Fundraisers - Adding new field?

Well, here goes. I'm fairly new to ZC but am truly digging the way it all works. We are setting up ZC to be used as a retail front for a store currently, but we also do fundraiser's. As part of the fundraising program, we offer them to also do direct gift shipping, that is, if the person doesn't order from them at the time, they can visit the store, order a product and get it shipped to them directly all the while a portion of the sale will go to the fundraiser. I've given this some thought but don't really know how to go about implementing this concept:

1. Create Account - during this process they'd select which group they are supporting and would also have to enter a pin # for that specific group.
2. Upon checkout - they'd see what portion of the sale went to the group.
3. On the invoices (Admin) - we'd be able to tell how much to send to that group.

I have some background in programming and would be able to customize the code if needed, but I truly don't know where to start.

I believe I'm going to have to add another table/fields to handle the fundraiser groups selection on the account creation as well as another field in the customer table to show if they selected any with the code they put in.

I just don't want to "mess" anything up to bad as I still want to use the overrides and such. Any help/ideas?

Did you ever figure out a solution for this? This is exactly what a client of mine wants. I have thought it all through in terms of developing custom software to interact with their existing database, but now I am considering whether it would be worth switching them to Zen Cart, and doing a module there for them.

Hi,

Actually, that's kind of what I did with my shop. If you don't mind the trouble, you could use attributes to achieve this. No custom codes required. If you don't want to add the attributes one by one, just do a SQL import after all the products are ready.

See http://www.helptheabandoned.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=9&language=en

NO test accounts please !!

Shirley :)

Ok, I'm going to resurect this one. Basically the same thing that the first poster said...

I want to do a site for a fundraising company and upon checkout they could enter a fundraising code (much the way the coupon code works). I think what would be best is if there would be a drop-down of charities and then they enter their pin. If it matches then they can checkout and it will show, for example 50% going to that charity and the sale's persons name. Also we'd want it to show on the invoice.