can dload attribute in folder delete after purchase?

[charliepingpong]

I don't like people having to print out anything, seems a waste of paper but I guess many people are used to printing out tickets, even if it were a serial number they'd have to print it out or write it down.

But seems like the simplest solution is to keep a door list of names and they pick up their tickets at the door.

People still get a receipt for their dloadable product don't they? I'll leave it up to them if they want to print it out or not and just instruct people who are giving away their tickets to make sure to say name of receipted purchaser at the door.

Seats aren't numbered so no problem there.

Thanks DrByte and gjh42

[charliepingpong]

confirmation email is the thing that needs to be well set out, you are right.

Can I ask if someone orders say 7 tickets and I'm offering the dload pdf option and they are all the same type of ticket, will they get the same file x7 - that would be silly! Maybe I need to bypass the dload pdf as DrByte has suggested and just have code confirmations sent..........how would I do that please?

[gjh42]

Getting down to details... If they order four of the same ticket, same options, the confirmation e-mail will show it once as qty (4), so there would only be one item to print and they would each have to have a copy that said four tickets. Confusing for the customers at least, and would be better if there were four separate items of the same ticket on the e-mail. But the door will have to have and check off a list of tickets versus names and order numbers in any case, so that is not really the problem.
If they order two tickets with option 1, one ticket with option 2 and one with option 3, the e-mail will show the ticket with option 1 once as qty (2), and the tickets with options 2 & 3 separately.

Oh, and a download pdf that you limit to one download... there can be no limit on how many times that is printed out, so there would be no point in limiting downloads. The only benefit over the confirmation e-mail would be a prettier piece of paper for the customers to hold.

[charliepingpong]

gjh42, I think I need something like this add on:


pomi dorcart.com/products/zencart-pin-delivery-module.html


but must be very complicated to create because to buy the module costs thousands of pounds which in Aussie dollars would amount to twice as much.

I'm against paper for environmental reasons and would much prefer people had a simple code but in that case isn't their names enough?


IS it possible to send a confirmation of purchase with NO physical OR digital product?

[DrByte]

IS it possible to send a confirmation of purchase with NO physical OR digital product?

Yes. Zen Cart always sends a confirmation of purchase, via email.
Whether the item is physical, digital, or entirely virtual, the confirmation is sent.

[DrByte]

Judging from the first of your many posts which appear to be related to this discussion ( http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180576 ), it appears as though you just need to sell a number of seats, without going over maximum seating capacity.

Offering an attribute which lets them choose which of the 3 variants of tickets, is easily done with either a dropdown or a radio-button attribute. I believe you said you'd already got that part set up.

As far as ensuring customers have a means of proving they've purchased, you have a few options:
a) customers print and bring their receipt to show at the door. You check off their order-number from your master list. Maybe check quantity at the same time, if not "1".
You might add text to the email and your site, which says if quantity-more-than-one are purchased, then ALL attendees must show up at the door together.

b) customers merely show ID at the door, and you check against your master list of orders. Obviously this is complicated if someone buys for someone else.

c) you could add logic to assign serial numbers to each of the tickets purchased, and those numbers printed on their confirmation receipt and also on a master list for your door staff. You'd strike off each serial number as it's redeemed at the door, to prevent re-use.
d) a variant of this could incorporate bar-code or QR code scanning at the door if you have that sort of technology available. Customers could present their serial numbers or codes via printed receipt or displayed on their smartphone for scanning. Your scanning tools could alert you about whether the code was accepted as valid, rejected as duplicate, or rejected as invalid, etc.


a) requires nothing special
b) can probably be done easily if you can print out a list of purchasers. Or maybe use something like suggested here: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=459256
c) would require issuing of PIN/serial/ticket numbers similar to what's discussed at http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36391 and http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1301
d) would require same as (c) as well as custom stuff to handle barcodes and more.

You can start with simple and progressively get more sophisticated as your time and resources allow.

[charliepingpong]

Thanks DB , doesn't really help because you are not my significant other to help me through this! .... Which means I'll just go with whatever plan suits what i can understand = the basic !