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Ordering workflow
This chapter explains the various ordering workflows and price calculation methods of PrintShop Web.
The ordering workflow incorporates a shopping cart as seen in common ecommerce Internet sites.
The ordering process step by step:
1 Document Creation: The New Document section is a store front listing the documents available to
the customer. Based on the selected document the system invokes a wizard like interface guiding
the customer through the steps of the document creation process. At the end of this process
the customer is shown a PDF softproof. If the customer is satisfied with this document it can be
added to the shopping cart. The customer can continue creating more documents and add those
documents to the cart.
2 Shopping Cart: The shopping cart (or basket) allows customers to collect documents created
via or selected from the New Document section. The pricing configuration controls whether the
customer may enter a user definable quantity, pick a quantity from a predefined list or whether the
uploaded database determines the quantity.
3 Shipping Options: This step allows the customer to select one of the available shipping methods
(if applicable), select a preferred shipping date, verify the shipping address information and add
comments.
4 Payment Options: The Payment Options page requires the customer to select a payment method
(if applicable), add a order reference number and verify the billing address.
5 Order Summary: This page summarizes the order. The documents in the cart, the address the
order will be shipped to, and the payment information are shown.
6 Order Confirmation: If the order has been processed successfully, the order confirmation page
is shown. This page includes the PrintShop Web order number and transaction information if
applicable.
Pricing parameters are set per document or publication type. These parameters define the quantity
entry method the customer sees and whether automatic price calculation is performed. In order to
calculate prices a volume discount table needs to be specified per document or publication type.
Tax Rate profiles can be setup per tax rate system and are created in the Settings section. These
profiles can be assigned to documents, companies and departments. Profiles assigned to a document
have the highest priority. If no tax rate is specified for a document, the system will use the tax rate
assigned to the company or department. If no tax rate is specified at all the system will use the system
default tax rate profile.
Price calculation can also include the following items:
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Shipping charges
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Rush rate charges
Note: Changes to the pricing parameters of a document (or publication type) do not effect the
items stored in the shopping cart of logged on customers.