Receive partial payment upon order

[petek]

Oh boy, I've been looking through paypal_functions.php (which I presume is the file to amend) and there are hundreds of lines of code in there ! Could some kind soul tell me where I have to insert the ">200" and "0.30" to limit the initial payment to 30% of orders exceeding 200 Euros ? What a headache !

Cheers

Pete

[swguy]

I would strongly recommend against going this route. You will have to hand-port these customizations to every new version of the Paypal Payment module.

[petek]

You're probably right but the fact is, I cannot debit my clients 100% of an order when the goods won't be ready for delivery for 2 months. I'm trying to find out what can be done with Paypal with its standard website payments solution. I don't suppose your instalment module would work with Paypal ?

Cheers

Pete

[swguy]

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that what you're trying to do is bad, I'm suggesting that modding the Paypal payment method is bad. You should modify the Invoice or perhaps Installment payment methods instead. (Installment would work with some modification if you get a merchant account.)

[DrByte]

You could instead hire someone to write a discount order-total module that discounts 70% off the order amount, and describes the discount as "To Be Paid Later", and then sends the remaining amount to be paid immediately via PayPal.

I still think this would be the least painful and most efficient approach.

[petek]

I still think this would be the least painful and most efficient approach.

Agreed although I would have to find someone trustworthy to do this !

Cheers

Pete

[RoboMike]

has there been any progress on this? I'm looking to take a deposit now, and charge the rest when I ship the item. How can we do that?