New Federal Law for Gift Cards
SUMMARY: The Board is amending Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the official staff commentary to the regulation, which interprets the requirements of Regulation E. The final rule restricts a person’s ability to impose dormancy, inactivity, or service fees for certain prepaid products, primarily gift cards. The final rule also, among other things, generally prohibits the sale or issuance of such products if they have an expiration date of less than five years. The amendments implement statutory requirements set forth in the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. DATES: The rule is effective August 22, 2010. http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20100323a1.pdf = BJ Freeman <http://bjfreeman.elance.com> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man
Re: Gift Cards
Craig, Please see my comments inline. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Craig Ambrose wrote: > Hello, > > I am implementing gift cards for our eCommerce application and I'm not > getting a clear picture from what is implemented on the sample eCommerce > site. Here is how I am expecting it to work > > - Customer purchases gift card from eCommerce site, lets say a $50, > pre-specified gift card > - Upon submission of the order some sort of account is created where $50 > can be debited on future orders. > - After the order is submitted and approved, the customer will receive an > e-mail with the gift card number to be used on subsequent purchases > - When doing a subsequent purchase the customer can input the unique Gift > Card identifier to be used as a payment method > - If the gift card does not contain enough value to pay for the entire > order, a credit card or additional gift card can be used for the remaining > balance > > From the eCommerce sample web site I can purchase a gift card and receive > the e-mail with my order confirmation. But it doesn't contain any gift card > identification. I only see the product ID. > OFBiz generates gift card number and pin and they should be sent in the email. > > I see GiftCard and GiftCardFulfillment entities, but not sure how to use > them. > > So, some of my questions are: > - What is the entity that encapsulates the Gift Card account? > It's FinAccount of type "GIFTCERT_ACCOUNT". > - Is there an ECA service that generates the Gift Card account > automatically when an order is approved that contains a Gift Card in the > order items? > No, it's a digital fulfillment service associated to gift card product. See more details below. > - Is there any special attributes of a product that is a gift card that > will trigger the account creation? > A gift card product should be a DIGITAL product. There is OOTB service "ofbizGcPurchase" which acts as a digital fulfillment service and is associated to the gift card in form of ProductContent of type "FULFILLMENT_EXTSYNC" or "FULFILLMENT_EXTASYNC". A digital product is fulfilled right away without needing order approval. The digital fulfillment service is triggered as soon as the digital item (gift card) is fulfilled. > - Is there any weirdness in having more than one PAYMENT_METHOD per order? > Does ofbiz allow for this easily? > Not at all. You might not find OOTB UI for setting multiple payment methods at the time of order checkout but you can set them in your custom app without any issues. > > Thanks for any clarity on gift cards > > -craig > > -- Thanks & Regards Mridul Pathak Hotwax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com mridul.pat...@hotwaxmedia.com - direct: +91 - 942.592.6892
Gift Cards
Hello, I am implementing gift cards for our eCommerce application and I'm not getting a clear picture from what is implemented on the sample eCommerce site. Here is how I am expecting it to work - Customer purchases gift card from eCommerce site, lets say a $50, pre-specified gift card - Upon submission of the order some sort of account is created where $50 can be debited on future orders. - After the order is submitted and approved, the customer will receive an e-mail with the gift card number to be used on subsequent purchases - When doing a subsequent purchase the customer can input the unique Gift Card identifier to be used as a payment method - If the gift card does not contain enough value to pay for the entire order, a credit card or additional gift card can be used for the remaining balance >From the eCommerce sample web site I can purchase a gift card and receive the >e-mail with my order confirmation. But it doesn't contain any gift card >identification. I only see the product ID. I see GiftCard and GiftCardFulfillment entities, but not sure how to use them. So, some of my questions are: - What is the entity that encapsulates the Gift Card account? - Is there an ECA service that generates the Gift Card account automatically when an order is approved that contains a Gift Card in the order items? - Is there any special attributes of a product that is a gift card that will trigger the account creation? - Is there any weirdness in having more than one PAYMENT_METHOD per order? Does ofbiz allow for this easily? Thanks for any clarity on gift cards -craig
Re: Gift Cards
There is a Value Link gift card implementation in OFBiz. It is a few years old and may need some rehabilitation, but the general stuff is there, including the example buy and recharge card products that are there OOTB. -David On Nov 16, 2007, at 1:14 AM, Joel Blouin wrote: We are looking to add Gift Cards and are looking at Value Link (which has been acquired by First Data). Any comments or suggestions from anyone who has already integrated Gift Cards would be greatly appreciated. Comments on integrations with other service providers would also be helpful. Thanks in advance, Joel smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Gift Cards
We are looking to add Gift Cards and are looking at Value Link (which has been acquired by First Data). Any comments or suggestions from anyone who has already integrated Gift Cards would be greatly appreciated. Comments on integrations with other service providers would also be helpful. Thanks in advance, Joel
Re: does anyone know how to use gift cards
Hi Vikrant Very fast (and late, sorry) answer : is this an help for you ? https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4376063 Jacques De : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Jacques, > > Details means: > 1. When I purchase a gift card there are 2 things I can book it as sales and > charge a tax on it. Then I would not charge a tax later, second I can defer the tax until the person buy something. > 2. The customer balance with gift card should have some amount in his > customer balance. > 3. When I purchase a gift card its just a simple sales transaction without > fulfillment. This card cannot be reused. Neither can be used online since Gift card should have a unique number similar to a credit card. > 4. In customer account we have a gift card number 123456789 but cannot update > it via ecommerce card reload product. It throws an error. > 5. When someone purchase via gift card there is no cash involved the money > should go from pre paid account. > > Now all this things are related to gift cards. In the existing setup I did > not find any information on it. Even setting up basic gift card failed with some errors. > > Regards, > Vikrant > > > -Original Message- > From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:33 PM > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > Subject: Re: does anyone know how to use gift cards > > Hi Vikrant, > > What do you mean by detailled ? Is not obvious when used from eCommerce side ? > > Jacques > > De : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > doesn anyone know in details how to use gift cards and then recharge them. > > Regards, > Vikrant > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 > 5:10 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 > 5:10 PM >
RE: does anyone know how to use gift cards
Hi Jacques, Details means: 1. When I purchase a gift card there are 2 things I can book it as sales and charge a tax on it. Then I would not charge a tax later, second I can defer the tax until the person buy something. 2. The customer balance with gift card should have some amount in his customer balance. 3. When I purchase a gift card its just a simple sales transaction without fulfillment. This card cannot be reused. Neither can be used online since Gift card should have a unique number similar to a credit card. 4. In customer account we have a gift card number 123456789 but cannot update it via ecommerce card reload product. It throws an error. 5. When someone purchase via gift card there is no cash involved the money should go from pre paid account. Now all this things are related to gift cards. In the existing setup I did not find any information on it. Even setting up basic gift card failed with some errors. Regards, Vikrant -Original Message- From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:33 PM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: Re: does anyone know how to use gift cards Hi Vikrant, What do you mean by detailled ? Is not obvious when used from eCommerce side ? Jacques De : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, doesn anyone know in details how to use gift cards and then recharge them. Regards, Vikrant No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM
Re: does anyone know how to use gift cards
Hi Vikrant, What do you mean by detailled ? Is not obvious when used from eCommerce side ? Jacques De : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, doesn anyone know in details how to use gift cards and then recharge them. Regards, Vikrant
does anyone know how to use gift cards
Hi, doesn anyone know in details how to use gift cards and then recharge them. Regards, Vikrant No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM
