Single page checkout

[redrum]

I found it a bit odd that a such a new and fresh shopping system like prestashop has such an old checkout process. It has the same, if not more, steps as OSCommerce.

If anyone can tell me why you have choose to go this way, and if you plan to modify your system it would be nice.

Otherwise, it looks like you have something good going on.

Cheers,
Fredrik

[TropischBruin]

What you are looking for is PWA (Purchase Without Account).
This is not possible at the moment but will be in one of the next releases (I think).

Personaly I can not understand why you would need such a PWA setup as the customer has to fill in all of his details anyway so the only thing is that there is no record in you database of this customer except his order....

In many cases there are several ways of paying + several ways of carier options so a one page checkout could give and ask to much to choose from for you customer.

My own osCommerce shop has no PWA and the default checkout behaivure and never was I asked why it was this way nor ahs it stopped any of my customers to buy.
If you prices are sharp and you collection is good they will buy from you.

[redrum]

What you are looking for is PWA (Purchase Without Account).
This is not possible at the moment but will be in one of the next releases (I think).

Personaly I can not understand why you would need such a PWA setup as the customer has to fill in all of his details anyway so the only thing is that there is no record in you database of this customer except his order....

In many cases there are several ways of paying + several ways of carier options so a one page checkout could give and ask to much to choose from for you customer.

My own osCommerce shop has no PWA and the default checkout behaivure and never was I asked why it was this way nor ahs it stopped any of my customers to buy.
If you prices are sharp and you collection is good they will buy from you.

I Prefer Fast & Easy Checkout (FES) before PWA for osCommerce. I only use the first half for FES, so the customer can choose if he want to register an account or not (I havent merged the shipping and payment pages).

Sure you have a point in that you cant understand why the customers shouldn't create an account. But if you cant understand why I guess youre a programmer, and not looking for a user friendly shop where the shopper wants to be anonymous and is afraid for the big bad internet.
But note that I dont talk about skipping the registration, rather giving the option to skip it, but creating a single page checkout
All the customers info needs to be stored, but you should give the customer a chance to choose if he wants to create an account or not. If he choose not to, he can get another chance in the order confirmation mail.

Ofcourse your original osc checkout hasn't stopped customers to checkout. If they are your customers its obvios they have gone thru all the checkout steps.
I dont want to be rude here, but you are so wrong if you think that you dont lose any customers with a multi step checkout. An easy checkout is one of the most important things in a web shop. And a single page checkout is the key to it.
If you design it well you can display it nice even if you have several payment and shipping options.

[TropischBruin]

I Prefer Fast & Easy Checkout (FES) before PWA for osCommerce. I only use the first half for FES, so the customer can choose if he want to register an account or not (I havent merged the shipping and payment pages).

Sure you have a point in that you cant understand why the customers shouldn't create an account. But if you cant understand why I guess youre a programmer, and not looking for a user friendly shop where the shopper wants to be anonymous and is afraid for the big bad internet.
But note that I dont talk about skipping the registration, rather giving the option to skip it, but creating a single page checkout
All the customers info needs to be stored, but you should give the customer a chance to choose if he wants to create an account or not. If he choose not to, he can get another chance in the order confirmation mail.

Ofcourse your original osc checkout hasn't stopped customers to checkout. If they are your customers its obvios they have gone thru all the checkout steps.
I dont want to be rude here, but you are so wrong if you think that you dont lose any customers with a multi step checkout. An easy checkout is one of the most important things in a web shop. And a single page checkout is the key to it.
If you design it well you can display it nice even if you have several payment and shipping options.

I'm in no-way a programmer but a shop owner.

In my first osC shop I had the PWA build in, never in the 2 years I had that shop it was used.
Maybe here in The Netherlands we are not afraid to create an account, but on the other hand, I had 2 certifications already at that time proofing that my shop was/is trustfull....

In my current shop I did not to bother to add the PWA just because it was never used.

[redrum]

Its a bit strange that no one ever used your PWA.

But the registration is not the big issue here, nor security. Its all the steps, and PWA dont remove a single step. The only thing it does for the customer is removing the password fields.

The customer is lazy, and if you have 3-5 steps in checkout it looks more difficult and harder then if its all on one page, even thou it might not be. Its all about how the customer experience it.

