purchasing minimums?

[cheryl]

Hi,

How come purchasing minimums is not on the "wish list"? Miva and Yahoo
allows a merchant to sell a product with minimums. How come ShopSite does
not care to offer this feature? What I mean by minimums is allowing the
customer to purchase at least X amount of a product. Does anyone know if
this is coming down the pipe?

Thanks in advance,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com

[David H.]

You can have a minimum checkout amount for the cart total but I'm guessing
you want a minimum quantity that a customer has to purchase of a particular
product? You could create a product bundle of say 3 items if that was your
minimum but then customers could only order in groups of 3 but perhaps that
would meet your need? What is it you are wishing to sell but limit the
intial amount to a minimum?

-David H.

"cheryl" <service@blissweddings.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

How come purchasing minimums is not on the "wish list"? Miva and Yahoo
allows a merchant to sell a product with minimums. How come ShopSite does
not care to offer this feature? What I mean by minimums is allowing the
customer to purchase at least X amount of a product. Does anyone know if
this is coming down the pipe?

Thanks in advance,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com

[cheryl]

Hi, David

Yes, we want a minimum quantity that a customer has to purchase of a
particular
product. For example, we sell wedding coffee in packs of 40. I've had
customers who only need 50 packs but I have to tell them that they have to
buy 80 packs. So, I don't get the sale because the customer doesn't want to
waste her money buying more coffee packs than she needs. It's hurt my sales
a bit and I'm disappointed that ShopSite doesn't have this feature in the
past 3 years that I've been using this shopping cart.

Thanks,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com


"David H." <DavidAlanHills@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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You can have a minimum checkout amount for the cart total but I'm guessing
you want a minimum quantity that a customer has to purchase of a
particular product? You could create a product bundle of say 3 items if
that was your minimum but then customers could only order in groups of 3
but perhaps that would meet your need? What is it you are wishing to sell
but limit the intial amount to a minimum?

-David H.

"cheryl" <service@blissweddings.com> wrote in message
news:co0hl9$4qc$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Hi,

How come purchasing minimums is not on the "wish list"? Miva and Yahoo
allows a merchant to sell a product with minimums. How come ShopSite
does not care to offer this feature? What I mean by minimums is allowing
the customer to purchase at least X amount of a product. Does anyone
know if this is coming down the pipe?

Thanks in advance,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com

[Keith Petty]

Hi Cheryl,

Here is a thought for setting up an item to give the ability to go up by
10's starting at a 40 pack minimum.

SKU:
HJ40pack

Price:
40.00

On Sale Price:
20.00

Product Name:
Hot Java 40 pack

Product Description:
Hot Java the best coffee out there - see More Info Page for ordering
other qty's

More Info Page Text:
Hot Java the best coffee in the world is available in 10 packs with
a 40 pack minimum order.
Use the Order Options drop down box for additional quantities of 10
, 20, or 30 pack.

Order Options Description:
Select 10, 20, or 30 additional packs. <br>
For a qty of 60 set qty to 1 and select 2 additional 10 packs from
these options. <br>
For a qty of 80 set qty to 2. and select No additional qty's needed
from these options. <br>
For a qty of 90 set qty to 2 and select 1 additional 10 pack from
options.

Pull-down Menus:
No additional qty's needed
1 additional 10 pack ($2.50 extra); 2.50
2 additional 10 packs ($5.00 extra); 5.00
3 additional 10 packs ($7.50 extra); 7.50

This is easy to do and the value after the semi colon is used to add
that amount to the charges so be sure to include it.

Hope this helps...

Keith Petty
SpecialMart.com
CeresJava.net

cheryl wrote:

Hi, David

Yes, we want a minimum quantity that a customer has to purchase of a
particular
product. For example, we sell wedding coffee in packs of 40. I've had
customers who only need 50 packs but I have to tell them that they have to
buy 80 packs. So, I don't get the sale because the customer doesn't want to
waste her money buying more coffee packs than she needs. It's hurt my sales
a bit and I'm disappointed that ShopSite doesn't have this feature in the
past 3 years that I've been using this shopping cart.

Thanks,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com


"David H." <DavidAlanHills@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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You can have a minimum checkout amount for the cart total but I'm guessing
you want a minimum quantity that a customer has to purchase of a
particular product? You could create a product bundle of say 3 items if
that was your minimum but then customers could only order in groups of 3
but perhaps that would meet your need? What is it you are wishing to sell
but limit the intial amount to a minimum?

-David H.

"cheryl" <service@blissweddings.com> wrote in message
news:co0hl9$4qc$1@eval.shopsite.com...


Hi,

How come purchasing minimums is not on the "wish list"? Miva and Yahoo
allows a merchant to sell a product with minimums. How come ShopSite
does not care to offer this feature? What I mean by minimums is allowing
the customer to purchase at least X amount of a product. Does anyone
know if this is coming down the pipe?

Thanks in advance,
Cheryl
www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com