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Using GF for eCommerce Site

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  1. Ally
    Member

    I'm trying to set up a small, online shop to sell non-digital products as a fundraiser site with affiliate program and GF was recommended to me to check out. I'm a MAC user.

    1.
    Will GF work as a simple site (maybe 10 products) or do I need a shopping cart? It seems if I keep the products to a small number, in lieu of a cart, I could just list all products on one page with a scroll bar …? Or at least list them all on one BUY page; if so, will the purchase of more than one product (not multiple buys of the same product, but several different products purchased) be totaled for one final price?

    2.
    How would I add a product photo to the Buy form? I see an HTML field, but not sure how to use that to add a photo; is there a way to just upload a photo from my desktop to appear on the form?

    3.
    Is there a way to add tax?

    4.
    I've been on the Demo site today; I would need to purchase the plugin for paypal and am not sure how to tie GF to the paypal account - is that not shown on the Demo page?

    5.
    This is key to my decision to move forward with the fundraiser boutique – I'm trying to find a quick, efficient way to print shipping labels, ideally with postage code, but at minimum, just the address. I want to avoid copy/paste the info for each order, and seek a simple way to click in order to print to either to a label printer or laser printer. I'm thinking one option may be to just print the screen, but is there a more efficient way to process shipping info for each order? I see the Export has a CSV option, but I'm not really sure how that would work.

    6.
    What will the user see once they submit the order? I'm assuming there is a way to customize that page - where?

    Thank you!

    Posted 12 years ago on Sunday July 17, 2011 | Permalink

  2. Chris Hajer
    Key Master

    1a. Simple commerce, no problem.

    1b. All the products will be included in your form and then the form is embedded in a page.

    1c. The total will work either way. If they buy multiples of one product, that is totalled, and if they buy one blue widget and one grey t-shirt, that will be totalled properly too.

    2. You could upload the photo to your media gallery, then use the HTML field to include it in your form. There are a couple posts here that explain how to do it, but linking them here would not help you since you would not be able to view them until your have access to the forum (after you purchase.)

    3. With the PayPal add-on, tax is handled by PayPal.

    4. There is a simple set up to tie PayPal to the add-on. It involves entering your address and making sure PayPal IPN is configured to let your website know when the transaction goes through.

    5. There are many ways to do this. CSV seems the clunkiest but could work. You would export as CSV, import into Excel or OpenOffice, and there use the addresses to generate mailing labels (with a mail merge.) Seems clunky to me.

    You could also set up a specific admin notification that includes exactly what you want on your label, then just print that from your email client.

    Worst case, you could copy and paste (although you want to avoid that, it might be fastest.)

    6. These are called confirmations. You can configure a message on the same page, a new page, or redirect to a new page. They will see whatever you want them to see: it's completely configurable.

    So far, nothing you have asked about is outside the capabilities of what Gravity Forms (with the PayPal Add-On) can do. It may require a bit of creative thinking, but it's all certainly possible, and everyone here is very helpful and will be happy to help you out after you make your purchase.

    Posted 12 years ago on Sunday July 17, 2011 | Permalink

  3. Ally
    Member

    Thank you for the reply/info Chris! If you would, please go ahead and add the links to the 'how to' for the photo upload to the HTML section; I can refer back here once I purchase. Thanks again for the help!

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday July 18, 2011 | Permalink