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Chapter 2: Installing and Using NetStores

Handling payment

With NetStores, you can allow your customers to pay you in a wide array of ways. Payment methods can include CyberCash, credit cards (which can be validated by CyberCash), and COD.

If you have the optional NetStores EDI Link module, you can also accept payment by purchase order. See "Purchase orders and EDI" for details.

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--> To calculate discounts, sales tax, and shipping and handling:

  1. Set these parameters in ./dwos/data/store-abbrev/params.sh to tell NetStores what types of discounts to provide:
  2. Set these parameters in ./dwos/data/store-abbrev/params.sh to tell NetStores how to calculate sales tax:

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--> To control how customers can pay you:

  1. Create a file called payopt in the ./dwos/data/store-abbrev directory. This file should list the types of payment you want to accept (one per line). NetStores will use this list when it creates the field in the Order Acceptance form that lets customers choose how they want to pay for the order. For example, a file that listed all the payment options NetStores recognizes would look like this:
        Visa
        MasterCard
        AmEx
        Discover
        CyberCash Wallet
        Terms
        COD
        Quote
  2. Set these parameters in ./dwos/data/store-abbrev/params.sh to tell NetStores how to process the Order Acceptance form:
  3. Set these parameters in ./dwos/data/store-abbrev/params.sh to tell NetStores how to handle invoices and receipts:
        "Qty  Stock # 	Description 		Price     Ext"
  4. Create a file called emconf in the ./dwos/data/store-abbrev directory that contains the message you want to email or fax to customers who request order confirmation. NetStores will replace EMWAIT in this file with the value of the EMWAIT parameter, ORDNO with the order number, and ORDDAT and ORDTIM with the current date and time.
  5. Set these parameters in ./dwos/data/store-abbrev/params.sh to tell NetStores how to handle credit card payments:
  6. Create a file called invhdr in the ./dwos/data/store-abbrev directory. Put your store's name, address, and phone numbers in this file as you want them to appear in the header of the receipt that is emailed or faxed to customers who request confirmation.

NetStores Administrator's Guide
1: About NetStores
2: Installing and Using NetStores
3: Troubleshooting
4: Technical Reference

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