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[Thedae2k]

I'll put a second request in for a promise free release date.

Any idea when we might expect a stable release and also the mods?

[TL408]

Originally Posted by Thedae2k

I'll put a second request in for a promise free release date.

Any idea when we might expect a stable release and also the mods?

Looking at the previous track record on the 4.0.x versions, it took X-cart approximately 8 months (12 releases) from the first 4.0.x Beta to a "stable release". Even then, the "stable release" still requires quite few changes/modifications. After that, it took them another 8 months to go from "stable release" (4.0.12) to get to where it is today, at 4.0.17.

The 4.1.0 Beta was release on 10/2005. So my bet is that you won't see the "stable release" until 06/2006 time frame, if everything is moving at the same pace as the previous version. Even then, I would personally wait another ~6 months for more updates before upggrading my live store.

But then again, that's just my personal opinions. Take it with a grain of salt.

[TL408]

Improvement Request for Checkout Process

To integrate the "Payment Method" page together with the "Payment" page. This would reduce another unnecessary page that the customer has to load. (This is definitely not rocket science at all. Just look at the checkout process being used by all the major players, such as Overstock.com, Amazon, Buy.com and so on.....)

Thank you
-Tuan

[youngvet1]

Originally Posted by TL408

Improvement Request for Checkout Process

To integrate the "Payment Method" page together with the "Payment" page. This would reduce another unnecessary page that the customer has to load. (This is definitely not rocket science at all. Just look at the checkout process being used by all the major players, such as Overstock.com, Amazon, Buy.com and so on.....)

Thank you


-Tuan

I COUNLNT AGREE MORE!!!!! I mean who what person came up with the idea to have payment method be a seperate screen, its just foolish.

I think payment should be a separte step
and should not have address, and the entire shopping cart summary.

Then there should be a final review step which shows the
shopping cart summary the payment method, the address info.
and in the review step they could put submit order at the top of the page and at the bottom.

X-carts goal should be not to have stuff so far down on the page.
and combing the review with taking the payment will push stuff too far down the page. Which is one of the reason most site take the payment, then they just leave a last step to review everything. Which makes sense on a number of levels.


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I think the steps should be as follows

STEP 1: Address/ login here at the end will have a checkbox that say if shipping is the same as billing. If it is not then in the next step will be the field for shipping Adress.

STEP2: Shipping method


STEP 3: Payment
on the left they can have various payment method (with it defaulting to credit card)

then depending on what they choose will change the center area for the user to fill in and continue to the final step.

This step can include a small mini cart just the shipping subtotal and total
and a place to apply a gift certificate.


Step 4: Review

here will display the cart summary the shipping billing address, the payment method and the card number...
with links for the user to edit




there was that so hard

[DavidMason]

Hi,

A great feature that I know is very possible as there's module add-ons for this but what really would be useful would be the ability on each product added to define a shipping charge per product within the standard x-cart installation.

I.e When adding a product there would be a Postage/Shipping option to specify a price and then a destination to assign the shipping to. This could work by using the same principles when adding product variants. So you could assign different shipping costs based on location using drop downs and input boxes.

Postage Cost: [ бё2.00 ] Destination [ United Kingdom ]
Postage Cost: [ бё4.00 ] Destination [ Europe ]
Postage Cost: [ бё6.00 ] Destination [ USA ]

This could be at the bottom of "Add a Product" page and would sit very nicely.

[youngvet1]

While many requests that people are asking for valid.


I just think that x-cart should definiely prioritize and dont even bother releasing something that doesnt have the

1) checkout

2) the search feature


done right. Both these essential features, as of right now i would rate close to the worst I have ever seen in a cart.

Then if they want to shoot for some other stuff,

integrate the shipping API and merchant API directly into x-cart back end.

[Kerbsp]

Can't wait to test the merging utility.

[Light Speed]

Originally Posted by DavidMason

Hi,

A great feature that I know is very possible as there's module add-ons for this but what really would be useful would be the ability on each product added to define a shipping charge per product within the standard x-cart installation.

I.e When adding a product there would be a Postage/Shipping option to specify a price and then a destination to assign the shipping to. This could work by using the same principles when adding product variants. So you could assign different shipping costs based on location using drop downs and input boxes.

Postage Cost: [ бё2.00 ] Destination [ United Kingdom ]
Postage Cost: [ бё4.00 ] Destination [ Europe ]
Postage Cost: [ бё6.00 ] Destination [ USA ]

This could be at the bottom of "Add a Product" page and would sit very nicely.

How would that work when someone buys four different products? Would they be charge 4 times what they should actually pay for shipping.

IE item a, b, c and d each cost $2.50 to ship individually but when shipped in one box only cost $4.50 but the customer paid $10.00 under your method.

[Kerbsp]

What about a delete button in the product detail page, and deleting the html catalog without regenerating a new one.

[Kerbsp]

Originally Posted by Light Speed

How would that work when someone buys four different products? Would they be charge 4 times what they should actually pay for shipping.

IE item a, b, c and d each cost $2.50 to ship individually but when shipped in one box only cost $4.50 but the customer paid $10.00 under your method.

I agree with Lightspeed. What about adjusting the shipping rate based on the destinations? You can define a markup for each destination.