WorldPay Module version 2.0 - Support thread

[philip_clarke]

Right, I've had an in depth look at the credit card surcharge module and I'll have to do an "optional extra" module based on it for worldpay, there's a couple of not so good things about that module, for one thing it's broken with gift voucher's and the author seems to be out of contact (though the fix is posted on the forums wish I'd searched first instead of spent 30 minutes debugging it), anyway what I do not agree with, is that there is no "prior warning" for the extra surcharge, it just pops up if you specify a module to add it to, and it's not really at one with the shop, in the blurb it advertises itself as "discouraging people from paying by certain ways" or something similar and I'd be furious if on the last checkout without any warning, I got nailed for an extra 3%.

Whatever I do will be done by this time next week, I've got to decide whether to bring it into worldpay, or to re-write it to create a more generic module so that one can pick and choose. There is a change I want to make to worldpay anyway, that might go very well with a newer version of a surcharge module.

Philip.

[doubletiger]

Hi,philip_clarke

I think I will try to explain why I need this surcharge, so may help you to plan writing the codes.

I have protx on my site and it is the cheapest payment gateway in the UK so far. Worldpay is expensive, but I will use worldpay as alternative and backup. Because protx is not prefect and it always happen that some customers fail to pay via protx. I would prefer my customers use protx to pay if they can. If for some reasons they are unable pay via protx, worldpay can be put into use. Every time my customers pay via worldpay, I will loss some profit. that is why I would like to have surcharge on worldpay, to deter customes from choose worldpay without trying protx first. I will put some wording something like "We prefer customers pay by 1st payment option, and only use 2nd payment option when unable to pay by 1st payment option, since the worldpay is more expensive" in area say "please choose payment method". then customes still choose worldpay and pay by credit card, we can reasonable add surcharge on it. they have been warning beforehand.

although the different charge between protx and worldpay may be very tiny per transcation, but it will add up and become a large amount in long run.

no sure anyone will agree, but this is what I though.

thank you for your help and really appreciate it.