[arowana]

I found the checkout process slow and tedious as well, having to click thru so many pages to check out.

why can't Prestashop put all the infomation needed to fill in by the customer in one page by using, rather than having to click so many pages - a plain waste of time from customer side.

anybody up for creating the one-page module ?

[swemannen]

I agree with redrum. All those steps are a PITA and a little too 90s for my taste...

[-=seth=-]

there's a lot of cultural differences in the way customers shop, for instance British customers (and American) want everything in a hurry, British customers also have an inversion to anything that looks bureaucratic
you need to put the absolute minimum of obstacles in their way, ideally let them browse, fill in their details in one form, have those details transferred across to the payment process and let them be gone, as few forms and proceedures as possible

i hate opening accounts when i'm shopping online it seems like an added hassle, but i really hate accounts when i'm return to a site i've shopped on before, i'ld almost certainly going to forget what my password was, that means going through the password reminder, trying to figure out which email address i used etc etc. To me shops like Amazon are a pain in the ar$e

i'm looking forward to the improved presta when it is released, in the mean time i'm not going to install presta, i only popped back to see if anyone had written a check out module, its a shame it looks like a good shop, a very good shop but the check-out lets it down

[TropischBruin]

*knip*

And what, may I ask, cartsoftware are you using at the moment?

[redrum]

I agree with you. But I dont think its unique for the British and American customers. Ofcourse I can only speak on the behalf of the Nordic market. But I'm pretty sure its the same for test of the world.

When you start to look at the pioneers and major shopping cart developers in my region they have a single page checkout, or atleast offer it. You can also read in the internet magazines that a smooth checkout is important, and how it has increase the sales for those shops that have changed their checkout process to a single page checkout.

At the end of the day, the intention of a shopping cart system is to sell products. So why not help customer to buy products in a smooth way.

[4eyes]

In every conversion test we have carried out, the fewer steps in the checkout process the higher the conversion rate.

Unless you need to enforce each step for some reason - or are happy to lose some conversions in exchange for a customer 'signing up' for an account - then you should shorten the number of steps.


Prestashop needs a shorter checkout option - it REALLY needs one.

Without it, it will lose out to other stores.

[TropischBruin]

In every conversion test we have carried out, the fewer steps in the checkout process the higher the conversion rate.

Unless you need to enforce each step for some reason - or are happy to lose some conversions in exchange for a customer 'signing up' for an account - then you should shorten the number of steps.


Prestashop needs a shorter checkout option - it REALLY needs one.

Without it, it will lose out to other stores.

I think that PS should first make sure thet it does what is needed, then I'm sure someone will come up with a short version of the checkout process.
a.t.m. re-coding is a waist of time as PS is going to change over the next releases..., whenever that will be.

[4eyes]

I think that PS should first make sure thet it does what is needed

..but this IS needed - it impacts directly on a stores profit. If you shorten the checkout process you make more money from the store. If your competitors have it, and your store doesn't, then they are more profitable - and that is opposite of what we want.

Without it, some people, myself included, will migrate to other e-commerce systems that provide a better profit when used - which would be a terrible shame as everything else about Prestashop is so good.

[TropischBruin]

I think that PS should first make sure thet it does what is needed

..but this IS needed - it impacts directly on a stores profit. If you shorten the checkout process you make more money from the store. If your competitors have it, and your store doesn't, then they are more profitable - and that is opposite of what we want.

Without it, some people, myself included, will migrate to other e-commerce systems that provide a better profit when used - which would be a terrible shame as everything else about Prestashop is so good.

I rather have an Order Editor then a Singe Page Checkout.

[4eyes]

LOL - have you some inside knowledge that is has to be an 'either'/'or' ???

I'd rather have more profit - I am far happier when I am competing against people who can edit their orders easily but convert less well than me

Of course, I'd like to be able to edit orders easily too - but I can work around this if need be.

IMO, Plug the leak first then start baling out - you can't edit orders you don't get.


But you are welcome to your opinion - it simply doesn't affect mine, nor vice versa I suspect.

I posted in this thread as support to the other people who had identified this as a priority for them - also to try to help you understand the issue more clearly (as you stated that you could not understand why one would need this). I have seen a shorter checkout improve conversions by 15% on some sites - that is clearly of significance to profitability - extra orders with no extra cost of order acquisition.

It seems I have succeeded in one of my aims, but not the other.

