Bypass Login/Registration

[rbarrick]

Hello all, Does anyone know what file and lines of code need commented out to skip the registration form and go directly to checkout/payment? I'm only going to use paypal and google checkout which will require an account, so I don't want to make my customers sign up for both my site as well as paypal or google to checkout. I would like to go from "summary" straight to "payment" and skip "login", "address", and "shipping". If anyone knows how to do this your help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Ryan

[bsp4750]

i'm looking for same solution so please someone!!!!!

[rbarrick]

Has anyone been able to accomplish this? Any help or a point in the right direction would be appreciated.


Thanks

[d0m1n1k]

i'd also need this functionality.

for ordering flyers or similiar goodies, nobody would like to create an account

@mods maybe you could merge this and :
http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/5704/general_discussion/require_no_registration__possible_with_presta

looks like this are the same needs.

Feature Tracker is also informed =)
http://www.prestashop.com/bug_tracker/view/430/

[rbarrick]

Installed and tested 1.1 but do not see a one click checkout or option to turn off user registration yet. Could anyone share how to edit the code to go straight from the summary page to checkout skipping the Login, Address, and Shipping steps?


Thanks

[pseudonym]

I am curious about this as well.

[Bruz]

Me too!

[rbarrick]

I desperately need to know how to bypass or turn off user registration, can anyone please please tell me how to accomplish this or even just to skip from the summary page to the checkout/payment page?


Thanks

[Paul C]

By coincidence I'm working on a PayPal Express Checkout module (required to satisfy PayPal's requirements for accepting credit cards directly on your site without leaving). It really only makes sense when it's offered on the cart summary page, so that's where it's going.

It does the following:

1) (in the background) Sends the cart details + default shipping to paypal and collects a "token"
2) Sends the user to paypal to log in and select payment source and shipping address, then click continue
3) (in the background) return to site and a) get the users details (name, address etc.) from paypal, then create an account + address entry
4) Display a confirm order page with the order details and delivery details (finalised shipping costs) with a "click to finish & pay" button.

Kind of works at the moment, with a few issues should the customer stray too far away from my grafted-on payment flow.
%-P

It should be simple once the above works, to apply the same logic to Google Checkout. I thought at first there would be quite a few changes required to add it seamlessly, but it appears that there's only one piece "missing" preventing it from being a fully plug-in-and-go solution....

This method still creates a customer account, but at least the customer doesn't have to type in any extra details.

Paul

[rbarrick]

Thank you for the reply Paul, is there a monthly fee that you have to pay to paypal for the express checkout?

Thanks

[ducedo]

Sounds great with PayPal Express Checkout, Paul.

Priority number one is still to make it possible for customers to buy with credit card, without having to register. I would like to compress summary, address, shipping and payment into one single page.

[Paul C]

@rbarrick I believe that you can use express checkout with a business or premiere paypal account. To take credit card payments directly you need a paypal pro account though. May be worth checking.

@ducedo: that's a little bit more tricky and would involve customising the core PrestaShop code I think. I guess you could write a replacement for orders.php, then make sure your template/theme calls your new one.... problem is that it really breaks a huge amount of the functionality though. Is this in the feature requests? It would be better done as an official alternative, selectable from the back office.

Paul

[Rod_]

Hi there.
Is this moving on? or is just a possibility for future features?.

By the way, does somebody know if Magento supports this option??. (Bad thing if I can't use PS =/ )

[reebok]

yes, if there was one page / anonymous checkout option also, Prestashop would be the most popular cart I think

if, then when will these options be available ?

Paypal express checkout still needs the buyer to be registered with them

[1959]

I would be interested in such a mod as well. Any progress?

[TropischBruin]

Have a look at this reply here.
Let continue the discussion there as this could be the closed solution/anwser in the near future.

[CUSTOM UK]

Had a look at the other thread, but it still doesn't bypass registration.

What would be an elegant solution, is the destination country on the checkout page to work out shipping, then once that shipping destination is selected, for the PayPal button to take folks straight to PayPal website payments standard. Obviously this being a potential module, rather than a change to the core program.

The benefits are that customers enter all their data on the payment processors site which gives greater confidence to shoppers and site owners do not need to invest in a SSL certificate, the absence of which can generate error messages with PayPal Express. Incidentally having that SSL certificate only means the data tranfer is secure, it doesn't mean the people you are giving your details to are legitimate.

Apart from price comparisons, some of the biggest causes of shopping cart abandonment are form filling and requiring customers to register on a site before purchasing. Whilst most site owners will use that information responsibly, you'll always get rogue operators that will use that information for nuisance follow on sales calls etc. Interestingly enough, I still see sites demanding phone numbers and date of birth to process orders, which is an open invitation to identity theft.

