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PrettyPixels Posted May 13 Posted May 13 I'd like to allow my members to sell things such as downloadable files, club memberships, etc. I realize this ability is built into Commerce. However, since many of the items are micro-transactions, I'm concerned about all the transaction fees eating into profits. Is there a way to require users to use account credit for smaller transactions? That way, users would need to load their account with a larger amount that will justify the transaction costs. I'm open to any other suggestions to minimize transaction as well. What has worked best for other communities? pihu02 1
IPCommerceFan Posted May 13 Posted May 13 I wrote a small plugin which selects account credit by default if the user has any available. This doesn't require them to use it, but it encourages it since it is already selected when they get to checkout. If this would be of any use to you I'd gladly share it. Marc and PrettyPixels 2
Marc Posted May 14 Posted May 14 You could disallow any other payment method within those items. That way they would only be able to pay with account credit PrettyPixels 1
PrettyPixels Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 16 hours ago, IPCommerceFan said: If this would be of any use to you I'd gladly share it. Thank you, @IPCommerceFan. Yes, I would really appreciate the share. 🙂 5 hours ago, Marc Stridgen said: You could disallow any other payment method within those items. That way they would only be able to pay with account credit That sounds perfect @Marc Stridgen. Ideally. I'd like to set up a system where all paid member-submitted items are required to be paid with account credit (clubs, downloads, etc.). The only exceptions (that can be paid with credit cards, PayPal, etc.) are purchasing account credit, advertising, or account upgrades from the site. Is it possible to set the system up this way?
Marc Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Well, each item you select the payment methods that are allowed to be used  The only thing I can think is going to be an issue here, is you 'have' to allow a least 1. So you may need to put a manual method in or something to state to use account credit. Its not a perfect solution, and there will be downfalls to this approach
PrettyPixels Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 Thank you, Marc. What kind of downfalls would I be dealing with?
Marc Posted May 14 Posted May 14 They could ignore what you put on the manual method for instructions, and leave it there. In which case you would have an item there to approve, which you would have to sort manually PrettyPixels 1
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