My company specialises in improving conversion rate - and anyone who is concerned with improving conversion rates will be concerned over this issue - even to the extent that software no longer becomes the tool of choice. Clearly there are those where improving conversion rates is not their top priority - I have no problem with this, in fact I actively encourage it in my competitors

[Raver]

Agreed to the opinion that single page checkouts convert better.

I for one have abandoned purchases when the checout process is a pain and requests too much info.

Love to get the process of the checkout out of the way ASAP when I shop online.

I look forward to Prestashop developers coming out with a module so we have an option to shorten the process of checkout or a modified single page checkout.

Hope they have rolled up their sleeves and started working on it! It would certainly be highly appreciated!

[TropischBruin]

Agreed to the opinion that single page checkouts convert better.

I for one have abandoned purchases when the checout process is a pain and requests too much info.

The will ask the same amount of info, it is just fitted in one page.

Love to get the process of the checkout out of the way ASAP when I shop online.

I look forward to Prestashop developers coming out with a module so we have an option to shorten the process of checkout or a modified single page checkout.

Hope they have rolled up their sleeves and started working on it! It would certainly be highly appreciated!

Don't hold your breaht......

[4eyes]

The will ask the same amount of info, it is just fitted in one page.

You lose people everytime you make them view another page of questions - getting them all on one page converts better.

[redrum]

I rather have an Order Editor then a Singe Page Checkout.

Ok, and my passion is skydiving. It doesn't have much to do with a single page checkout, but neither has your post.

I found it abit funny that it seems like you are against a single page checkout. I dont understand why, since you you have a webshop. Even thou it might be a hobby of yours, you must be happy if you receive more orders.

Its better to start implant a single page checkout in PS now, then wait for really no reason. Then the team and contributors can adapt their code and modules to work with it.
If you want to do a single page checkout for OSCommerce its a bit tricky to get it work flawless whit all the payment modules out there.

[Hoodgrown]

Well, most who study ecommerce know that people prefer a one page checkout....
that sentiment is echoed in this site review...
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1045-The-Shopping-Experience-Source-1-Medical-Offers-Easy-Navigation-Good-Service


along with more than a few good articles on why you should use one page checkout. Maybe it's a cultural thing. More important in the US than in the rest of the world. I mean OsC wasn't built with it.. someone created a mod for it.

[redrum]

Well, most who study ecommerce know that people prefer a one page checkout....
that sentiment is echoed in this site review...
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1045-The-Shopping-Experience-Source-1-Medical-Offers-Easy-Navigation-Good-Service


along with more than a few good articles on why you should use one page checkout. Maybe it's a cultural thing. More important in the US than in the rest of the world. I mean OsC wasn't built with it.. someone created a mod for it.

I would say that the a one page checkout is something that the customers in Sweden and Nordic market prefer as well, and OsC wasn't developed so far away from here. OsC is old and pretty poorly programmed, the checkout is from 2003 (if not earlier), and thats a while ago.

[Hoodgrown]

I agree.. that's why I left it about 2 years ago. I loved the community though...
The people were good. Like the people here. We just need a few more programmers utilizing the software... then things will really take off...

[TropischBruin]

I agree.. that's why I left it about 2 years ago. I loved the community though...
The people were good. Like the people here. We just need a few more programmers utilizing the software... then things will really take off...

My shop runs on osC, runs fine, no need to switch over as I have many contributions build into it.
It suits my needs but I would love to have a nicer "template"

The problem with the programmers here is that they never, ever, respond to anything here on the forum.
If a new one comes along they introduce themselfs and thats that.

Eventought the current version of PS is buggy, almost 6 months since that release and still no sign of a new "stable" release other then what you can download from the SVN (and that is only for nerds )

[-=seth=-]

well i guess thats almost all of us agreed , presta will benefit enormously from a single page check out

they say its coming in the next release, i just hope that will be soon and that '1-click purchase' actually does mean one page check out
has anybody got any ideas of a release date or seen samples of the up and coming version

[Hoodgrown]

I agree.. that's why I left it about 2 years ago. I loved the community though...
The people were good. Like the people here. We just need a few more programmers utilizing the software... then things will really take off...

My shop runs on osC, runs fine, no need to switch over as I have many contributions build into it.
It suits my needs but I would love to have a nicer "template"

The problem with the programmers here is that they never, ever, respond to anything here on the forum.
If a new one comes along they introduce themselfs and thats that.

