Custom cart behaviour and reseller accounts
Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 17:57
I have some questions regarding the way to do some tasks using Aimeos.
I have created a list of products without including the prices, I want the customer to be able to add these products to the cart and when the customer is ready for checkout, I want him to be able to click on a button on the cart that will send the cart to the supplier by email so he can specify the right prices and shipping cost for the products, and on submission the cart will be emailed back to the customer so that he can continue the checkout process.
Questions : I know that the behaviour of Aimeos won't allow you to add products without prices to a cart and I know that the behaviour of emailing the cart back-and-forth must be custom made, my question is, when setting the product prices on the supplier's side :
My reasoning is to create a new temporary product named X and set the status to "archived" or "disabled" so that it doesn't appear on the frontend and link the price 12 USD to it and add it to a custom cart that will be sent to the customer, and after the checkout process I delete the temporary product or is there a better way to do this ?
My other question is regarding multi-type accounts and bulk discounts, I want to have 2 account types "customer" and "reseller", and for the "reseller" type I want to create discounts that would only be applied if the user is a "reseller" and if he is buying in bulk. do I have to create vouchers and check the logged-in user's type and the products quantity on the cart and apply the voucher automatically or is there a better way of doing this using in Aimeos.
I have created a list of products without including the prices, I want the customer to be able to add these products to the cart and when the customer is ready for checkout, I want him to be able to click on a button on the cart that will send the cart to the supplier by email so he can specify the right prices and shipping cost for the products, and on submission the cart will be emailed back to the customer so that he can continue the checkout process.
Questions : I know that the behaviour of Aimeos won't allow you to add products without prices to a cart and I know that the behaviour of emailing the cart back-and-forth must be custom made, my question is, when setting the product prices on the supplier's side :
- Is there a way that these prices would be only applied to the cart ?
- How can I add a commission rate when adding a supplier from the admin panel and how can I apply the commission rate on the cart ?
My reasoning is to create a new temporary product named X and set the status to "archived" or "disabled" so that it doesn't appear on the frontend and link the price 12 USD to it and add it to a custom cart that will be sent to the customer, and after the checkout process I delete the temporary product or is there a better way to do this ?
My other question is regarding multi-type accounts and bulk discounts, I want to have 2 account types "customer" and "reseller", and for the "reseller" type I want to create discounts that would only be applied if the user is a "reseller" and if he is buying in bulk. do I have to create vouchers and check the logged-in user's type and the products quantity on the cart and apply the voucher automatically or is there a better way of doing this using in Aimeos.