How to get around the limited (3) custom fields of

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   How to get around the limited (3) custom fields offered.  

I'm selling professionally designed door hangers where customers can personalize with 5 different fields.  
-Company name:
-Company Phone:
-Address:
-Special Promotion: 
-List of Services offered:  

Can someone point me in the direction for the best option?  Possible solution:  
1)  Use 3 input fields for co. name, phone and address.  Then use the special customer fields for the final two.  Do you think this complicates the process from the customer perspective? 

Thanks

Justin 

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netmarketer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30-January-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote netmarketer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to get around the limited (3) custom fields of Posted: 17-July-2008 at 2:36am
	How to get around the limited (3) custom fields offered. I'm selling professionally designed door hangers where customers can personalize with 5 different fields. -Company name: -Company Phone: -Address: -Special Promotion: -List of Services offered: Can someone point me in the direction for the best option? Possible solution: 1) Use 3 input fields for co. name, phone and address. Then use the special customer fields for the final two. Do you think this complicates the process from the customer perspective? Thanks Justin

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17-July-2008 at 4:07am
	Hi Justin - I see you did post it as a new thread :-) - For the benefit of others I'll repost my reply, but of course folks, feel free to add you thoughts - that's what the forum is for ! My initial thought was that you need to increase the number of product input fields which means a bit of customization. However, assuming that for each customer the FIRST THREE fields will always, or usually, stay the same, then I would make these the special customer fields and make "Special Promotion" and "List of Services Offered" the two fields associated with the product(s). The special customer fields remain the same when the customer next logs in. With suitable supporting text that would work, but isn't really ideal. The big caveat is that the customer fields are associated the the CUSTOMER. If you have lots of other products that do NOT require these fields it would possibly lead to confusion. Similarly, if the name and address details would change with each order, then the use of Customer Fields is a bad idea. In summary - It depends on your circumstances ! :-)
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netprofits Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 05-January-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote netprofits Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17-July-2008 at 5:28am
	Another thought if you can't use the customer's info from the checkout screen as Hamish suggested. You could use textarea fields for the input. Make the first field be "Company Info - Name, Phone, Address", second field is Special Promotion, third field is List of Services.
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netmarketer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30-January-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote netmarketer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17-July-2008 at 8:36pm
	Hamish Each product will require different customization and as you said it can lead to confusion by adding special customer fields. How much customization is it to add another 3 custom input fields? Thanks as always Justin

netmarketer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30-January-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote netmarketer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17-July-2008 at 8:37pm
	Hi Dan, Thanks for the tip. I will probably do it this way in the beginning.