Possible to shorten the order process to this?

I take payment only through Paypal Express, Google Checkout and Check/Money Order so I do not need a "billing address" from the customer. What I would like is
Checkout > Enter Shipping Address > Choose Payment Method > Go There.

I have Amazon checkout installed, I tried FEC & Easy Sign Up/Log in but I think those are really for stores that take cc's directly from the customer.

So is it possible to bypass the billing address page entirely and have the order flow streamlined as I outlined? I also want to turn off the right column for that billing address page only.

TIA for any ideas

This is possible, however, not with a standard cart, and not with all payment types. It would require custom coding as you are essentially removing a core component, and therefore you need to find work arounds for each possible eventuallity. One option is to limit the customer address to 1, so that the same address is used for both the billing and shipping addresses. This then removes the option to set independant addresses while on your store.

You could look at a module such as the single page checkout module, however, there are a few known issues with module if you are using specific payment gateways. might be just what you're looking for though!

With the right column, take a look at includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php, and the code found on line 42.

Good luck

Absolute

Absolute:

This is possible, however, not with a standard cart, and not with all payment types. It would require custom coding as you are essentially removing a core component, and therefore you need to find work arounds for each possible eventuallity. One option is to limit the customer address to 1, so that the same address is used for both the billing and shipping addresses. This then removes the option to set independant addresses while on your store.

You could look at a module such as the single page checkout module, however, there are a few known issues with module if you are using specific payment gateways. might be just what you're looking for though!

With the right column, take a look at includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php, and the code found on line 42.

Good luck

Absolute

Thanks Absolute -- Is there a (relatively) easy way to limit the customer address to 1? I have just about everything set to false in customer details, but still have so many required fields...

The only single page checkout I could find is One-Page Checkout, which has about 6 moderator warnings - I'm scairt to try it :shocking:

Since I'm using all "external" payment gateways, I would think that even custom coding should be relatively simple??? Just enter shipping address, choose the payment type & go off to either Google or Paypal...it sounds simple anyway :dontgetit

One Page checkout is great for SOME stores, however, as with all non-standard modules, you MUST test thoroughly with your exact setup, including all payment types that you wish to use.

As for limiting the addresses to 1, this is under Configuration >> Maximum Values >> Address Book Entries.

Good luck,

Absolute

Absolute:

One Page checkout is great for SOME stores, however, as with all non-standard modules, you MUST test thoroughly with your exact setup, including all payment types that you wish to use.

As for limiting the addresses to 1, this is under Configuration >> Maximum Values >> Address Book Entries.

Good luck,

Absolute

Ok, I'm going to give the OPC a shot on my test store and see what happens.

Thanks :thumbsup:

I've accidentally gotten the checkout process almost to where it's satisfactory. It's not a one page checkout but it** appears** to be more streamlined.

I installed COWOA on top of the amazon log in mod. I don't think COWOA is working exactly the way it's supposed to probably because of the other mod, but if I could change the language on the checkout_account page to say Shipping instead of Billing it will work for me. Is there any reason for me** not** to make the change? Will it mess something else up if I do that?

As long as you know what your store is doing, you can change any language files to say anythnig you want them to. Just remember that you made this change when you look at the order in the admin, as it may lead to confusion if the customer is using Google Checkout and enters a billing and a shipping address. You don't want to send the two things to the wrong addresses.

Absolute

Yup, I'll remember :clap: