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ProductCart ![]() Admin Group ![]() ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135 |
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Please do not assume that ProductCart version 3.5 will include code that prepares the exact sort of information required by BuySafe. As mentioned above, we will include common order variables. However, if you need to loop through the items that were purchased and provide details at the item level, you will need to perform additional programming.
You can use the file we created as part of the Google Analytics integration with our ecommerce software for that purpose (inc-GoogleAnalytics.asp). Order information at the item level is indeed sent to Google Analytics. So there are likely portions of that source code that you can reuse for BuySafe. |
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bearlygrins ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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I received this response from BuySafe, which has not helped me at all, but maybe someone else can benefit from it and share with the rest of us:
"Yes, a loop needs to be added in order to handle orders with more than one item. I’m not familiar with Product cart so I don’t know the syntax you’ll need to add the loop but here are a couple of examples of how some merchants have added loops to the widget code for their carts
{section name=num loop=$orders[oi].products} buySAFE_addCartItem( "{$orders[oi].products[num].product}", {$orders[oi].products[num].amount}, {$orders[oi].products[num].price}, "{$orders[oi].products[num].productcode}" ) {/section} And <ss:foreach item="detail" within="$invoice.storeDetails"> buySAFE_addCartItem( "<ss:value source="$string.stripNonAlphaNumerics($detail.name)"/>", <ss:value source="$detail.quantity"/>, "<ss:value source="$detail.price"/>", "<ss:value source="$string.stripNonAlphaNumerics($detail.sku)"/>" ); </ss:foreach> |
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ProductCart ![]() Admin Group ![]() ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135 |
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Hi everyone, we can't take this on directly right now because we are all 100% focused on finishing up the upcoming version 3.5 of ProductCart.
As I mentioned above, this is a project that can definitely be tackled by a competent developer by using as a reference the code that we have already created for Google Analytics. The syntax required by buySAFE is certainly different, but the logic is the same and the information that needs to be extracted from ProductCart is likely very similar. bearlygrins: you might want to proactively contact Certified ProductCart Developers about this potential project. massimo |
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macleather ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 23-June-2008 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 3 |
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Bearlygrins, Thanks for the BuySafe answer. Not quite what I was hoping for as my programming skills are non-existent. If you are going to try to contact a PC Developer to work out the code, I would be willing to share the cost with you (if it's not too outrageous) in order to get this to work properly. I still believe that it is an important feature to close the sale. If you do, you can send me a private message.
Earlyimp, thank you for your responses to our "outside the box" questions. Alan |
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bearlygrins ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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For now, I'm going to pressure BuySafe to provide the code, since they have done so for many other shopping cart programs. They have much to gain financially by getting a little more involved. Other than that, I don't have much time to devote to the issue since the Christmas season is right around the corner and I'm adding a lot of new products. I'll probably look into Google Analytics as PC suggested first.
Thanks!
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bearlygrins ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Here is the documentation from BuySafe, which is instructions included within the widget code to be added to ordercomplete.asp. Basically, all items in brackets (highlighted in red) need to be replaced with PC variables for each item ordered:
<!-- BEGIN: buySAFE Other Platform widget -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="'>https://seal.buysafe.com/private/rollover/utils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- // Instructions: Replace any items in <brackets> with JavaScript variables or literal values from your cart. // Basic order information
var buySAFE_Merchant = 'unique code given to each merchant'; var buySAFE_OrderNum = '<the unique order number>'; // Then, for EACH ITEM in the cart, call the function buySAFE_addCartItem:
buySAFE_addCartItem( "<item_title>", <item_quantity_purchased>, <item_price>, "<item_item_number>" ) // Sample of a cart with 2 items in it // var buySAFE_Merchant = 'abcabcabcabcabcabcabc...abcabcabcabcabcabcabc%3D%3D'; // var buySAFE_OrderNum = 'order_2007-05-11_00123'; // buySAFE_addCartItem( "iPod 30GB", 1, 199.99, "AIP1234" ) // buySAFE_addCartItem( "iPod Carrying Case", 2, 15.99, "AIP-CASE-100" ) //-->
</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="'>https://seal.buysafe.com/private/rollover/widget.js"></script> <!-- END: buySAFE Other Platform widget --> |
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Hamish ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56 |
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Hi folks,
One thought occurs to me - do the figures you send to BuySafe need to take into account discounts etc? The total a customer pays is not always and in some stores hardly ever, the sum of all the individual product prices + postage as discounts of various sorts may need taking into account. |
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bearlygrins ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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I had thought of the same thing, but it doesn't really matter. The BuySafe interface provides a list of the products the customer has just purchased and calculates a very small amount per item to charge the customer if they opt to bond the item. It's like an insurance policy for the buyer, to make sure they get what they're paying for. Shipping and handling fees are not included.
So for instance, for a $25 item, BuySafe would ask for $1.50 fee to bond the item; other items would each have assigned fees as well. The BuySafe widget then adds the fees for the items the buyer has selected and takes them to their site to buy the insurance. Proceeds are then split with the seller.
The service helps to convert potential customers into sales by providing peace of mind. It's a great tool to have in an online store.
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macleather ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 23-June-2008 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 3 |
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Bearlygrins, I understand. If you have a contact name you are emailing with at Buysafe and want to provide that to me, I'll send them my request as well. You're right, there is a financial gain for them to provide us with the code.
Thanks Again
Alan
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katharina ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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The question is how many customer have heard about buy safe. I certainly have not, so I did check out their site. Quite honest it does not give me peace of mind, since I don't know this company. It gives me the feeling of a gimmick trying to get more money out of me as a customer or seller. I do not think that it will boost sales as they state. Where are their numbers are coming from anyway? I may see a point in this if it is something really expensive, like a car, expensive jewelery, or some antiques. Is it just me or are there more and more companies like that popping up. I guess they all want a piece of the retail pie. Sorry for being to blunt. I get tons of those kind of business offers, and they start to make me sick. What else to we need to sell? Secure site with certificate should be enough. But no there is the Better Business Bureau with their high rates, the child safe rating, and, and, and, and.... Man we will be cluttering up our sites, spreading our revenues to everyone in no time.
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