Let buyers edit price - Where's suggested price?

[mark_ts]

Hi again,



I have a free item that I have set to allow the buyer to enter a price and have set the min price to 0.00 and the suggested price to 3.00, however I can't find anywhere in the cart/checkout process where the cart actually shows the suggested price. It always shows the $0.00 and other than the cart notice about being able to enter a price, it doesn't prompt the buyer to enter the $3.00, etc.



Also a suggestion: Assuming the suggested price is supposed to show somewhere, it would also be nice to have some seller-configurable text to show for the item (line-item or below in the cart). ??



Thanks for any help on this one.



-Mark

[E-junkie_Guru]

When you set a suggested price, it only adds a parameter to the Add to Cart button code for that product, but that means you need to recopy your Add to Cart button code and paste that into your page, replacing the old Add to Cart code for that product. Alternatively, you can just add &amount=3.00 (in your particular example) to the end of your existing button URL; if your minimum price was greater than 0.00, the amount= value should be the difference between minimum vs. suggested price (not set as equal to the suggested price itself).



See our cart customization page here for instructions on adding a custom string of HTML to the bottom of your cart display:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.custom-cart.htm

[mark_ts]

Thanks Tyson, this makes sense. I guess I assumed that the suggested price was a function of the cart and not the Add to Cart button. :)



Cheers,



-Mark

[mark_ts]

Hi again Tyson,



Just FYI, the button code isn't updating as you've suggested (maybe I'm the only one to try this <g>). I'll just add the amount manually, but thought you should know. :)



Cheers,



-Mark

[stefanie]

Hi Mark,



Updating the suggested pricing in your product settings, and pasting the new Add to Cart code on your site should have done the trick.



If you had already added your product to cart before editing your button code, and then went to test it out, your cart would still have the old configuration info...



Anyways, I'm sure you've already figured it out by now.

[mark_ts]

Hi Stefanie,



Yes, I just manually updated the button code on my site, but indeed it looks like your button code field is not updating to reflect the suggested price (&amount=) feature. Perhaps this is because I'm also using optional variable fields on the item, so the add to cart code is a form and not a direct link - doesn't look like your code is adding the amount to the form code. :)



Anyway, the feature is kind of useless unless it's presented to the buyer in a manner than makes sense. In other words, without some kind of text stating that the item is free, but that the seller recommends $x amount, it just looks like either a scam, or a cart error, at least for my uses. :)



Cheers,



-Mark