Customer Account

[debbie2425]

Hi.
I have been using OSCommers for many years now and although it is an excelent product for running an online store, It does not meet all my needs.

I have downloaded the latest version of Zen Cart and uploaded it to a test folder on my server.
The layout and settings, from what I have seen so far, are very similare to OSCommerce so I have found it very easy to convert to Zen Cart.
Zen Cart also seems to offer a little more profesionalism and more options to oscommerce.

The one thing I have always needed to help my customers, but never found, is a personal account module for customers.
In this I mean something that will alow a customer to add funding to their account at any time. (say to help save for an expensive item). When a Customer logs onto their account, they should be able to see how much credit they then have in their account (displayed somewhere on the page as well as in their account settings.
When they have enough money in their account, they can then place an order and the cost will automaticly be deducted from their account, ballance if any will then be shown.

I have looked through the addon modules and I have seen the "Layaway Payment Module"
Can anyone tell me if this is the sort of thing I am looking for or if there is anything in the modules that is, or better.

Any help or suggestions will be very much appreciated
Kind Regards
Debbie

PS Sorry about any spelling misstakes ........ dislexic fingers lol

[yellow1912]

There is a store credit module, but not exactly what you want. I cant understand why would I put money little by little in the store if I dont have enough money tho, I would put it in my bank account to gain interest (and for security reason as well). Even paypal will give me a certain % of what I have in there each and every month.

[debbie2425]

There is a store credit module, but not exactly what you want. I cant understand why would I put money little by little in the store if I dont have enough money tho, I would put it in my bank account to gain interest (and for security reason as well). Even paypal will give me a certain % of what I have in there each and every month.

Thanks for the info.
I agree with what you are saying, but, this is something my regular customers have been asking for for some time now...... as they say, "the customer is always right". So, if that's what they want, I try to please.

I will have a look at the store credit module and see if it is close to what I need.
Thanks again for the info

[yellow1912]

You can take the gift card module at tweak it, let the customer enter the amount they want to pay for the GC, which will then be considered as Store Cash.