Order form program .. c++ ?

by ksmusselman

Posted: 14 years ago 7 replies

PROGRAMMING

Hey all!

I finally found a work-around to rebuilding an entirely new site on some ecommerce server, something I've been dreading for weeks. I can keep my existing order form and website and PayPal shopping cart/checkout as long as I can get a programmer to modify the existing PayPal code.

Yes, PayPal's code can be modified; I've been doing it for a few years now but this particular project is beyond my knowledge base.

So what I need is a program that will calculate a total dollar amount for the order from the amount of products a customer enters into the order form times the price each.

According to their developer, all of the logic needs to be performed on my website and the total "sent to" PayPal, whatever that means.

Right now I have my bookmarks set up to sell per "set" because PayPal's system works on a one product = one price basis.

So the program needs to do the calculations and then "send" PayPal the final total. In other words, if a customer orders 10 bookmarks and they're priced at $1.95 each, this gets calculated out on my site and sends PayPal "10 = $10.95."

I hope I'm explaining this right. :confused:

If anyone here does this type of programming, can you let me know? And give me a quote? I'm assuming this program has to be built into the beginning of the order form and then "called' at the end to send to PayPal or whatever so they get the pricing information along with the rest of the order form.

You can see the current order form on my site:
Wedding Favor Bookmarks and Personalized Bookmarks for All Occasions

I'm sorry if I just totally confused everyone. I only took one semester of C++ and I about had a nervous breakdown just getting through it!! :rolleyes:

Note: Yes, I went to fiverr but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. i.e., is this a C # or C++ program or something totally different, right?

Thanks!!

#form #order #program

KirkMcD 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ksmusselman

Right now I have my bookmarks set up to sell per "set" because PayPal's system works on a one product = one price basis.

Your problem is that you believe this to be true. It's not. You can send whatever price you want.

You don't need to write something in an alternative programming language.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6020211].message }}
firemanager 14 years ago

Hello ksmusselman,

I think i know how to help you out with paypal stuff.

As far as i understood, please correct me if i am wrong, you want your order form to calculate every thing. The cart needs to be integrated within your website (instead of going to paypal) and then you need to send a total amount to paypal only.

I think i can do that, if you are still interested, please let me know.

Thanks
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6026821].message }}
- Arib 14 years ago
  
  Just wondering what you need is simple addition program, Just need to collect all data order then sent it to paypal.
  My suggestion is, just looking for some free javascript out there to do "addition program", you could google it.
  Or maybe you would like to change it from your own sites, make the program as "memory" of order, then make completion of order as the main payment system.
  For C# or C++, I learn about it too, but i think it's quite too far away from your expectation.
  
  Thanks
  
  1 reply
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6027649].message }}
  
  ksmusselman 14 years ago
  
  Thanks everyone for all of your help and suggestions.
  
  I've spent (way too many) hours researching this and in my travels I was on a site that said that if I tried modifying my order form, what would happen is that while the dollar amount total would be passed to PayPal, nothing else in my order form would. :confused:
  
  So my customers wouldn't be able to receive the details on their end that they get now; in addition, I would have to then devise some way of capturing all of their order information myself because that wouldn't get passed through to PayPal either.
  
  So as a result, by now I've probably spent more time on trying to figure this out than it would have taken me to rebuild the site with a new ecommerce system like Zen Cart or something.
  
  Bottom line, if I want my business to operate properly, it's time to get with the program and set up a fully operational shopping cart system. So that's my project for the rest of this week.
  
  I can still keep my current sites as they are for the articles and information; customers will just be sent to a subdomain shopping cart site to place their orders. I think this is my best bet for increasing sales.
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  Do You Vape? Submit a Guest Post! SmokersLogicEcigs.com
  Info Blog about Ecigs & Personal Vaporizers
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6029068].message }}
Earnie Boyd 14 years ago

Hello ksmusselman,

You might want to take a look at ubercart.org then. Should be just as easy or easier than ZenCart and the like.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature
Earnie Boyd
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6030612].message }}
- ksmusselman 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Earnie Boyd
  
  Hello ksmusselman,
  
  You might want to take a look at ubercart.org then. Should be just as easy or easier than ZenCart and the like.
  
  Thanks Earnie!
  
  Figures I see this post right after installing Zen Cart on all three of my stores first. ROFL
  
  The cool thing with Zen Cart is I was able to install from right within my GoDaddy Applications so I didn't need to download any files and stuff.
  
  I'll see how it goes...
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  Do You Vape? Submit a Guest Post! SmokersLogicEcigs.com
  Info Blog about Ecigs & Personal Vaporizers
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6030687].message }}
Brad Hodge 14 years ago

As usual Earnie is the man. Ubercart is the most simple and effective!
- Thanks
Signature
Top Rated Upwork Freelancer with 250+ Jobs
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6145018].message }}