Eventought the current version of PS is buggy, almost 6 months since that release and still no sign of a new "stable" release other then what you can download from the SVN (and that is only for nerds )

Yeah my osc was EXTREMELY customized, xml product import, music downloads as single and albums, customized player, backend so artists can see how many of their songs where downloaded, etc. Well beyond what was even available for osc.

I even created a music store template and uploaded for general use.

The problem I had with OsC was it's templating engine. I didn't want to use one of the templating contributions because it was sure to break upon any osc update and it was just a pain in the ass to have to customize EVERY SINGLE page. So when deciding on creating a new store, I just didn't want to have to go through that again.

Magento was taking days to do even the simplest tasks, and then I found Prestashop. Bugs withstanding, Prestashop does a lot right and it's not that hard to customize (though my current store doesn't feature much of a customized job).

[redrum]

well i guess thats almost all of us agreed , presta will benefit enormously from a single page check out

they say its coming in the next release, i just hope that will be soon and that '1-click purchase' actually does mean one page check out
has anybody got any ideas of a release date or seen samples of the up and coming version

I'm not sure, but I dont think '1-click purchase' is the same as 'one/single page checkout'.
'1-click purchase' is a button in the shopping cart that you can hit and then your products will be ordered, but then you have to be logged in.
So when you shop for the first time you need to create an account, choose shipping and paymet options, and this can still be in several steps if the PS team dont shape up.

Amazon.com use the '1-click purchase' feature. But as I recall they have several steps in the create account/checkout process.

[-=seth=-]

well i guess thats almost all of us agreed , presta will benefit enormously from a single page check out

they say its coming in the next release, i just hope that will be soon and that '1-click purchase' actually does mean one page check out
has anybody got any ideas of a release date or seen samples of the up and coming version

I'm not sure, but I dont think '1-click purchase' is the same as 'one/single page checkout'.
'1-click purchase' is a button in the shopping cart that you can hit and then your products will be ordered, but then you have to be logged in.
So when you shop for the first time you need to create an account, choose shipping and paymet options, and this can still be in several steps if the PS team dont shape up.

Amazon.com use the '1-click purchase' feature. But as I recall they have several steps in the create account/checkout process.

ah for F*** sake, and i got my hopes up

such a shame presta has so much going for it,
magneto can be really slow for the users and wont install on a lot of servers,
cube cart is full of javascript,
os and zen cart are just not user friendly, theyre not tableless and are some what outdated,
romancart is too basic and unusable if you have a lot of products.
is there such a thing as the perfect shopping cart because i really am struggling to find it

come on presta sort your check out and you'll clean up

[Hoodgrown]

lmao.. nope. No such thing as the perfect cart.

[Raver]

For those who think simplifying the checkout does not affect sales look at how a user was affected on this thread,,,

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/16589/general_discussion/user_accounts

[-=seth=-]

do you think the powers that be are reading all these threads and posts, it would be nice to hear the official position as to if and when they intend to address these problems

[Hoodgrown]

It'd be nice if one of you brilliant programmers could come up with a mod for this...

hint... hint...

[TropischBruin]

It'd be nice if one of you brilliant programmers could come up with a mod for this...

hint... hint...

Are there any programmers at all then?
Haven't seen one of them on these forums exept some pictures in the header.....

[TropischBruin]

It'd be nice if one of you brilliant programmers could come up with a mod for this...

hint... hint...

Are there any programmers at all then?
Haven't seen one of them on these forums exept some pictures in the header wich should mean the are "on-line", whatever that means......

[redrum]

Yeah, its odd that they don't post their opinion in this thread.

[hieloiceberg]

Maybe you can find this usefull Guest Accounts

[Hoodgrown]

Maybe you can find this usefull Guest Accounts

Nice.. but still not the same as one page checkout... I wonder how hard it actually is to put all of this stuff on one page. I'm going to take a look.

[arowana]

One page check out needed. Willing to pay.

[bagus]

Looking forward for this feature too...I hope someone come up with a solution

[Shenit]

Hi, is there a solution available for single page checkout yet? Please let me know. Thank you very much

[gamejacker]

an easier checkout for digitil downloads is a must i say, when i look back on the days stats i see loads of people duck out when it's time to create an account, if they could simple create a username and pass and then pay all on one page it would be a godsend

not sure why it isnt already here as prestashop caters for digital downloads for the catalogue

[riho]

I am currently working on a module that will show address entering form+carrier select in the cart page already (ORDER and CHECKOUT buttons in BLOCK CART MODULE work the same). When all data is entered the results are written into the temporary table. When payment is made (I have to create totally new payment options), there is an account created and order placed automatically. This module supports also user accounts - when there is a user logged in, address is already filled.

