completly skip/remove step 1 to 3 shipping and payment

Hi,
I would like customers to add products to their cart, then fill in there name and adress and then complete checkout.
so i can send them a offer specialy designed for them with products as basic guideline.
there is no shipping and no payment needed from the webshop.

so step 1 to 3 gone or skipped.
from cart -> checkout success.

some help would be very appreciated. tnx

If you're not actually using a STORE on your website, and not cataloguing any actual PRODUCTS then you don't need Zen Cart.
So ... why not use Mailchimp instead?

Simply set up a campaign, add specific fields for the questions you want them to answer, and then when they submit the form they'll also be added to your mailing list.

Then you can use their answers in the mailchimp database to give them specific feedback on the products they're interested in. Plus they will have opted-in to your newsletter mailing list, so you can email everyone monthly with special updates related to your business.

Or you could use another service like wufoo.com to put up a contact page where you add custom forms, for same purpose as I suggested above. The difference is they won't be opting in to a newsletter, so you won't have permission to "email everyone on your database" that way. But you will get specific emails from each customer who fills out your form.

Or, if you do decide to use Zen Cart, USE A MODERN VERSION. Don't use v1.3.8 like you said you're using when you started posting this discussion. That version from 2007 has security holes that were fixed SEVEN YEARS AGO! There's no good reason not to use the latest version of Zen Cart.

its an old store, i know.
but creating a new one will take so much time setting all up again and this works fine for me.

it actually is cataloging actual products, but there are so much more options to a product then i can list on a store. now the customer will order, pay and then hear it costs a little more/less based on their situation.
so i want the customer to choose there products and then enter their name and order instantly without paying. so they have a estimation about what it will cost and i can fill in the final options and present final price.

i now have set all products to virtual, this skips step 1.

and added this to the /includes/modules/pages/checkout_confirmation/header_php.php

// if payment method has been selected, redirect the customer to the checkout process page
 if ($_SESSION['payment']) {
  zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_PROCESS, '', 'SSL'));
}  

to skip step 3

only thing remains is step 2

I'd be more inclined to set everything to Free Shipping instead of Virtual.

Then set all products' prices to free, and enable the Freecharger payment module so that no payment is required.
Disable the Coupon feature, in the admin, as well as the Gift Certificate feature. (See the Admin->Modules->Order Total screen).

But then there's another problem: when you DO give the customer a price, HOW DO THEY BUY IT if the whole checkout process is basically deleted?

Seems you're going the wrong direction here.
I think you'd be better serving your customers by fixing whatever is confusing to them, so they can choose for themselves, and purchase right away. Much better experience for the customer, less work for you, and no odd bandages to make to the site.

But the products arent free. So thats no option.
I sell pvc windows and doors. The customer wants a price that comes close to the product as a indication. They dont know if they need to have 4Mm or 6mm glass. A type 1 or 2 handle. also there is option to add montage. This depends on what kind of house wood, stone, the place its in, the height, etc.

So the customer picks out a selection of what they kind of would like, have a idea if it will be around 5000 or 20000, send it to me, i fill in details and we close the deal on paper.

But please dont be offended, im not asking advise what is best way to present products to my customers. Or come here to explain how and why. Im only asking.how to skip the step 1 to 3.
Actually only step 2 remaining

dennykb-d:

But please dont be offended, im not asking advise what is best way to present products to my customers. Or come here to explain how and why. Im only asking.how to skip the step 1 to 3.
Actually only step 2 remaining

Yes. You can shut off the steps as long as the data required by the final page is provided. Takes some work but I have done it with ZC v1.39h and v1.51.

Before saying anything more, I noted that this thread title is

• "v138a completly skip/remove step 1 to 3 shipping and payment"

Are you really using v1.3.8? I hope not. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

Anyway, back on topic

dennykb-d:

Hi,
I would like customers to add products to their cart, then fill in there name and adress and then complete checkout.
so i can send them a offer specialy designed for them with products as basic guideline.
there is no shipping and no payment needed from the webshop.

so step 1 to 3 gone or skipped.
from cart -> checkout success.

some help would be very appreciated. tnx

The COWOA mod will achieve what you are asking for, but from what I can gather there are only modules for Zen 1.3.9 and V1.5.x

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1115
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1416

Cheers
RodG