[ic] Multiple ship to's...

Paul Stearns pauls@compuace.com
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:02:44 -0500


Cameron:

Great I'll try the demo some more and then dive into the code.

Paul

"Cameron B. Prince" wrote:

> This is not correct.
>
> There were some problems with the multiple shipping addresses feature in one
> release. This only happened with the use of GDBM databases. Mysql has always
> worked as far as I know. But I just tried it on http://demo.akopia.com and
> it worked for me.
>
> The way it works is by associating an address from the ship_addresses
> database to each sku in the basket. Each order can have  practically an
> unlimited number of items with individual addresses assigined to each one.
>
> Then on the report email, each sku is listed with "Default Shipping
> Address", or the individual address selected for it. This all happens in a
> single order.
>
> The theory is the same for what you want. They way it's layed out is not.
>
> You can do what you're talking about with a little customization.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Cameron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-admin@minivend.com
> [mailto:interchange-users-admin@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Paul Stearns
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 7:57 PM
> To: interchange-users@minivend.com
> Subject: Re: [ic] Multiple ship to's...
>
> Cameron:
>
> I have downloaded, installed and set up the interchange system. I have made
> the demo catalog. I have even played with the method of handling multiple
> ship to's in the demo package. Which by the way doesn't seem to work, I
> added
> a new ship to, selected it and the the original ship to address remained in
> the ship to fields. I didn't complete the transaction, so I am not sure if
> it
> would ship to the right place.
>
> The demo system's handling of multiple ship to's seem to be based on
> separate
> orders, the niche that I'm trying to fill is a gift shop where a customer
> might want to purchas 5 to 10 items at one time to be shipped to multiple
> places. For example;
>
> A customer wants to buy 3 widget's and 2 doodad's. They want to send;
> 1 widget and 1 doodad to Aunt Matilda,
> 1 widget to cousin Billy Bob,
> 1 doodad to niece LaToya, and
> 1 widget for himself.
>
> Unless I am mistaken with the way the current demo is set up the customer
> would need to place 4 orders. Each separate order would incur a separate
> Credit Card transaction fee and customer service overhead.
>
> What is not obvious to me is how I might set up the front end part of the
> system so that a customer might keep their purchases separated whilst they
> shop, so that they can see in their basket what products have been allocated
> to each ship to.
>
> It is easier to understand by visiting the harryanddavid.com site and trash
> around.
>
> The advantages of doing it the way I would like is, that the pain of filling
> out the multiple ship to addresses is delayed until they have bought all of
> their products and they can see what they bought for each person at any time
> by clicking see cart.
>
> Paul
>
> "Cameron B. Prince" wrote:
>
> > This is basically the idea behind the multiple shipping address function
> > that is included with the Construct Something demo. You should be able to
> > take this and modify to fit your needs.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: interchange-users-admin@minivend.com
> > [mailto:interchange-users-admin@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Paul Stearns
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:54 PM
> > To: interchange-users@minivend.com
> > Subject: [ic] Multiple ship to's...
> >
> > This is in regards to Interchange/Minivend...
> >
> > I have a customer who would like to have the multiple ship to
> > capabilities of the harryanddavid.com site.
> >
> > Specifically what they like is the ability early during the purchase
> > cycle to tag each product with whom they wish to send it. Whenever they
> > look at their cart they can see what they have bought and for whom. At
> > checkout time they fill in the shipping information for each recipient.
> > And do a single credit card trx for the entire order.
> >
> > Has anyone done this using minivend/interchange?
> >
> > What is the level of difficulty in doing this?
> >
> > I am new with the product, and before I invest a lot of time in trying
> > to figure out whether it can be done with this product I thought I would
> > ask the user community.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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