Right now I'm creating payment page, so no working example yet.

If this feature is turning up well, why not share it with small fee

[Hoodgrown]

Sounds good.. though I heard the Prestashop team is also working on a one-page checkout. Not sure if it's for version 1.2 or a latter version.

[riho]

As much as I have understood from forum posts - they are working on "1 click purchase" or "1 page checkout" but the user still needs to create an account. I remember something like anonymous checkout means changing the core and therefore it's not in pipeline.

I want accomplish both - "1 page checkout" and "anonymous checkout".

[Hoodgrown]

Ahh okay....
Currently i'm using the "guest checkout" modifications presented on this forum....

So yours will combine guest checkout and 1 page checkout?

[Ion_Cannon]

As much as I have understood from forum posts - they are working on "1 click purchase" or "1 page checkout" but the user still needs to create an account. I remember something like anonymous checkout means changing the core and therefore it's not in pipeline.

I want accomplish both - "1 page checkout" and "anonymous checkout".

riho, you and I are pretty much doing the same thing. Check out my site's checkout and let me know what you think.

[Hoodgrown]

Ion_Cannon,
I thought you just had guest checkout setup... you have a one page checkout as well?

[Ion_Cannon]

Ion_Cannon,
I thought you just had guest checkout setup... you have a one page checkout as well?

It's evolved quite a bit, not completely one page checkout but it does shorten the regular process by a step. The Address edit & Choose Carrier steps are combined during Express checkout. Both registered customers and guests can use it over and over. Works well so far.

[Hoodgrown]

Wow, you're making a lot of headway in this area. Are you going to try and shorten the steps even further?

[Ion_Cannon]

Wow, you're making a lot of headway in this area. Are you going to try and shorten the steps even further?

Yes, probably. I also turned over some of my code to Aaron, I think he will be able to take it a step further. He's a much better coder than I am. I will try combining the address/ship/payment pages all together soon.

[riho]

Ion_Cannon, it's halfway where I would like it to be, but the idea is the same!

I'm working on creating everything on one page.

[Hoodgrown]

This is great news..... Thanks for sharing....
I'm soo excited....

is that geeky?

[eqilibrium]

Thank god! Finally there is hope!

Can't wait to see the one page checkout result.

[riho]

Huh... it's much more work then I initially thought... but it's always like this

Very-very first and very buggy version of my development of "One page checkout + quest/anonymous checkout module" can be found here: http://www.infovorgud.ee/prestatest.

It should work for both anonymous users and registered users. Should have almost the same functionality for registered users as normal checkout, for anonymous users i'm not yet really sure what it does or does not do. At least these example Ipods can be bought by bankwire anonymously (had to add support for onepagecheckout to bankwire module).

[eqilibrium]

Hi riho,

For me it looks faboulous! Great work! From here to the one page is just a baby step ;-P

How did you do it? Or better, is it possible to convert this into a add-on or module?

Thank you for your work

[riho]

You mean by adding payment links already to cart page? That's not a problem for registered user actually, cos the information is already there.

It is "almost" a module. It means I have to install it as module and manually edit some other pages to support it.

[eqilibrium]

Ok, but how can I do it to have that checkout process like you have?

[riho]

It's not in production state yet.

I posted it here for two reasons:

1) to see if there is some interest for it
2) if PrestaTeam sees it, they may comment if I'm working in parallel with them.

[Matthieu Biart]

It'd be nice if one of you brilliant programmers could come up with a mod for this...

hint... hint...

Are there any programmers at all then?
Haven't seen one of them on these forums exept some pictures in the header.....

Hi everyone!

Our pictures are displayed when we are loggued on the prestashop.com website which means when we are browsing the forum or the Bug Tracker.
And to be honest, as developers, we spend largely more time on the Bug Tracker than on the forum.
Have a look by yourselves, this mornig there were 40 new bugs on it, and right now ZERO!

We never replied to this thread because we did not see it.
I just discovered it, and now I reply to it ;-)

So our current position is:

- releasing a 1.2 stable version as soon as possible. And it is coming very soon. The bugs become to be fewer than usual, and very unsignificant (compared to the ones we are use to deal with).

