Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[ropu]

Had my first order today with Google Checkout which isnt bad considering I just installed this mod a few weeks ago.. The only problem is that shipping wasnt charged.. How do I put in shipping costs?

hi lhhgbh

as far as i can see you have a problem with shipping quotes.

they are not being sent to GC in the cart... so they are not added to the cost.

have you tested ur site in sandbox? witch shipping quotes are u using?

do you have tax zones, or tax clases?

wtich version of the module are u using?

ropu

[ropu]

Hi ropu & all!
I am really excited about the Google Checkout module for Zen Cart. I have not launched my site live yet, but I am hoping to exclusively use the Google Checkout payment module like several others have brought up. The only problem that I am aware of right now, is that it does not support the selling of downloads. This is a problem for my site because we will only be offering downloads for the moment. I was wondering if this issue is closed to being resolved. I will be patient, I just thought I would get an idea of how long it might be. Thanks for all the hard work.

hi chulo,

I cant assure any release date for digital goods delivery, because i dont know

but i can say that is a feature very requested and google wont ignore it.

Now u can sell digital goods, but is not so transparent and instant for the buyer (and the merchant). Some merchants are offering this goods, they dont use any shipping quotes, and when a new order notif arrives to the zencart Admin UI, the email the buyer with the link to download the soft good buyed. Also the buyer can log into zencart with some user/pass displayed in the admin UI->orders and get from there the link.

if you or someone have any suggestion to make this easier, i'll appreciate the feedback and try to implement it, so this feature could be less "painful"

i can also say that there are several zencarts using GC as the only payment method.


if you have any more questions or suggestions, feel free to ask!

ropu

[Woodymon]

if you or someone have any suggestion to make this easier, i'll appreciate the feedback and try to implement it, so this feature could be less "painful"

See how Paypal does it and emulate.

Did not a primary software developer/engineer leave PayPal last year and come to work for Google specifically to quickly bring Google Checkout up to competitive speed?

No virtual goods support and no international currency support = Google Checkout is still in beta with a very long ways to go.

And I don't understand the previous repeated remarks informing us that Google Checkout does not support international shipping. That's not what I see here.
See https://checkout.google.com/support/...y?answer=48115

Maybe it's just the Google Checkout for Zen Cart mod does not support international shipping. Why? Clarification anyone?

All these highly requested features will probably magically become available the same day the "free" no-charge Google Checkout transaction fees are no longer (Dec 31, 2007).

Woody

[yellow1912]

Yeah, GC for ZenCart doesn't work with international orders.
And, I can't use Zone rate shipping fee wiith GC, *_*

[lhhgbh]

I think I might know why it isn't sending them. I have some custom shipping flat rates.. I cloned the flat rate module a few months ago.. So I think I might need to add the correct cloned shipping file names to the google files.. Does that sound right? If so which Google files would I add the shipping lines to?

[ropu]

Yeah, GC for ZenCart doesn't work with international orders.
And, I can't use Zone rate shipping fee wiith GC, *_*

yellow1912, im double checking that info with google guys, i think that is not correct.

And this module does support int'l shipping, but the specs in http://code.google.com/apis/checkout...l#shipping_xsd dont.

please woody, double check that info too. im waiting for Google to answer me and ill post it here.

ropu

[ropu]

I think I might know why it isn't sending them. I have some custom shipping flat rates.. I cloned the flat rate module a few months ago.. So I think I might need to add the correct cloned shipping file names to the google files.. Does that sound right? If so which Google files would I add the shipping lines to?

yes lhhgbh

your should add that rates to includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php

use this tool to create the coded needed http://demo.globant.com/~brovagnati/tools/shipping_generator.php

and if its is a flat rate you should also add the shipping code to

$this->shipping_support = array();
$this->shipping_display = array(); 

(line 50)

ropu

[yellow1912]

thanks for your prompt response ropu.
I wonder if we can't use "<merchant-calculated-shipping>", which "sends a request to your custom calculations web service". Google says it will use the url we provided right? So we can have a small script calculate shipping fee base on ZoneRate, or we can even use ZC functions for that, and we give use this URL instead of FedEx or USPS etc...

[ropu]

thanks for your prompt response ropu.
I wonder if we can't use "<merchant-calculated-shipping>", which "sends a request to your custom calculations web service". Google says it will use the url we provided right? So we can have a small script calculate shipping fee base on ZoneRate, or we can even use ZC functions for that, and we give use this URL instead of FedEx or USPS etc...

yellow, if fact is that what we are doing

and we use zencart Shipping->quote(); class to retrieve quotes.

i dont really know why you cant use zone rates, have a look to my demo site (signature) there zones rates are working!

if you post me more info about your configuration, we can try to solve ur issue.

ropu

[lhhgbh]

Okay will I only add something to around line 50 of the googlecheckout.php or will I have to add something else?