paying for a service not a product. is it possible

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   I was wondering if someone can pay for a service or make a payment throufh product cart.

i constantly have customers who have to pay me for services not for products.

its simple enough to call them and run theyre credit card to make a payment but some people live outside the US and its not easy to call and ask for theyre credit card details.

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a3dcreator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19-April-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote a3dcreator Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: paying for a service not a product. is it possible Posted: 22-February-2010 at 12:18pm
	I was wondering if someone can pay for a service or make a payment throufh product cart. i constantly have customers who have to pay me for services not for products. its simple enough to call them and run theyre credit card to make a payment but some people live outside the US and its not easy to call and ask for theyre credit card details.
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Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-February-2010 at 12:29pm
	Sure - just make a $1 product called services and have them specify the amount as the quantity.

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: 22-February-2010 at 12:35pm
	Hi, This may well cover what you need : http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/how_to/links_to_hidden_products
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ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-February-2010 at 12:37pm
	If the service is something that is sold multiple times, then you can set it up in ProductCart and adjust the amounts using one-time coupons or asking the customer to use the quantity field (as Greg indicated). For example, that's exactly what we do when we ask customer to purchase the "Ad-hoc Support" service on our software store. There is an hourly rate, and then we ask the customer to enter the amount of hours. If the service is a one-time item, and assuming you have an account with Google Checkout or PayPal, you can send an electronic invoice, which is a very handy tool to collect payment in that sort of scenario.
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katharina Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote katharina Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-February-2010 at 12:43pm
	We are doing this all the time. We use the link to a hidden product (see link in Hamish's response) so only the customer sees it and not other shoppers. We recently had a custom order from a customer in Sweden and this enabled us to send the a link for the online invoice and they simply went online and paid for it. In an essence you do create a product listing, but specify it as free of shipping charges. Works great for us.
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