- unfortunatly the feature you're talking about won't be part of that release (once the first beta version release, no new feature are added)

- but we keep this feature in mind and have already done a good part of conception about it. This feature is coming and I know very well that "is coming" is really blur but I can't give you more information about it. Just know that we're not ignoring you.

[seasoning]

What do you think about this one?

[eqilibrium]

How did you do it seasoning?! After all there is (or there are) someone that did it!...Finnaly

Great work ;-) I just wish I could do this kind of stuff... :-S

[riho]

Looks good! What about anonymous checkout?

[Deostar.ro]

Hello , Seasoning !
Do you consider selling your work to us, the average PrestaShop users? If it's a reasonable price, I am willing to buy it.
Please send me an email with details (price, etc ) to cristicarstea ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com, if you are interested in selling it.

[seasoning]

I've made it this way since the project involved with still requires user membership.

And also, this 'one page' checkout works with only one carrier.. If there will be more than one carrier, the payment method will be on the next page because the amount might change.. I could also do it in the same page and will only call an AJAX to refresh the amount.

As of now, I'm still testing at the testing stage, so I can't put a word on it.

[Deostar.ro]

Hello,
Please use AJAX to refresh the amount (I need 4 carriers in my shop :roll: ) , test it and then please, sell it. I am sure there will be a lot of people interested in buying it. I am definitely interested :-)
Can't wait for your stable release.


PS: it will work with prestahop 1.1 or 1.2 ?

[seasoning]

Created in 1.2, probably will work in 1.1 as well.

[Deostar.ro]

That is perfect.
I am waiting for some good news from you.

[Site]

It would be good to see this mod added,

Are there any future updates of when this will be enabled?

[seasoning]

I'm now working on including the registration in the checkout page. I don't know if I can make it as a module though, but probably not. Good luck to me.
If anyone wants the onepagecheckout I posted, I'll probably make it a two-page. Placing the payment options on the next page.

[RogerT]

Can I get a copy of your one-page (or two-page) checkout?
Thanks seasoning!

[MikeUK]

Hi all

just to add my voice, it has been reported many times that the less clicks for checkout, the better. Definitely single page checkouts (that include account login / registration or have this page first) are becoming more popular, and soon I think this will be a must for the ecommerce leaders.

Just my 2 cents!

[ieftin-net]

any news from the peeps developing this feature?

[riho]

My version should be working now, though it needs some more work on templates (e-mail and order confirmation) and there may be some bugs I missed. Getting back to fixing bugs and cleaning the code in some days.

- anonymous checkout, also for virtual goods

- one page checkout for registered customers

- page updates smoothly with ajax

http://www.infovorgud.ee/prestatest

[eqilibrium]

Very, very good! Fantastic indeed!
I'l be waiting for your release.

[VIXUS]

My version should be working now, though it needs some more work on templates (e-mail and order confirmation) and there may be some bugs I missed. Getting back to fixing bugs and cleaning the code in some days.

- anonymous checkout, also for virtual goods

- one page checkout for registered customers

- page updates smoothly with ajax

http://www.infovorgud.ee/prestatest

looking good!

[presta-dyr]

It looks very good. But in my opinion two important things are missing:
* It should be possible to specify a delivery address that is different from the invoice address.
* Returning customers are known to the system, but can't recall their data based on the e-mail address.

/Kjeld

[ieftin-net]

looks good but i'm wondering, could you reduce one more step by adding the payment options to the first page as 'radio button' options just like the shipping carriers?

[riho]

It looks very good. But in my opinion two important things are missing:
* It should be possible to specify a delivery address that is different from the invoice address.
* Returning customers are known to the system, but can't recall their data based on the e-mail address.

* The basics is to ask as little information as possible to make the checkout process simple. For different invoice and delivery address user should register - then it's possible. A note could be added to the end of the page, but that's already template tweaking.
* Good idea, I have thought of that. It's not so hard to do. But I wouldn't do it only by e-mail address - then one could enter random address and check for some personal information and it's already violating individual's private information rights. There is only one option that comes to my mind - to store the information in user's cookie. Right now I have made a decision to keep this functionality (information is already filled) to registered customers

[riho]

looks good but i'm wondering, could you reduce one more step by adding the payment options to the first page as 'radio button' options just like the shipping carriers?

