Selling with Dashnetics

Selling things with Dashnetics is done by

Setting up the items to sell, and then
Setting up forms to sell the items with.

Step 1. Setup items to sell#

Setting up items is done in the 'Online Store' section of Dashnetics Admin

a. Create one or more Sale Categories#

Categories are used to group items that you would like to be listed together.

b. Create Sale Options#

Options can be used for any items. They are used for sizes or types of participants (Adult, Child etc). Anything you want to charge a different amount for the same item should have a different option.

c. Create Sale Items#

Create items to sell and link them to categories.

d. Create Sale Units (Prices)#

Create Sale Units by linking a sale item with a sale option and giving it a price.

e. Create Discounts#

There are two types of discounts, volume or code. Each are either percentage or fixed price based.

Volume discounts are setup on sale categories, and are calculated on the number of units purchased.

Code discounts are entered in the discount list.

Step 2. Setup Form to Sell Items#

Sales Forms need to have three or four sections and a button to submit the form.

a. Display things to sell and allow users to purchase them

b. Collection of details for each Sale Unit (optional)

c. Display of the Cart

d. Credit Card Entry

a. Display of items#

Displaying items is done with the form element Sale Category. Admins specify the Sale Category to display, and the Dashnetics form to display the items in the sale category in.

The form displayed, or another form coming off of this form, need to have the form element Sales Options - Purchase on it to allow users to purchase items.

Certain Bracket Notation fields can be added to form items in this displayed form. Check the bracket notation documentation for more details.

b. Collection of Details#

If required, users can collect information about each Sales Unit that is in the cart. This is done with the form item Sale Option - Details. You will specify the page to collect information about each Sales Unit.

Certain Bracket Notation fields can be added to form items in this displayed form. Check the bracket notation documentation for more details.

c. Display of the Cart#

Displaying the cart is done with the form element Cart Display. You can enter HTML text to be used to display each sale unit in the cart.

Certain Bracket Notation fields can be added to form items in this displayed form. Check the bracket notation documentation for more details.

d Discount Code Entry#

Adding the form element Discount Code Entry allows users to enter a code to obtain a discount. Volume discounts will be calculated automatically and only the largest discount will be used.

e. Credit Card Details#

Credit card details are added to the form with the form element Credit Card.

Glossary#

Customer	Person using the Dashnetics application to purchase something
Admin	Person Setting up Dashnetics
Cart	Sale Units that the customer is ready to buy
Sale Category	Collection of Items to sell
Sale Item	An item to sell (eg. Coaching Clinic), the item will have options and belong to one or more categories
Sale Option	General options that can be applied to many sale items (eg, Adult, Red Colour etc)
Sale Unit	The actual thing that end users purchase. Sale Units have an associated Sale Item, and Sale Option, and a price.