Making Finnish language pack...

[pasi]

I don't.

Luottokunta is the sole provider for cc payments in Finland, and way too expensive in terms of fixed fees. I decided to use PayPal IPN instead, until I have enough turnover to justify the costs for cc processing through Luottokunta.

I have just published the new shop in three languages, version 1.3.7. The site is in the Zen showcase. There are still some products updates/language versions that has to be done.

Yeah, I had a look at your shop just the other day ... how do you find the PayPal system?

Is it something Finnish people really use?

I've had the impression that Finns don't quite trust it if it's not Luottokunta?

poosk ... email me the module you're using and I'll have a look ... (get my email from my site ;) )

[heidikfi]

Hi,

PayPal is mostly there for the foreign customers of my site. Quite recently, my bank didn't know what PayPal is! I suspect many Finns don't know PayPal either.

European (and Finnish customers) can pay using bank transfer also. For that I use the mod EUStandardBankTransfer, but modified and simplified it a bit. I have no direct link to any bank on my site, also because of too high fixed fees (and missing contributions).

For Finnish customers I still have the COD on mail available, only because the consumer protection authorities like it. I'm thinking about leaving it out. Some customers are so much afraid of not getting the stuff they pay for in advance, that they insist on COD, even if it makes the purchase very much more expensive.

[pasi]

PayPal is mostly there for the foreign customers of my site. Quite recently, my bank didn't know what PayPal is! I suspect many Finns don't know PayPal either.

Oh, OK :)
I thought it was for the Finnish customers...

European (and Finnish customers) can pay using bank transfer also. For that I use the mod EUStandardBankTransfer, but modified and simplified it a bit. I have no direct link to any bank on my site, also because of too high fixed fees (and missing contributions).

Yes, the fees by Finnish banks are a one major killer of e-commerce in Finland...
and I don't even dare mention Luottokunta

For Finnish customers I still have the COD on mail available, only because the consumer protection authorities like it. I'm thinking about leaving it out. Some customers are so much afraid of not getting the stuff they pay for in advance, that they insist on COD, even if it makes the purchase very much more expensive.

My other shop uses COD and the other doesn't ... there have been many requests in the one that doesn't have it about getting the orders via COD, but in the end I have always convinced the customers to use banktransfer...

banktransfer is just much more safe option for a small business, and because the Finnish consumer protection authorities are always on the consumers side in cases where the order has been paid but no goods delivered, that it's 100% safe on the consumer side too ... just not many customers see it that way

[pasi]

Next version of the Finnish language pack will probably include additional translations to the configuration pages.... depends on how much time I'll have!

[Laeticia]

I can look through the new translation if you want, see if it's good finnish (yhdys sanat ja muut sanamuodot kuntoon etc.).

[pasi]

I can look through the new translation if you want, see if it's good finnish (yhdys sanat ja muut sanamuodot kuntoon etc.).

Late responce, but yes, that is what I have wanted for everybody to do :)

[pasi]

Either the translation is perfect or people just don't report the errors to me

oh well....

[pasi]

Another Zen Cart, another translation version...

Should be available through the download section today.

It includes a nice set of typo fixes and re-phrased sentences...

with support for ZC 1.3.8 (and the "a" version of it too)

[poosk]

nice! thanks for sharing

[heidikfi]

Yes, the fees by Finnish banks are a one major killer of e-commerce in Finland...
and I don't even dare mention Luottokunta


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Why hasn't anyone started a service in Finland like the Swedish Payson in Finland??

I see no payment module for that here either (they have a pdf document with instructions on integration). They give you a service like PayPal but the customer can pay through 4 banks, or using cc, or their Payson account funds. The fees are 3 SEK + 3% per transaction, no monthly or setup fees. It costs very little to move the money to a Finnish bank account from the Payson account, no minimums. I'm seriously looking into using them for my Swedish customers.