Hide or Password Protect only one Category?

Is it possible to hide or password protect one particular category so that category and the items in it won't show up anywhere else on my website?

I am not aware if this can be done from the Admin
But why would you want to do this?
San

I sell on eBay and direct my buyers to my website to pay via credit card (we don't take PayPal).

I have a category called 'Sold eBay Auctions' where I enter my eBay items. I've set up the Quick Order page where they can just enter the eBay auction # and it adds it to the shopping cart.

Usually this works great....but it never fails you'll run into a few buyers that just can't get it to work and they get an error. So for the people who can't /won't use the Quick Order page, I've got the Sold eBay Auctions category visible right now.

Problem is...even though the item says "SOLD AT AUCTION" in big red letters, it still says "Buy Now" until the eBay customer comes and pays for it.

Unfortunately, I've had a few people 'buy' these items outright lately and it's becoming a pain to deal with. Particularly one customer who is driving me crazy in several different ways! :wacko:

I thought if maybe I had the whole category hidden, I could send my buyers a link to just that page and hopefully eliminate the problem.

I'm open for any alternative suggestions too!! :smile:

Boggled:

I thought if maybe I had the whole category hidden, I could send my buyers a link to just that page and hopefully eliminate the problem.

So, you mean to say you want the particular category should be shown to a specific users?

superprg:

So, you mean to say you want the particular category should be shown to a specific users?

Exactly! :smile:

Can I have the link to your present site?

So in brief this is what we are looking at:

1. Admin should be able to change which category to show to which user(s)

2. If a category is not meant for other user and he clicks on it, he should get 'Restriction error message' etc

In my opinion this will make more sense on the product leve. What do you say?

Sounds like that could work. :)

Site: https://www.adriftwood.com

did you get this to work as i need something very similar

This would take a bit of work to the code in order to get it to work. I would go with paypal. At the end of the day they are just about as cheap as any other merchant provider and are glued in pretty tightly with ebay and they already do this quite nicely.

slingman:

did you get this to work as i need something very similar

I actually found a work around just by putting everything I sell on eBay as 'out of stock' but allowing checkout anyway.

This would take a bit of work to the code in order to get it to work. I would go with paypal. At the end of the day they are just about as cheap as any other merchant provider and are glued in pretty tightly with ebay and they already do this quite nicely.

1. I hate PayPal and don't trust them as far as I could pick them up and throw them.

2. Nope. My merchant provider rate is lower than PayPal, plus I have better control and opportunity for input if a chargeback situation arises.

3. They're not only glued in pretty tightly with eBay...they're in bed with them. I'd rather not give eBay any more fees than I absolutely have to.

4. One of the main points of doing it this way is to direct people to my website where they purchase more stuff.

5. Did I mention I hate PayPal? :smile:

They all Su.... I thought I had a better rate 2% until I ran into the mid qualified and non qualified transactions. That really was a dissappointment. Paypal was ok until the foreign transactions where they whack an additional fee on top of the percent.

I am no fan of paypal either:yuck:

has anyone figured out how to do this (category hidden from all but a particular user group)? I'd really like to be able to have this feature, as I think it will solve my wholesale issues that I've been trying to fix forever. I need a two-tier wholesale pricing structure, and being able to set up a wholesale-only category that shows only to those in my wholesale group would then mean that I could use quanitity pricing in that category.

littleturtlemama:

has anyone figured out how to do this (category hidden from all but a particular user group)? I'd really like to be able to have this feature, as I think it will solve my wholesale issues that I've been trying to fix forever. I need a two-tier wholesale pricing structure, and being able to set up a wholesale-only category that shows only to those in my wholesale group would then mean that I could use quanitity pricing in that category.

I need "excactly" same thing.
I´m thinking of installing a new zencart in new directory. (password protected directory)
do anyone know if it is simple to copy templates and databse?

procella:

I need "excactly" same thing.
I´m thinking of installing a new zencart in new directory. (password protected directory)
do anyone know if it is simple to copy templates and databse?
Creating zencart, for wholesale members only, is easiest way.
It is possible to copy existing store, with database, and
create new zencart with that info, in different folder to your
existing zencart.
Only 2 configure files need changing to reflect this duplication.
You can then set that wholesale store for members to be approved to shop by admin only.
HTH
:smile:

misty:

Creating zencart, for wholesale members only, is easiest way.
It is possible to copy existing store, with database, and
create new zencart with that info, in different folder to your
existing zencart.
Only 2 configure files need changing to reflect this duplication.
You can then set that wholesale store for members to be approved to shop by admin only.
HTH
:smile:

So I dont need to install a new whole zencart?

any tutorial how to make an new zen cart page?
and how to copy the store there?
can I use the same admin to change product info, prices etc?
what configure files to configure?

:clap:

procella:

So I dont need to install a new whole zencart?
Yes you do, but use existing database from current zencart,
altering configure files to suit new cart for wholesalers.

Or you can use the hideCategory mod in Downloads (Free Add Ons button above). It is designed to hide products in a specific category from everyone unless you give them the link.
It wouldn't be as secure for wholesale use, though, if someone learned the link.

HideCategory wont do what i need.

question: if I use same database will it not make changes to the other cart aswell?
Or are the prices and product info saved somewhere else?
I don´t really understand this whole thing..

is it possible to copy the database later?
anyway a lot of manual work has to be done. f.eg copy all CUSTM templates and css etc

procella:

HideCategory wont do what i need.

question: if I use same database will it not make changes to the other cart aswell?
Or are the prices and product info saved somewhere else?
I don´t really understand this whole thing..

is it possible to copy the database later?
anyway a lot of manual work has to be done. f.eg copy all CUSTM templates and css etc
You create backup/copy of existing database.
Then CREATE new database..upload copy of existing database to NEW one you just created.
Then, in configure files of your NEW zencart site, set
to database and password details for this new database.

misty:

You create backup/copy of existing database.
Then CREATE new database..upload copy of existing database to NEW one you just created.
Then, in configure files of your NEW zencart site, set
to database and password details for this new database.

Is there a way to have ONE admin only ?