Members Only Websites
To activate the "Members Only" feature, set the configuration
variable "Config_EnableMembersOnlyWebsite*" to "Y".
Enabling this feature requires all visitors to register before they are able
to browse your database of products and services. Visitors are automatically
redirected to the page "Register.asp". This page contains a "QuickLogin" box
for returning customers as well as a complete registration form.
You may allow free registration to any visitor, or you may charge a fee. To charge
a registration fee, add a product to your database with the product code beginning
with "MEMBERSHIP-". For example, you can add a product with product
code "MEMBERSHIP-1". You may configure this product to be a normal
one-time fee product, or you may setup this product to be a recurring fee. If
you charge a fee, the customer's credit card information will be collected, and
charged immediately upon submission of registration. All successful registrations
are granted immediate access to your website.
You also you the option of adding multiple membership choices, which will be
presented as a dropdown menu on the registration form, for example:
"MEMBERSHIP-1" : Standard - Monthly - $19.95
"MEMBERSHIP-2" : Premium - Monthly - $39.95
To change the text on the "Register.asp" page, use your Article Management
system to edit the articles with "PageName" set to "Register.asp".
There are 2 articles on this page with the following SpotKey's: "Register_Welcome", "Register_NewCustomer"
* All "Config"_ Variables can be found under the "^ ALL configuration
variables" Link located on the main Admin page.
Discounted Pricing Levels
From the home page of the admin area click "View All Products" then click to edit an individual product.
You'll notice that there is a section titled "Special Pricing Levels" and a few fields titled "DiscountedPrice_Level(12345)". These fields allow you to specify cheaper than normal pricing. Here's an example pricing structure you may want to have on your store:
Field |
Description |
Example Value |
| ProductPrice |
Price available to any website visitor |
$99.00 |
| DiscountedPrice_Level1 |
1st level discounted rate. |
$92.08 |
| DiscountedPrice_Level2 |
2nd level discounted rate. |
$80.31 |
| DiscountedPrice_Level3 |
3rd level discounted rate. |
$73.22 |
| DiscountedPrice_Level4 |
4th level discounted rate. |
$71.28 |
| DiscountedPrice_Level5 |
5th level discounted rate. |
$70.71 |
Cheaper pricing should be in order, whereas "DiscountedPrice_Level5" is always the cheapest. Also, you are not required to use all 5 levels. You can just use one or two levels and leave the rest blank.
To assign a customer to a special pricing level:
1) From the home page of your admin area, click on "View All Customers".
2) Click the CustomerID to edit an individual customer record.
3) You'll see a field called "Pricing Discount Level". Simply choose the discount level from this list and click Save Changes.
4) So now you'll want to advise the customer to login to their account before shopping. This way once they're logged in, they will see their lower discounted price on all products.
Store-wide Percentage Discount:
For some customers you may want to simply give them an additional 1% off store-wide of anything they buy, maybe they are one of your best customers. Here's how:
1) From the home page of your admin area, click on "View All Customers".
2) Click the CustomerID to edit an individual customer record.
3) You'll see a field called "Percent Discount ". Type in a number such as "2" means they get 2% discount. If you were to type "2.5" that means 2.5% discount.
4) So now you'll want to advise the customer to login to their account before shopping. This way once they're logged in, they will see their lower price on all products.
Quantity Discounts & Coupons with special pricing
For some customers you may want to give them a special pricing level, maybe your wholesale cost. However if you also have quantity discounts setup on this product, or are running other coupon sales, you may not have enough margin to give these additional discounts to customers who are setup on a special discounted pricing level. So to disable discounts for customers with special pricing levels, disable the configuration variable "Config_EnableDiscounts_With_SpecialPricing".
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