Obviously this concept is mainly limited to PayPal, but the whole idea of bypassing registration completely, is a valid alternative from the worried customers perspective.

[scottyboy]

I think Paul's work-in-progress sounds very promising - but we must remember not to hassle the poor guy too much about it's expected release. All good things take time

[CUSTOM UK]

If you are referring to Paul C. earlier in this thread, that is a PayPal Express module he is referring to.

Trouble is unless you have a SSL certificate on your site, when PayPal gives the token and returns to your site, it brings up a warning along the lines of ' you are being taken to a site that is not secure'. The biggest criticism of PayPal Express though, is that generally people don't know what the shipping costs are before they go to PayPal. That's a bit like giving someone your wallet before you know how much they are going to take from it. With PayPal standard however, all that information appears in the PayPal window before you log into their site.

The idea behind bypassing the log in, is all about minimising the potential for shopping cart abandonment and making customers feel secure when undertaking a transaction.

I don't know if Google checkout operates the same as PayPal Express, in requiring a token and preferably SSL? :ohh:

[Hariom]

would be interested in such a mod as well. Any progress?

[samus]

I am very eager to get the proper information in a finest way by getting the correct information. This is really crazy to get that kind of details easily. I hope this will really changes the trend in the market easily. The details are very fine to get it properly.

[samisnow]

There is a one page checkout mod you can buy for around 40-60 euro and its great i have implemented it into my store www.qubikids.com/prestashop its not quite finished but the one page checkout is sensational.

[espresso]

Please check this out :
http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/18808/pengembangan_dan_modul/guest_check_out__beli_tanpa_registrasi

[shokinro]

I have created a Paypal Express Checkout payment module that allow customer bypass sign up or log in.

Here are some of the features
- Bypass sign up or log in, go payment directly (customer has option to choose sign up or login)
- Create a new account with information from Paypal if this is the first order of the customer.
(Customer will receive "Welcome" email as usual)
- Will link orders to existing customers by Paypal account email address
- Create a new state if the address posted back from Paypal contains state and it is not found in store database. And also send an alert email to store Owner.

If you are using Paypal and still looking for such a module, please check it out at link "PrestaShop Modules/Modifications" at my signature.

[Psysub]

I would recommend using Ion Cannon's free express checkout.

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/25436/third_party_modules/modification_ioncannons_express_checkout_v1_dot_0


Its pretty easy to install, and even if you skip the SQL database steps and just transfer the files as it says in the file, it will work.
It allows you to have an express checkout without regisration, and to have a one page checkout. Pretty neat... the only thing I haven't figured out so far is how to configure the authentication files to completely disable registration and logging in.... so if anyone has any words about that, please pass it on.

[shokinro]

I check this modules before, it is not really Express Checkout, customer still needs to fill all the address information.

My module only requires customer select the country at Express Checkout screen, then go to Paypal directly.
Just 3 clicks before go to Paypal site(1st click to agree terms, 2nd click to select country, 3rd click go to Paypal site)

See attached 3 screens for the whole process
Screen 1: select express checkout
Screen 2: payment at Paypal site
Screen 3: order accepted confirmation

[Jonny Randy]

By coincidence I'm working on a PayPal Express Checkout module (required to satisfy PayPal's requirements for accepting credit cards directly on your site without leaving). It really only makes sense when it's offered on the cart summary page, so that's where it's going.

It does the following:

1) (in the background) Sends the cart details + default shipping to paypal and collects a "token"
2) Sends the user to paypal to log in and select payment source and shipping address, then click continue
3) (in the background) return to site and a) get the users details (name, address etc.) from paypal, then create an account + address entry
4) Display a confirm order page with the order details and delivery details (finalised shipping costs) with a "click to finish & pay" button.

Kind of works at the moment, with a few issues should the customer stray too far away from my grafted-on payment flow.
%-P

It should be simple once the above works, to apply the same logic to Google Checkout. I thought at first there would be quite a few changes required to add it seamlessly, but it appears that there's only one piece "missing" preventing it from being a fully plug-in-and-go solution....

This method still creates a customer account, but at least the customer doesn't have to type in any extra details.

Paul

Thanks for sharing! This might prove to be useful in the future.

[shokinro]

Yes my module is working the way as Jonny Ranny described. Everything is working fine.
Live demo of this module is available, you can see how simple a Express Checkout is.

site in public service:
http://ecochoiceshop.com/

site in sandbox test:
http://addons-modules.com/

[ImpulsoTecnologico]

I guess you could start by using this Free Express Checkout modification and the custom tailor to your needs. I haven't tried it but maybe it would work. This modification allows a user to go directly to the payment page and skip registration. As cited before, you still need to enter the customer details, so it isn't a really Express Checkout.

Hope it helps.