Chapter 11Payment

Create a Category to hold our test products

Click on Catalog > Categories/Products to access the Categories/Products screen.

Click on the new category button and then enter the following information

Test Products

1. Click on the “Test” folder icon in your Categories/Products screen

2. Select Product - Genera l from the drop-down list box and then click on the new product button to bring up the next screen where you can specify your product details.

Normal Test Product

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3. Enter the following values for the respective fields on the screen.

4. Click preview after you have entered the values for the relevant fields

5. Click insert to create your product.

Payment modules are classified according to the methods they employ to process payments,

such as:◦ Online – Processing is done in real-time with an

external payment processor.

◦ Offline – Processing is done when information is collected and the store owner has to take action to complete the payment process.

◦ Special – This is a special case where no action is taken to process payment.

Payment Modules Overview

Enter the following information to create the product.

Free Test Product with Free Shipping

Default Payment Options

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Common Payment Settings

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This method is not recommended for E-commerce- can be used to add an online presence to brick-and-mortar store

Cash on Delivery (COD) fee can be charged to discourage customers from using this option

To configure this module:1. Click on Modules > Payment to access the

Payment Modules screen.

2. Edit the Cash on Delivery module.

Cash on Delivery

This method is not recommended for E-commerce- takes to arrive and clear with the bank

Safe as it avoids online fraud

To configure this module:

1. Click on Modules > Payment to access the Payment

Modules screen.

2. Edit the Check/Money Order module. If required, install the module first.

Check and Money Order

This payment module does not involve any monetary transaction.

Its main purpose is to offer customers a smoother checkout experience.

All other payment options disappear when this payment option appears

This payment option is available only to products that satisfy the following criteria:

◦ Product price is marked as Free.◦ Product comes with Free Shipping.

Free Charge Card

Before you begin to configure this module, you need to enable the Free Shipping option in Zen Cart:1. Click on Modules > Shipping to access the

Shipping Modules screen.

2. Click on FREE SHIPPING! and make sure it is installed and enabled.

3. Make sure both the Free Shipping Cost and Handling Fee fields are set to 0.

4. You can specify Tax Class, Shipping Zone and Sort Order according to your preferences.

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To configure this module:

1. Click on Modules > Payment to access the Payment Modules screen.

2. Edit the The Zen Cart FREE CHARGE CARD module.

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In order to used this option one should have the means process credit card payments and should also take note of ay legal or commercial requirement as well

Credit Card merchant’s Terms of Service (TOS) might require that you do not store complete credit card number in your database

Credit card numbers are split in two parts:1. The middle digits are emailed to the store owner2. The remaining digits are stored in the database

Credit Card

Before you enable the credit card processing module, you need to specify which credit cards your online store will accept.

Click on Configuration > Credit Cards to enable the relevant credit card you want to support.

To configure this module:1. Click on Modules > Payment to access the

Payment Modules screen.

2. Edit the Credit Card module.

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4. Fill in the details for the rest of the module.

5. Click update to save your changes into the database

If you would like to see the images of your store's accepted credit cards :

click on Configuration > Credit Cards and edit the Credit Card Enabled - Show on Payment field accordingly.

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