Hmm... that could do the trick actually. But I keep it for further developments - only one page can be for registered users. For anonymous checkouts submitting the information form at first could actually be a good idea - then it's very clear when to check for data integrity (from code side) and for user it's clear when all the information is correct and it's time to start paying (from user side).

The idea is not to squeeze everything in one page, the idea is to make checkout process as simple, fast, intuitive and clear as possible.

[ieftin-net]

Hmm... that could do the trick actually. But I keep it for further developments - only one page can be for registered users. For anonymous checkouts submitting the information form at first could actually be a good idea - then it's very clear when to check for data integrity (from code side) and for user it's clear when all the information is correct and it's time to start paying (from user side).

The idea is not to squeeze everything in one page, the idea is to make checkout process as simple, fast, intuitive and clear as possible.

most of my customers that don't complete the order are stopping when they reach the page where they have to chose the payment method, because of the way the payment buttons look, they think that the order is complete. i know this because i'm contacting all of them by phone

[ieftin-net]

any ideea on when or if or how you'll release it from the public?

[VIXUS]

@ RIHO

I love it the way it is, plain and simple... and customer that wants more shud register.

Great!

Looking forward to it!

[seasoning]

nice job riho!

I stopped my development since I know that I can't finish it in time. Heh..

If anyone wants to reduce their checkout steps just what I posted before but still requires user registration, I'm glad to post the steps here. It is very simple though, doesn't require too much programming knowledge. Cheers!

[riho]

My plan is to wrap it up during this week, I will announce it here then.

[marcko]

My plan is to wrap it up during this week, I will announce it here then.

wow, i can't wait for it!!! It will help a lot of people! Great work guys!

[riho]

Now I can call it ready as v.1.0.

I put new version up to my testing site: http://www.infovorgud.ee/prestatest. There's also information about features and how I see sharing of the code under "Presta module" category.

[radders]

Looks good.

I have a couple of suggestions to make it even better:

The description says it supports voucher codes but despite going back over each step I couldn't see where to enter this. Needs to be more obvious.

When going back and forth between the shopping cart and the second payment page my name and address details were lost. I think these should be retained long enough to refresh the form when the user navigates away to add an extra product to their cart. Else they might just give up and go away :-(

[ieftin-net]

the price seems a bit high IMO.

[TropischBruin]

My plan is to wrap it up during this week, I will announce it here then.

Wauw, it has been 7 days since.

When can we expect this release?

[Anotherkid]

155 euros? Erm, thanks but definitely no thanks, i'll wait for ion_cannons release....

[TropischBruin]

My plan is to wrap it up during this week, I will announce it here then.

Wauw, it has been 7 days since.

When can we expect this release?

I have to take my words back, sorry.

Looking at the work of Ino I think that 155,- is a lot of money and could put of a lot of people.
Plus some will put this module up for free download because a lot of people won't pay that much money.

Personaly I think that 50,- is more like it. More people will buy it rather then trying to download it for free.

@Ino, how will you handle support on your paid work?

[VIXUS]

@ RIHO

I love it the way it is, plain and simple... and customer that wants more shud register.

Great!

Looking forward to it!

LOL, 150 EUR!? (hm, whats the word i am looking for... greed?)

I am not looking forward to it any more... ill wait for some free version...

[riho]

TropischBruin, You may be right on people buying it more when price is 50 e. But I'm quite certain there are still a lot of people who will try to get it completely free.

One question comes to my mind... why there's no such alternatives? For 50 eur I would have bought it myself and wouldn't have spent weeks on developing it. Would it have been just a small hack/workaround taking some days, I gladly would have made it free. But it's a lot more. Also I intend to continue working on that module and answer to questions.

There's actually no new functionality added to Prestashop, it's just something to improve customer satisfaction, increase sales conversion, spending less on customer care etc. It's possible to use Prestashop without that module with full functionality. If the shop is already running, then for improving conversion it's actually not a big price to pay. Without a plan to earn it back it doesn't matter if it's 50 or 150 e.

About greed - considering there are only some people who will be giving money for it, I thought of it as a fair price for that development. Isn't not appreciating other's work also ... greed?

I don't say my ideas are the truth and the price is the fairest, these were just my thoughts.

