To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Hi all.

My question goes out to all of you who have used AlteredCarts one page checkout for X-Cart 4.2

I'm about ready to go live with my first store and I am wondering how important this mod is. I would really like to start the store with 4.3, however the one page checkout isn't available yet.

I must admit money is a little tight and I am trying to do away with any unnecessary mods.

Would you all consider the one page checkout a must? I'd be willing to get it if everyone thinks it's really that important.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

I have been using C1 for quite a while now. Balinor developed one but never made it a public mod. :-( Anyway after installing C1 our conversion rate improved dramtically. We went from around a 30% conversion rate to over 50% and the mod basically paid for itself the first month. Yes $169.00 is a big chunk for a small store, especially since the cost is more than X-cart. If you do not install it you should make sure you get Google Analytics installed and see where your customers drop out. If it is consistantly in the cart then you will need to improve the checkout process.

Yes C1 is not available for 4.3 yet. I am currently running 4.1.12 with C1 and I am customizing 4.3 in a beta directory and will upgrade the main site once Bill gets a 4.3 version of C1. To me it is worth the wait even though I want to have all the bells and whistles of 4.3.

So basically the most important mod would have to be C1.

Mike

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I honestly saw no point in a one page checkout. We tried one about a year or so ago and it actually killed our sales. Plus I haven't seen definitive enough unbiased studies that shows it improves ROI and most of the competitors in our same line of business don't even use one and they do way more money then us.

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I can say pretty confidently based on over 25 clients using the one page checkout that it almost always improves your conversion rate. It doesn't always, as Alan proves, but it is well worth the investment IMHO.

And Mike, we didn't release it because I simply don't have the time to support a commercial mod - we just offer it to our clients as part of our custom design service. :)

Moving this to Third Party Add-Ons

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

How about releasing it with no support, no warranty, no anything leaving all the responsibility to whoever whats to use it

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Well then I'd lose one of the incentives to hire us for a custom design ;)

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That is the problem. You only offer from scratch service, you will not modify existing work. I fully understand that, just disapointed. :wink:

Mike

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That's true. I knew I couldn't fool you but thought I would ask ;)

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That would be great - I'm all for dumping a load of our third party add ons - more trouble than they are worth most of them!

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We use OPC from AlteredCart on v4.1, and after a very short time of using the product I would tell you it has had a positive impact on our conversions. We have made several site enhancements so it is hard to say how much of the improvement is directly attributed to OPC. Our average order value is greater than $250 so it does not take a large conversion increase to pay for a $169 upgrade. I will also add that AlteredCart has been very responsive to our questions and requests for support.

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It is the third party developers that cause QT to strive for a better cart. Without these folks X-cart would most likely be a shell of itself, or rather bare bones. The only thing that would drive QT to do more with it would be the competition shopping carts out there. You would also have to rely solely on QT for any MODs that you want for your store.

The third party folks enable me to make my cart fit my business plan and not the other way around.

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Hey Balinor,

Can you point me to any live examples of your one page checkout?

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I know that people have different results with one page checkouts but it really has a lot to do with the layout. I can totally understand why it could be better to stick with a clean two or three step, and keep the sections separate.

On the other hand, a one page check out that is straight forward (and possibly all done above the fold) would also be very enticing. Check out bustedtees.com for an example of a one page checkout that LOOKS quick.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Hi Everybody,

We have developed one page checkout which is compatible for 4.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3.x. More than 20 customers are using. You can see them in live at

www.pharmacydirect.co.nz
www.epaintstore.com
www.uniquetracks.com
www.urbanplaza.co.uk

Email me at sales@mercuryminds.com to play with the demo.

We are pushing hard to publish the screen shots and complete description in a week time.

Please note that the module is stable used in the websites for the past 6 months.

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It all most doubled our sales. After seeing people drop out during check out, it was a no brainer for us to add. Way worth the money

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Less steps, less chance of a customer getting frustrated and leaving.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Please respond to my ticket #317849 and let me know what's going on as I'm not getting any response from you. Your One Page Checkout is not working with my 4.4.5 setup.

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The module is not yet compatible with 4.4.5 (At least not tested). The product team will check and update you.

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Dear Dongan,
Your team worked on the site today and we're almost there. I found a new issue and have replied to my ticket with screenshots. Thank you for your help!

Paul

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Ok fine. our support team will address this.

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Dear Dongan, There has been no support from your team. Of the 3 bugs in your OPC I fixed 1 in the templates but still have the following 2 issues.

1. When a customer is shipping to another address the real time shipping charges work fine until the customer enters a coupon. Once the coupon is entered the shipping charges go back to being based upon the billing address.

2. When an order is placed, your OPC is writing duplicate entries into the Address Book. I start with 1 billing address and 1 shipping address at the beginning of the order and when the order is complete I have 2 extra duplicates of both the billing address and the shipping address.

The 3rd issue involved the minicart subtotal not taking into consideration coupon discounts. My fix is below.

In File: MM-minicart-items.tpl

Original
Modified

I would appreciate an update on when this will be fixed. My request in my ticket has gone unanswered.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Dear Dongan, Could you please personally take a look at my ticket. Especially your staffs post 23/04/2012 20:03 and my reply. My ticket number is 317849

Thank you,

Paul

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Dear Dongan, I requested a full refund on your One Page Checkout a couple of days ago and have had no response. Please see my ticket #317849. I would prefer a full refund and not have to publicly vent my frustrations.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

This has been taken care of. Thank you.

Re: To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.
 

Dear Dongan, Thank you for the refund.