Gift Certificate Audit
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PROBLEM: Audit trail The default Gift Certificate module (ot_gv) allows customers to buy credit, which can be used as cash to pay for orders, or sent to someone else by e-mail. However, since credit can move from customer to customer, it is quite difficult to audit gift certificate usage. Additionally, if a customer wants a hardcopy of a gift certificate to give to someone else, the default features in v1.5 cannot do that. At that point, the customer is responsible for generating a redemption code (by sending the balance to a known e-mail address) and designing the gift certificate him/herself. SOLUTION By relying on a specialized Discount Coupon with cash value, this plugin will work as follows: - Generate one redemption code for each Gift Certificate purchased, - Facilitate audit of gift certificate usage, - Include redemption codes on order confirmation e-mails - Provide a way for customers to easily generate a gift certificate image (png) - Allow customers to easily print or sent gift certificate images by e-mail - Allow administrators to enable/disable gift certificates as needed NOTES: - This plugin sits on top of two native Zen Cart's modules: Discount Coupon and Gift Certificate. - There is no need to install Zen Cart's Gift Certificates module (ot_gv) for this plugin to work. - While this plugin does not require any core file modification to work, I do recommend three core file modifications. - Since I am using a specialized Discount Code as Gift Certificate, customers will not be able to redeem discount coupons when paying with Gift Cards. - For security reasons, all gift certificate images generated by the server will not be stored in the hard drive. - You can monitor all Gift Certificates sold and how they were used through an interface available in Admin: Discounts > Gift Certificate Dashboard NOTE: ONLY compatible with Zen Cart v1.5.5. NOT compatible with newer versions. |
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wvasconcelos |
| Last Updated by |
wvasconcelos - 8 Dec 2017 |
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128 |
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