It's a simple retail model I want to setup, but after weeks of forum posts here, then discussing it privately with a couple developers and now Miva themselves not calling me back when they said they would (grrrr), I'm starting to think I have to abandon Merchant and either go to another product or write it from scratch. I am willing to pay a developer for providing this, but I can't afford anymore run-around - I NEED A SOLUTION. I suggested Miva to my client, and now starting to look bad for doing it.
But it's so simple...
Using BEER as an example (now that I have everyone's attention :-), imagine you want to offer a "Six Pack". The customer gets to pick each beer (and size bottle) - but they must choose 6 items to go on to checkout. (They can even choose 6 of the same beer.)
Each beer has a different price and weight - the beers selected determine final price and shipping costs. THAT'S IT! IT'S A SIMPLE RETAIL THING.
Of course, in this model, the checkout screen must preserve the "grouping" of the 6 beers. (If the customer deletes one, they must replace it with another and price/weight re-adjusted).
There is apparently no 3rd party module to do this. One Miva partner/developer originally said "no problem", just need to talk to someone else. AFter several days, I called back - said he doesn't think Merchant can be MADE to do it (I hope the good developers here consider that a challenge) - now it's FOUR DAYS since they promised to call me back by end-of-day. Another week shot!
Merchant provides "related items", but it is nothing but a visual list of items, doesn't actually do anything (too bad, it's the perfect hook).
Previous thread is here...
http://extranet.miva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2362
(As you see, I've made the retail model description even simpler, with BEER!)
If anyone here can develop this for me, PLEASE LET'S GET TOGETHER. I really don't want to write a store from scratch.
Mike
But it's so simple...
Using BEER as an example (now that I have everyone's attention :-), imagine you want to offer a "Six Pack". The customer gets to pick each beer (and size bottle) - but they must choose 6 items to go on to checkout. (They can even choose 6 of the same beer.)
Each beer has a different price and weight - the beers selected determine final price and shipping costs. THAT'S IT! IT'S A SIMPLE RETAIL THING.
Of course, in this model, the checkout screen must preserve the "grouping" of the 6 beers. (If the customer deletes one, they must replace it with another and price/weight re-adjusted).
There is apparently no 3rd party module to do this. One Miva partner/developer originally said "no problem", just need to talk to someone else. AFter several days, I called back - said he doesn't think Merchant can be MADE to do it (I hope the good developers here consider that a challenge) - now it's FOUR DAYS since they promised to call me back by end-of-day. Another week shot!
Merchant provides "related items", but it is nothing but a visual list of items, doesn't actually do anything (too bad, it's the perfect hook).
Previous thread is here...
http://extranet.miva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2362
(As you see, I've made the retail model description even simpler, with BEER!)
If anyone here can develop this for me, PLEASE LET'S GET TOGETHER. I really don't want to write a store from scratch.
Mike
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