Any way to implement Gift Certificates or coupons in the shopping cart?
A26: We don’t have a system that will handle huge volumes of gift certificates, but here is a way to do gift certificates that works quite well. a) SELL THE CERTIFICATE Have a page on your site where you offer “gift certificates” for sale. Sell them just like you would any “intangible” item, typically marking it free shipping: Name of person(s) who will redeem The shopper adds as many certificates as they wish, and checks out normally. Be sure to tell them that they will receive an email from you with their gift certificate number(s). Note that the above code example assumes that you don’t charge tax on gift certificates at the time of sale, but charge it at the time of redemption. b) CREATING THE GIFT CERTIFICATE At this point, you have an order with a gift certificate in it. You now assign a
