6.9.4 

Customer credit card details 

Customer card details are stored in the database and in order logs if the 

saveinDB

 config setting is set to `y' and credit card details are made through 

the secure form on CactuShop (rather than a payment gateway such as 

WorldPay). Retaining credit card details in the database is not advisable on 

security grounds, therefore CactuShop provides an easy way to remove these 

details once the card has been authorized and billed. 

6.9.5 Customer 

discount 

To give a customer a % discount, enter the amount in the appropriate box 

near the bottom of the record. 

6.9.6 Approved 

customers 

In some cases, you will want customers to be able to make orders and then 

pay offline. In such circumstances, the customer may be sent an invoice for 

payment later, or be required to send a cheque before the goods are 

dispatched. CactuShop calls such payments `payment by PO' (purchase order). 

The payment form will not ask the customer for credit card details or route 

them to a payment gateway. Instead, it will just give a text field into which 

they may enter an arbitrary reference (perhaps a PO number or cheque 

number). This order can then be dealt with offline using their reference 

number. 

Some stores may wish to allow any customers to order in this way. In that 

case, set the config setting 

paymentauthorizeallpo

 to `y'. If you only wish 

for specifically approved (trusted) customers to order this way, set that config 

setting to `n' and check the `approved' box on the customer's record to 

approve just the individual customers you trust. 

6.10 Orders 

6.10.1 Reviewing 

orders 

CactuShop stores orders in the database and these can be reviewed online. 

You can view orders by type using the links on the left hand side of the page. 

Unfinished orders are ones where the customer has entered their details and 

gone off to the payment gateway but there was no successful callback, either 

because their card was declined or because they decided not to proceed once 

reaching that stage. 

You can find orders by date from the search box on the 

_orders_list.asp

 page. 

The yellow `CUS' button brings up the record of the customer who placed the 

order. The red `ORD' button brings up the order itself. 

6.10.2 Invoicing 

The stored information is used to produce invoices by simply clicking a link. 

The invoices can be issued in any of the languages supported on the front 

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