Using Google Checkout with No Shopping Cart

I was wondering how a site with no actual shopping cart
functionality
would work with Google Checkout. The Google Checkout
home-page's
information on this subject was, in my opinion, ambiguous.
If a buyer
clicks to purchase multiple items, would these purchases be
displayed
in a shopping cart format by Google Checkout or would I
still need a
shopping cart application built into the site to display
these
purchases prior to checkout?


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I'm brand new to Google Checkout, so take my answers with a
grain of
salt. I'm also trying to sell multiple items without a cart
and I
posted a couple of related questions.

A button for each item will not work because when the button
is
clicked it will take the shipper to checkout for that one
item. My
solution is to build a form to use with the button and
convert
appropriate hidden fields to user enterable fields. For
example
item_quantity_1 will become a text field. For additional
items add
fields for each item and replace the "1" in the
field names with 2,3
etc. For example, item_price_1 becomes item_price_2.

I'm not 100% certain that this will work yet. I'm awaiting
answers to
my question at http://gro
ups.google.com/group/google-checkout-api-integration/browse_
thread/thread/04a96dbb952dce96#.
If I don't get answers, I'll probably just test it to see if
it works.

On Oct 17, 3:55 pm, SteveBowen <steve.bo...gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering how a site with no actual shopping cart
functionality
> would work with Google Checkout. The Google Checkout
home-page's
> information on this subject was, in my opinion,
ambiguous. If a buyer
> clicks to purchase multiple items, would these
purchases be displayed
> in a shopping cart format by Google Checkout or would I
still need a
> shopping cart application built into the site to
display these
> purchases prior to checkout?


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> If I don't get answers, I'll probably just test it to
see if it works.

it's always a good idea to test first and ask questions
later, when
you can't get it to work :P
the sandbox is there to test and break everything without
actually
breaking anything.

On 10/18/07, steveorg <steveorganek.com> wrote:
>
> I'm brand new to Google Checkout, so take my answers
with a grain of
> salt. I'm also trying to sell multiple items without a
cart and I
> posted a couple of related questions.
>
> A button for each item will not work because when the
button is
> clicked it will take the shipper to checkout for that
one item. My
> solution is to build a form to use with the button and
convert
> appropriate hidden fields to user enterable fields. For
example
> item_quantity_1 will become a text field. For
additional items add
> fields for each item and replace the "1" in
the field names with 2,3
> etc. For example, item_price_1 becomes item_price_2.
>
> I'm not 100% certain that this will work yet. I'm
awaiting answers to
> my question at http://gro
ups.google.com/group/google-checkout-api-integration/browse_
thread/thread/04a96dbb952dce96#.
> If I don't get answers, I'll probably just test it to
see if it works.
>
> On Oct 17, 3:55 pm, SteveBowen <steve.bo...gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was wondering how a site with no actual shopping
cart functionality
> > would work with Google Checkout. The Google
Checkout home-page's
> > information on this subject was, in my opinion,
ambiguous. If a buyer
> > clicks to purchase multiple items, would these
purchases be displayed
> > in a shopping cart format by Google Checkout or
would I still need a
> > shopping cart application built into the site to
display these
> > purchases prior to checkout?
>
>
> >
>


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if you want the customer to be able to buy multiple items at
once
you're gonna need a cart.
that is, if the user can choose what items to buy, if there
are
predefined "combos" with multiple products you can
do it with the html
api fairly easily.

you can take a look at fat free cart if you like, a very
simple
third-party cart implementation:
http://www.fatfreecart.co
m/

cheers,

On 10/17/07, SteveBowen <steve.bowengmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was wondering how a site with no actual shopping cart
functionality
> would work with Google Checkout. The Google Checkout
home-page's
> information on this subject was, in my opinion,
ambiguous. If a buyer
> clicks to purchase multiple items, would these
purchases be displayed
> in a shopping cart format by Google Checkout or would I
still need a
> shopping cart application built into the site to
display these
> purchases prior to checkout?
>
>
> >
>


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pablof - That is one great solution! It even has a code
generator!

I'm 75% done with my form solution, but this is way more
flexible. My
solution dioes have one advantage -t provides details of all
items and
totals on the ordering page before handing off to Google,
but this is
way more flexible because you can use multiple pages for
products and
ordering. Also, the ability to use it on places like MySpace
is
awesome.

On Oct 18, 11:34 am, pablof <pab...gmail.com> wrote:
> if you want the customer to be able to buy multiple
items at once
> you're gonna need a cart.
> that is, if the user can choose what items to buy, if
there are
> predefined "combos" with multiple products
you can do it with the html
> api fairly easily.
>
> you can take a look at fat free cart if you like, a
very simple
> third-party cart implementation:http://www.fatfreecart.co
m/
>
> cheers,
>
> On 10/17/07, SteveBowen <steve.bo...gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I was wondering how a site with no actual shopping
cart functionality
> > would work with Google Checkout. The Google
Checkout home-page's
> > information on this subject was, in my opinion,
ambiguous. If a buyer
> > clicks to purchase multiple items, would these
purchases be displayed
> > in a shopping cart format by Google Checkout or
would I still need a
> > shopping cart application built into the site to
display these
> > purchases prior to checkout?
>
> --
> pablof


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