[TropischBruin]

Riho,

I'm not syaing you are greedy, far from that. I think you made a great module and it I'm sure it's worth the 150,- all the way as I know how hard it is to build a module.
What I'm trying to say is that 150,- sounds like a lot of money and many people will think twice, maybe 3 times before buying it. I would buy it without thinking twice as I know that the faster the checkout is, to more you sell and thus is the return on the invest of 150,- quickly made.
ATM I'm still using osCommerce on my major shop because I mis the Order-edittor (hint to you ;-) ), but as soon as this is there and the next PS release is as stable is 1.2 Final (not 1.2.1 Final) I will concider switching. My other shop runs PS 1.2 Final (not 1.2.1 Final) but a first sell has te be made yet :smirk:

Again, thank you for making this module and I will be buying this as soon as my second shop sets of.

In the mean time, would you consider building an Orderedit module, this is also a much seeked must have.

[TropischBruin]

@ RIHO

I love it the way it is, plain and simple... and customer that wants more shud register.

Great!

Looking forward to it!

LOL, 150 EUR!? (hm, whats the word i am looking for... greed?)

I am not looking forward to it any more... ill wait for some free version...

Wauw! Someone has put a lot of work into this module and you want it for free?
Did you build a module that is as complicated as this yourself?

Before blaiming someone of beeing greedy maybe next time you should try to build it yourself and give it away for free.
Then also maintain, update it and help users, for free.

[ieftin-net]

LOL, 150 EUR!? (hm, whats the word i am looking for... greed?)

I am not looking forward to it any more... ill wait for some free version...

not free, but at least something more affordable.
even 50 EUR sounds like allot to me, but maybe because i'm not making that much money with my shop

[babus]

The single page checkout process makes rapid changes in the business. It is very useful to start the business without any motive. They are providing the neat information about the page checkout. Thanks for everyone sharing their nice experience.

[VIXUS]

@ RIHO

I love it the way it is, plain and simple... and customer that wants more shud register.

Great!

Looking forward to it!

LOL, 150 EUR!? (hm, whats the word i am looking for... greed?)

I am not looking forward to it any more... ill wait for some free version...

Wauw! Someone has put a lot of work into this module and you want it for free?
Did you build a module that is as complicated as this yourself?

Before blaiming someone of beeing greedy maybe next time you should try to build it yourself and give it away for free.
Then also maintain, update it and help users, for free.

Let me just ask you, how much did you pay for PrestaShop?

150E for this checkout update??? This is owerpriced a LOT!!!
And thats mine opinion and i stand by it!

[Floobynooby]

Module looks Great Riho, have a couple of questions.
1. Will postage options chance automatically depending on the country you choose ( will it tie in with Prestashop existing postal options set for a shop i.e uk standard, recorded, next day, eurpean recorded and global)
2. Will the invoices show up in the normal orders section that they currently do before adding the plugin.
3. Will the module be compatible with, Protox and pay by phone?

[RogerT]

Imo I'd pay max 100euro for this. If I wanted support then I'd pay the extra 55euro but not everyone needs it.

Also, Does this work on prestashop 1.2?

[maxmin]

@ RIHO

I love it the way it is, plain and simple... and customer that wants more shud register.

Great!

Looking forward to it!

LOL, 150 EUR!? (hm, whats the word i am looking for... greed?)

I am not looking forward to it any more... ill wait for some free version...

Wauw! Someone has put a lot of work into this module and you want it for free?
Did you build a module that is as complicated as this yourself?

Before blaiming someone of beeing greedy maybe next time you should try to build it yourself and give it away for free.
Then also maintain, update it and help users, for free.

So what's wrong for people to ask for a free module? People come to use the PS because it's open source and FREE! If some important functionalities people looking for are added as modules that charge ridiculous fees, most of people will stay away and eventually ditch the whole PS and switch to other open source platforms. Remember there're a lot of other open-source shopping carts out there FREE for people to use. I think the PrestaStore added to the Module download section is really a big mistake for PS team. Personally, 2 functionalities important for me missing from the current PS are the one-page checkout and shared SSL certificate support since I use 3rd party payment gateway Google Checkout and PayPal on my site and customers just select products and proceed to checkout via payment gateway, everthing will be processed in payment gateway account and then it feeds back transaction info to my store site via secured callback. And remember these functionalities are available FREE and integrated in other open-source shopping carts such as Magento. I for one will switch to Magento in the future if PS doesn't come out a new release with these important functionalities integrated.