Re: [mv] Referrals, gift certs, and local sales tax

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

At 01:46 PM 11/3/1999 , you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Chris Halverson
<cdh@CompleteIS.com>     ******
>
>I'm getting ready to start work on a Minivend site (my first) for a
>customer. I've been on the list for a while and played around w/ it a
>bit, but I have (well, they have) a couple of questions.
>
>1. Are there any facilities to do referrals (or upselling) similar to
>Amazon's "If you like this, you'll probably also like..."?

	Not in an automated sense in terms of previous customer's purchase history
- however, you can use the 'related' field in your products db to hold
referrals.  (I do this).  I posted the code at one time to the mailing
list, search it.  I must also say that I recall their was a syntax mistake
in the original post.  It is very possible to do exactly what Amazon does,
you just might have to program it yourself.

>
>2. Is there a way to handle gift certificates?

	As you say below, unique numbers for each cert...  this is a hairy one, as
it depends on if your business is not internet only you have a logistical
problem (i.e. cert bought in store, intended to be redeemed online).

>
>3. What is the accepted way to handle local sales taxes?
>
>I would figure that for #2 would be tied to a centralized database w/
>unique numbers for each cert. I would also think that there are CDs or 
>something for #3. If there are, what are some called?

	I've never had the need to use anything like that, but I typed in
'www.salestax.com' just for kicks and they seem to have CDs.

>
>Thanks much, I'm looking forward to deploying this.
>
>cdh
>
>-- 
>Chris D. Halverson                         Complete Internet Solutions
>PGP mail accepted, finger for public key   http://www.CompleteIS.com/~cdh/
>-
>To unsubscribe from the list, DO NOT REPLY to this message.  Instead, send
>email with 'UNSUBSCRIBE minivend-users' in the body to
Majordomo@minivend.com.
>Archive of past messages: http://www.minivend.com/minivend/minivend-list
> 

Ryan Hertz                                              tel  800-645-BAIT
Webmaster                                               fax  520-645-2588
Advertising Director                            http://www.insideline.net
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Inc.            http://www.yamamoto.baits.com