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Possible work around for taking commission automatically with Global cart?

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How about using the 10th paypal payment spot available in the Global cart to pay commision to the site owner? The total amount for commision would be the sum of the respective commision rates for each other 9 sale payments.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 1:48:00
  • Kimberly
    • Champion of Loops

    Hi there!

    I am not quite sure how you see this one working…

    You would take a commission from each site then have the last transaction be the total?

    Is this how you propose to enact a commission using Global Cart?

    Curious to hear more :slight_smile:

    Best,

    Kimberly

  • hpidriver
    • The Crimson Coder

    “The global cart can only be used with the PayPal Express gateway at this point, and you can only purchase from up to 10 stores in one checkout.

    For setup, you would simply enable only the PayPal Express gateway for sitewide use and store owners would only then be able to enter PayPal Express details in their store settings.”

    This is a parallel payment correct? The 9 stores purchasing from would be payment1 through payment9, and the 10th payment spot is always reserved for the site owner. Payment10 = (payment1.total*commisionrate) + (payment2.total*commisionrate) + (payment3.total*commisionrate) + 4,5,6etc

    Is this is feasible or am I dreaming?

  • Kimberly
    • Champion of Loops

    Honestly I dunno :slight_frown:

    I think this is a PayPal limitation issue, as you need a special development App connected and approved to collect commission (just click the chained payments module in Marketpress to see the requirements)

    I can ask Aaron to comment if he has some other info or some time to discuss :slight_smile:

  • Aaron
    • Ex Staff

    I think technically it’s feasible but would cause some problems:

    – Customer can see the commission as a separate payment to the network owner (and file chargebacks or complaints with pp)

    – Customer can see that the order totals they paid the other store owners is less than what it should be (due to the commission subtractions).

    I don’t think this would be ideal, and would be seen as unprofessional and confusing to customers.

  • hpidriver
    • The Crimson Coder

    Aaron, your points are quite valid, I had been reading through so much of the Chained Payments API that I overlooked the fact that the commission fees would appear on the customers receipt and would potentially cause murky problems if a chargeback were to occur.

    Thank you to both of you for entertaining my idea.