out a form they will get one of my products for free.

 

My plan was to send an email to the customer with a link to a page where I will have the shopping cart already loaded with the free product and all they have to do is click checkout and go through the process.

 

In order for me to do that, I just added the product myself to the shopping cart and once on the shopping cart page, I copied the source code and created a new page where I pasted the code.

 

Well, I guess is not that simple. It looks good, but once you click on the checkout button, it seems it doesn't pass sessions and it empties the cart after the customer logins to their account.

 

Can anyone tell me what would I have to do to pass sessions?

 

Thanks!

 

Ricardo

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

I know this is quite a challenge, but I am running a promo on my store that if they fill out a form they will get one of my products for free.

 

My plan was to send an email to the customer with a link to a page where I will have the shopping cart already loaded with the free product and all they have to do is click checkout and go through the process.

 

In order for me to do that, I just added the product myself to the shopping cart and once on the shopping cart page, I copied the source code and created a new page where I pasted the code.

 

Well, I guess is not that simple. It looks good, but once you click on the checkout button, it seems it doesn't pass sessions and it empties the cart after the customer logins to their account.

 

Can anyone tell me what would I have to do to pass sessions?

 

Thanks!

 

Ricardo

My first thought was to utilize a get method, but it didn't work. so, I would try a javascript on load function to execute the add to cart button on your page.... just maybe it would work.

[Guest]

My first thought was to utilize a get method, but it didn't work. so, I would try a javascript on load function to execute the add to cart button on your page.... just maybe it would work.

 

 

Ummm...any other suggestions?

[Guest]

Ricardo,

 

If you have a discount coupon code contribution installed, offer them a coupon code for the value of the items you have available for free. This contribution allows a percentage discount and you can choose which products it will work on. This is your best choice in my opinion.

 

http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/4269

 

 

Chris

[burt]

Alternatively, use the coupon code to not give a discount, but instead do something else. Did something very similar on a "Chinese Food" shop where they wanted to give a free gift with each order.

 

It ended up looking a bit like this mock-up;