Sounds like it might be workable. If you store credit card information, you need to look into PCI compliance. Also, as a customer of your site, how do I know how much I'm going to be charged? Do I get a chance to cancel my order once the shipping costs are determined? Just some questions I reckon you'll have to work out, if you haven't already.
--Stuart On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Matthew Talbert <[email protected]> wrote: > What if I would change the payment processor to not authorize at all during > checkout (only if the cart contained these items that can't be shipped via > UPS), then I would authorize and capture the entire (adjusted) order once it > is marked as shipped? Generally speaking, we're not too worried about > getting the card authorized ahead of time here. > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Stuart Laughlin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Oh, I see; I didn't understand that the shipping cost isn't known >> until several days after the order is placed. >> >> I'm not coming up with any great ideas. You could set the payment >> module to do authorization only at the time the order is placed, and >> capture the payment later, once you've figured out the shipping costs. >> But when you capture the payment I doubt you will be able to alter the >> charge amount to be different from the amount that was previously >> authorized. If that's the case then I suppose you could make a second >> charge to the same card for the shipping cost...? >> >> At any rate, it sounds like you are looking at a manual process (at >> least until you automate it). Hopefully someone else will have some >> good ideas. >> >> >> --Stuart >> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Matthew Talbert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Well, I don't see how it's applicable. Maybe I'm just dense. But I'm >> > wanting >> > to change the order later in the process (I think). What needs to happen >> > is >> > the customer confirms the order, then (up to several days later), the >> > shipping cost is plugged in, and after that point we need to charge the >> > credit card. >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Stuart Laughlin >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I think what you are describing doesn't sound too different from the >> >> UPS module. You probably want to create a custom shipping module using >> >> UPS and Dummy as guides. >> >> >> >> http://www.satchmoproject.com/docs/dev/shipping.html >> >> >> >> >> >> Does that help? >> >> >> >> --Stuart >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Matthew Talbert >> >> <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Anyone? >> >> > >> >> > On Feb 8, 7:08 pm, Matthew Talbert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> >> >> In the Satchmo shop I just set up, some products are shippable via >> >> >> UPS >> >> >> while others will need to be shipped via common carrier. All common >> >> >> carrier items will require my client to get a custom shipping rate. >> >> >> The workflow we want is for the consumer to add the items to the >> >> >> cart >> >> >> and approve the order. Then my client will get a shipping quote and >> >> >> add that to the order. Then, when the order is shipped, the credit >> >> >> card is charged for the revised amount. 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