Screen: ShopSite > Commerce Setup > Order System > Checkout Screen

Checkout Screen

Customers enter addresses and other order-specific information on the Checkout Screen.

Billing Address
Select the name and address components that you want to collect for a billing address, and check the boxes for those that are required. You can also set the display length of the text box for each component.
Validate Email Address
Check this box to put a second Email address field that must match with the first.
Ship Only to Billing Address
Check this box to prevent customers from entering a separate shipping address, so that orders can only be sent to the billing address. This option can help to prevent credit card fraud, as a stolen card can’t be used to ship products to a different address. However, this option also prevents customers from ordering a product as a gift and having it sent to someone else.
Shipping Address not displayed if there is no shipping service Check this box if you do not want to allow a shipping address to be displayed when there is no shipping service configured.
Billing Address displayed above Shipping Address
If you do not check "Ship Only to Billing Address," the Checkout Screen displays the billing address and shipping address fields next to each other in two columns. If this does not fit your page layout, check this box to have the billing address display above the shipping address in a single column.
Use Billing Text
If you don’t enable the Ship Only to Billing Address checkbox, the Checkout Screen will have fields for both a billing address and a shipping address. There will also be a checkbox that customers can use to indicate that the shipping address is the same as the billing address, instead of having to enter all of the address information twice. Enter the text here that you would like customers to see next to that checkbox.
Shipping Address
Select the name and address components that you want to collect for a shipping address, and check the boxes for those that are required. You can also set the display length of the text box for each component.
Footnote Value
Enter the HTML and text that you want ShopSite to use to indicated a required field in the billing and shipping addresses.
Footnote Text
Enter the HTML and text for the footnote that explains that a field is required.
For secure orders in frames
If the order form for your store appears in a frame, the customer's browser may not display the "secure connection" icon (a small key in the status bar), even though the order form is served from a secure sever. You can use this option to have the order form open in a new window or come to the top of the frames, either of which will show the secure connection.
Text at the Top of the Checkout Screen
You can customize the text that appears on your customer's Checkout Screen in this field. You can use this field to create a header, or you may want to give them brief instructions about the shipping and billing fields.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Create Customer Comments Box
Check this box to display a text box on the Checkout Screen for customers to enter comments about payment or their overall shopping experience. You can ask for specific information or give instructions by entering text into the "Text at the top of the Checkout Screen" field.
Create an add to e-mail list box
Check this box to add a checkbox on the order form that customers can use to request to be added to your e-mail list -- an "opt-in" e-mail marketing program. When you are viewing or downloading orders, you can see which customers checked the box, and then you can add their addresses to your mailing list. Note that you can define the text that appears next to this box, so you can use it for purposes other than an e-mail list.email list opt in
Add to e-mail list box checked by default
Check this box to have e-mail list checkbox checked by default, so that customers are automatically consenting unless they uncheck the option on the order form.
Text displayed for add to e-mail list
Enter the text that you want displayed next to the e-mail list box.
Text at the Bottom of the Checkout Screen
You can customize the bottom of the Checkout Screen with your store's footer, or include final reminders before the customer places his order.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.


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Last updated: March 01, 2010
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