E-commerce

 

You can set the following e-commerce module properties in Site Manager -> Settings -> E-commerce:

 

Taxes

 

•Default country - sets the default country, choose your country or country where you sell the most. All taxes are applied based on their values in the default country unless the customer specifies their country or state during the checkout process.

•Apply taxes based on - indicates whether the taxes are applied based on shipping or billing address. Taxes of orders without a shipping address will be calculated based on a billing address, regardless of this setting.

 

Accounts

 

•Allow anonymous customers - indicates if customers need to register on your site so that they can make the purchase.

•Use an extra company address - indicates if the option of providing company address is available in the check out process.

•Require company account information - indicates if it is compulsory to provide company account information in the check out process.

•Show Tax registration ID field - if checked, customer details will contain the tax registration ID field (e.g. VAT registration ID). The field will be displayed also in My account on the live site and during the check out process.

•Show organization ID field - if checked, customer details will contain the organization ID field. The field will be displayed also in My account on the live site and during the check out process.

 

Shipping

 

•Weight formatting string - the format used to display product weight. Use {0} expression to insert the weight into the formatting string.

•Minimal amount for free shipping - the minimum order value when the shipping is not charged.

 

Pages

 

•Default product image URL - default product image URL (virtual path). This image is used when product image is not specified.

•My account URL - My account page URL (virtual path).

•Wishlist URL - Wishlist page URL (virtual path).

•Shopping cart URL - Shopping cart page URL (virtual path).

•Redirect to shopping cart - if checked, the user is redirected to the shopping cart content page when the Add to shopping cart button is clicked. Otherwise, the user stays on the same page and the product is added to the shopping cart at the background.

 

User interface

 

• "Product" tab enabled - determines whether the Product tab should be displayed while editing document in CMSDesk -> Content. It allows content editor to mark editing document as product. Please see the Enabling the e-commerce module chapter for more details.

 

E-mails

 

•Send e-commerce e-mails from - an e-mail address from which the e-commerce notification e-mails are sent.

•Send e-commerce e-mails to - an e-mail address (e.g. merchant's e-mail address) to which the e-commerce notification e-mails are sent.

•Send order notification - indicates if e-mail notifications are sent after an order is finished and saved.The e-mail template E-commerce order notification to customer is used when sending a notification to a customer. The e-mail template E-commerce order notification to administrator is used when sending a notification to the administrator.

•Send payment notification - indicates if e-mail notifications are sent after the payment is completed. This is done automatically by the system on condition that the user paid using a payment gateway or if the order changed its status to one with the Mark order as paid property enabled (available in E-commerce -> Configuration -> Order status -> Edit () order status). Besides, a store administrator can manually complete the payment by enabling the Order is paid property (available in CMS Desk -> E-commerce -> Orders -> Edit () order on the Billing tab). Please note that the e-mail template E-commerce - Order payment notification to customer is used when sending a notification to a customer whereas the e-mail template E-commerce - Order payment notification to administrator is used when sending a notification to an administrator.

•Send e-products reminder (days) - the number of days before e-product expiration when a notification is to be sent to the user.

•Use customer's culture for e-mails - indicates if e-mails to customer will be sent in the shopping cart culture.

 

Conversion tracking

 

•Registration conversion name - the name of the conversion that will be logged when a user successfully registers on the website through the checkout process.

•Registration conversion value - sets a number that will be recorded along with the registration conversion when it is logged. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for this conversion. You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current site context.

•Order conversion name - the name of the conversion that will be logged when a user completes an order.

•Order conversion value - sets a number that will be recorded along with the order conversion when it is logged. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for this conversion. You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current site context.

•Add to shopping cart conversion name - the name of the conversion that will be logged when a user adds a product to the shopping cart.

•Add to shopping cart conversion value - sets a number that will be recorded along with the specified conversion when a product is added to the shopping cart. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for this conversion. You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current site context.

 

Payment Gateway - Authorize.NET

 

At Site Manager -> Settings -> E-commerce -> Payment Gateway - Authorize.NET you can set the following properties:

 

•API Login

•Test mode

•Transaction key

 

For more information please see the Authorize.NET configuration chapter.

 

Payment Gateway - PayPal

 

At Site Manager -> Settings -> E-commerce -> Payment Gateway - PayPal you can set the following properties:

 

•Business

•Cancel Return Url

•Notify Url

•Return Url

 

For more information please see the PayPal configuration chapter.

 

Global objects

 

To learn how to enable and configure E-commerce module global objects, please refer to the Enabling the use of global objects topic.