Tutorial
The MemberGate Shopping Cart is fully integrated into MemberGate and has a system flow similar to the MemberGate content publishing system.
The MemberGate shopping cart includes:
- Add an unlimited number of products
- Items can be selected as 'featured' items to be shown on front page of cart
- Items can be physically delivered or downloaded (or mixed)
- Automatic download of digital products (in password protected area) - each order has a different password
- Option to offer different prices for site members and non members
- Option to offer affiliate commission on each product (integrates with MemberGate affiliate program)
- Can include selectable options for each product (ie, size, color)
- Can set up sales taxes by state
- Can choose which items are taxable
- Can create any number of shipping price structures
- Secure Order form, instant credit card processing
- Automatically emails receipt to buyer and notice to site manager
- Comprehensive reports, 25 standard reports, and 5 automatic, fully customizable report builders
- Easy-to-use, fully integrated into MemberGate
To set up and use the MemberGate shopping cart do, the following:
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The Shopping Cart can be edited under Commerce Shopping Cart
- From the Shopping Cart Admin page, select 'Edit Shopping Cart Settings'. Adjust these settings to suit your needs - remember to hover over the question mark help icon for further information about the field. (Can be changed at any time). Click 'Apply these changes'.
- From the shopping cart main menu, and select 'Add Edit Shipping Charges'. Add the shipping methods and charges to suit your needs.
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'Add Edit Sales Taxes'. Add the sales taxes by state to suit your needs.
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'Add Edit Payment Methods'. Add the payment methods you accept. (Credit cards).
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'Edit Shopping Cart Main Page'. Make changes in this page to suit your needs.
- From the MemberGate control panel, select 'Edit Category'. If the 'Products' Category does not exist, use the 'Add Category' feature to add the 'products' category. Be sure to choose to show this category on left public page, left member page, and left shopping cart pages'.
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'Add/Edit Product Departments'. If necessary, add departments to hold your products (must have at least one department). Add departments to the 'Products' category.
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'Add/Edit Products'. Add products as you desire. Be sure to make the products active, and if you wish the products to show on the front page of your cart, be sure to choose 'yes' in the feature item option.
- From the shopping cart main menu, select 'view shopping cart' to view and test your shopping cart.
Notes:
- The shopping cart departments and categories operate just like MemberGate content pages and departments. You can choose which navigation panels these will appear on.
- In most cases, you will only want your shopping cart category and department to show in the shopping cart navigation panels. This will make for a cleaner user interface in the shopping cart.
- If items don't show up on your main shopping cart portal page or department pages, be sure to set those items to 'active', and select 'yes' for featured item.
- If a shopping cart product is set for digital download, select 'yes' for 'internet delivery' on the product page, and include a link to the digital download file 'eship file'.
- Items set for digital download will show no shipping charges.