Purpose
The purpose of the E-Commerce Administration module is to allow the client to specify which options will be made available within their E-Commerce tools (Either/or: Product Catalog, RSVP (for selling tickets to events) and Donations (taking donations from site visitors). The administration module gives you control over the features and functions of your ecommerce initiatives.
Description
This module is found within the E-Commerce tab of your Client Console. Depending on which modules you are using in ecommerce will determine how many records you will need to enter. (For an example: If you are just using Product Catalog, only one record will be needed, if you are using RSVP and Product Catalog, two records will be needed....one for each).
This module allows you to control every facet of your ecommerce environment to include: Which credit card fulfillment you would like to use. (Versign, Authorize.net, E-mail based orders only, PO# acceptance, Paypal, Bank of America or Ticketmaster). Your modules are already configured to integrate with these vendors, but requires (for Verisign, Authorize.net, PayPal, Ticketmaster and Bank of America) that you have an account with them.
This module also allows you to determine if you want to calculate real shipping costs based on the dim weight of each product, and how you wish to present your products. It even allows you to rename the many buttons and icons shown in the ecommerce area of your site...giving you control over how you wish to present ecommerce, and take orders for your products. Finally, it allows you to manage the email workflow of 'Who is to receive incoming orders via email, who might you want to copy on these emails, and what will the subject line of the emails say 'Incoming Order from Website', as well as the Thank you message which is seen and sent to the client, upon ordering.
Each ecommerce module (Product Catalog, Subscriptions, RSVP and Donations) has its own reporting module, which allows you to query and export all activity and transactions whenever you want. This information can also be exported in XML format, or other....to integrate with your back office accounting and shipping systems.
How To Use
This module is found within the E-Commerce tab of your Client Console. Depending on which modules you are using in ecommerce will determine how many records you will need to enter. (For an example: If you are just using Product Catalog, only one record will be needed, if you are using RSVP and Product Catalog, two records will be needed....one for each).
Simply click on the existing record set up for your site, or create a new one if you are interested in setting up different workflow rules for your ecommerce tools. This form will ask you for a variety of information including your account number (if any) with Verisign, which module is this workflow for, who receives incoming email copies of orders, are shipping calculations to be determined based on dim weight, etc.
Once you have set up all of your workflow rules (of if you have changed them) they will immediately become available within the Ecommerce shopping cart of your site.
