Home » Forums » Ubercart » Support

iTunes-like Streamlined Purchasing

Submitted by Jmmb on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 11:27
Jmmb
Posts: 57
 Joined: 08/23/2007

Hello,

We're developing a site for a client that's selling access to streaming videos that prepare for the LSAT test. They are looking for an iTunes-type functionality where once the user creates an account (and logs in), they can simply click to purchase (and keep clicking - no need to enter their info. again).

I must confess I haven't used iTunes, so I'm not sure if they bypass the checkout page altogether, or if there's a simplified version of it..... But at any rate, they're looking to make purchasing super easy once they're created an account. I'm wondering what the options are for this with Ubercart. Any advice/information is much appreciated!

Thanks,

Jim

--

(Drupal^Ubercart) * (Design^Development^Hosting) = Sundays Energy
permalink #1 Wed, 08/20/2008 - 10:18
Jmmb
Posts: 57
 Joined: 08/23/2007

Any advice or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!!

Jim

--

(Drupal^Ubercart) * (Design^Development^Hosting) = Sundays Energy

permalink #2 Wed, 08/20/2008 - 11:13
Ryan

Posts: 5617
 Joined: 08/07/2007
AdministratorHead Code Monkey - I eat bugs.

I'm pretty sure they're talking about one click purchasing, where a custom would store their credit card details in the store and then just click a button and confirm to buy something... it would automatically create the order and charge the card. You might be able to accomplish this w/ chadcrew's Authorize.Net CIM module and a bit of custom code... make a one click ordering form that will make a new order for the customer based on previously entered payment and address info.

This would actually make a nice little feature to have. Smiling

Disclaimer: I actually don't use iTunes either. Sticking out tongue

permalink #3 Wed, 08/20/2008 - 16:16
Jmmb
Posts: 57
 Joined: 08/23/2007

Thanks Ryan, that's exactly what I was interested in finding out. This module, then, would require:

  1. the customer creates an account
  2. the customer goes through the full checkout process the first time
  3. an authorize.net CIM account is created to store the customer data

We will look into developing this, and will definitely submit it back to the UC community when done.

Jim

--

(Drupal^Ubercart) * (Design^Development^Hosting) = Sundays Energy