Can I offer Credit Card Checkout for Specific Items?

[Blenderite]

I am needing to implement a credit card checkout option for only specific items. The rest of the items in the store needs to be a different payment method only. Is there a way to do this?

[stevesh]

The first question always asked is, "what do you see happening if a customer has both types of product in his cart and goes to checkout'?

[Blenderite]

I completely agree, but this is what my boss wants me to make him! Any work arounds that you can think of?

[stevesh]

None that I'm aware of, other than some fancy custom programming.

[Blenderite]

This will be fun, I get to tell him to deal with it! Lol!

[Blenderite]

Ok I just spoke to him and he was wondering if I could create an entirely new store (seperate install) which could host all the items that are credit card only. Right now we would only have one item. Would it be possible to basically create a single page that sells only that one item? Sounds interesting not sure if it is possible.

[stevesh]

Sure, another separate Zencart installation would work, but an explanation of why he wants to do so might help us offer alternatives.

[Blenderite]

Here is the run down:

All the items (meats ie: beef, chicken, pork, etc) he sells are delivered to drop points in the area. He only accepts cash, check, or credit at the drop point, not online (Cuts of meat are not all uniform, therefore the actual price can only be determined after the order is put together and weighed). Right now we are accepting reservations for turkeys, which requires a deposit. He is wanting to accept that deposit online in the form of credit.

[stevesh]

How are you handling checkout now for the meats if you don't accept payment on the site? it's possible we may be able to figure something out using product types.

[Blenderite]

The person comes to the drop point and then pays via cash, check, or credit as they receive the product. We are using shopkeep for our POS, which comes with a card swiper and it handles all the processing itself.