http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/forum/wp-estore-faq Support Forum for Tips and Tricks HQ Products en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/search.php http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/renewal-or-double-pay-questions#post-29069 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:37:05 +0000 admin 29069@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>What you described will work fine but you can do the following so you don't have to keep creating new levels:</p> <p>1. Create Membership called "Current Year Level"<br /> 2. Create Former Member level<br /> 3. At end of year, move all Current members to former member level<br /> 4. New members can keep signing up for the "Current Year Level" as they used to</p> <p>You will only need to do step 3 at the end of the year. </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/renewal-or-double-pay-questions#post-29049 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:44 +0000 apeterka 29049@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Ok, thanks for that clarification. Our membership dues are oddly based on annual gross income of the member, so subscriptions won't work too well -- members might need to adjust the dues they are paying on a yearly basis. </p> <p>I think I am back to using a non-expiring member levels, and then moving members to a Former Member group either manually at years end, or automatically with the Auto-Upgrade feature. If I take this route though, will I need to create new member levels every year? And then adjust the eStore button(s) to point to these new levels? I keep thinking there might be a way to re-use membership levels to minimize admin management time. The fact that some members might want to pay their dues prior to current dues expiring though has me thinking admins will need to be involved every year. </p> <p>Here is what I'm thinking:</p> <p>Create Membership 2012 level<br /> Create Former Member level<br /> At end of year, move all Membership 2012 members to Former Member<br /> Create Membership 2013 level<br /> Create new eStore buy now buttons for new levels<br /> Rinse and Repeat</p> <p>Or is it possible to mark everyone in the 2012 level as expired at year's end? Then perhaps I wouldn't need to Former Member group.</p> <p>Sorry so many questions invading my brain! </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/renewal-or-double-pay-questions#post-28948 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:01:28 +0000 admin 28948@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>When you use a "Buy Now" type button, it will give the user another 1 year from the date he makes the purchase. If you have a membership site where you expect the users to extend their membership for another term, you should try to use a subscription type button:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/membership-payment-difference-between-buy-now-and-subscription-buttons" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/membership-payment-difference-between-buy-now-and-subscription-buttons</a></p> <p>For example, if you make a subscription payment button that charges $XX every 1 year then you don't have to worry about the whole renewal thing anymore. If a member wants to cancel he can simply cancel his subscription payment (doesn't have to worry about anything else). </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/renewal-or-double-pay-questions#post-28934 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:05:58 +0000 apeterka 28934@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>I'm using Buy Now buttons and thinking about having the membership level attached expire in 1 year. </p> <p>When a member renews via eStore prior to their original expiration date, does the renewal begin when the first membership ends, or does it begin at the time of renewal?</p> <p>And a possibly related question: What happens if I have a 1 yr membership duration set and a member decides to process a payment twice? Would that extend their membership to two years? </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/displaying-shopping-cart#post-28729 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:30:19 +0000 Power Kitten 28729@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Ignore me! </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/displaying-shopping-cart#post-28728 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:08:26 +0000 Power Kitten 28728@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Argh. How do I get the shopping cart to display?? I have my add-to-cart buttons, but clicking on them appears to just refresh the page. </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/displaying-shopping-cart#post-28727 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:43:30 +0000 Power Kitten 28727@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Peter. </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/displaying-shopping-cart#post-28725 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:20:59 +0000 Peter 28725@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Hi,<br /> Please see my answers inline below:</p> <p>1) "customers click on the buy button on the product page and it goes straight to PayPal"</p> <p>This is the expected behaviour for a "Buy Now" button whereby you are using a shortcode which may look something like:</p> <p>[wp_eStore_buy_now:product_id:1:end].</p> <p>If you want customers to add items to a shopping cart you need to use the add to cart shortcode such as:</p> <p>[wp_eStore_add_to_cart id=1]</p> <p>Note: you should also change your button to reflect the type of shortcode so that your customers don't get confused.</p> <p>I highly recommend that you read the documentation about how to add an add to cart button which can be found here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/show-add-to-cart-buttons-using-wordpress-estore-shopping-cart-plugin-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/show-add-to-cart-buttons-using-wordpress-estore-shopping-cart-plugin-1</a></p> <p>2) "I am assuming that these shipping options only show up on a shopping cart page, as opposed to within PayPal"</p> <p>You can use the eStore shipping functionality or alternatively you can revert to the PayPal profile based shipping. Please take the time to read about this in the "Shipping and Tax Related" section on this page:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wp-estore-documentation" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wp-estore-documentation</a> </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/displaying-shopping-cart#post-28724 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:34:33 +0000 Power Kitten 28724@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Hello</p> <p>How do I get a shopping cart to display? At the moment, customers click on the buy button on the product page and it goes straight to PayPal. I am sure when I first started with eStore that I could see the cart when I made a test purchase, but it seems no more! I must have checked or unchecked something along the way...</p> <p>Hope someone can help, as I'm very keen to use the shipping variation option for international sales. I am assuming that these shipping options only show up on a shopping cart page, as opposed to within PayPal.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/when-filling-in-estore-general-settings-what-do-i-put-in-checkout-page-box#post-28712 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:09:48 +0000 momentum34 28712@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ <p>Gotcha, another completion. </p>