Store Based On Past User Purchases - Is This Possible?

Hi All,

I am about to start building a site which will give users the option to create an account and do the following:

• purchase additional services (based on services purchased in the past),
• pay for these directly or setup direct debits,
• display a 'log' of the services they have purchased and when they expire.

The services can only be purchased once a user has an account (i.e. they will not be visible anywhere else on the site) and a site administrator has given them the correct privelage to do so. The type of additional services that can be purchased are dependent on services each user has purchased in the past.

What are my options for doing the above? Does Zen-Cart have such functionality built in?

• purchase additional services (based on services purchased in the past),
  I do not know exactly what you mean or are expecting here
• pay for these directly or setup direct debits,
  There are several builtin payment methods
  Whether they meet your expectations or not is something you have to decide
• display a 'log' of the services they have purchased and when they expire.
  Purchases are saved and can be viewed by the customer in their "my account" area and filtered in the admin area by you

kobra:

EViS:

• purchase additional services (based on services purchased in the past),I do not know exactly what you mean or are expecting here

Hopefully this example will help clarify:

There are two Services which a Client can purchase to begin with - 'Service A' or 'Service 1'.

'Client 1' has purchased 'Service A' a couple of weeks ago, he now has the option to purchase 'Service B, C, D, or E'. However, no other Services are available for him to purchase.

'Client 2' has purchased 'Service 1' a couple of weeks ago, he now has the option to purchase 'Service 2, 3, 4, or 5'. However, he cannot purchase 'Service B, C, D, or E'.

'Client 3' has purchased both 'Service A' and 'Service 1' a couple of week ago, he now has the option to purchase 'Service B, C, D, E, 2, 3, 4, or 5'.

In the real world, 'Additional Services' (B, C, D, E, 2, 3, 4, 5) in the above examples translate to forms of Warranties.

Almost anything is possible, but you'll need a good programmer to implement that sort of scenario.

So it's not something that Zen-Cart has built in?

If not, how easy would it be to modify the code to accommodate this? Are we talking alot of work or just a few days?