Shopping cart with sales tax options

  • Mark Doherty

    (@markhertygmailcom)


    15 years, 10 months ago

    I am currently searching for a shopping cart plugin that i can use that will display a break down of an items price by showing the rate of tax and the cost of shipping the item without adding on directly to the overall price which is what the current shopping cart i am using(wp-ecommerce) does.

    The only other requirements i have for the shopping cart is that it can display images in some way and can connect with paypal easily enough.
    Any suggestions would be great.

    I would also like to say as it is my first post wordpress rocks.

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  • eShop shows shipping rates without adding on directly to the overall price, allows for a number of possible image & product displays and integrates with PayPal. The only thing is doesn’t currently handle is taxes – primarily because sales taxes are incredibly complex to try and integrate in a coherent fashion.

    You might want to check out the PHPurchase WordPress Ecommerce Plugin. The idea with PHPurchase is that you use all the great WordPress plugins like the NextGen Image Gallery to handle all your page layout needs then simply put an “Add To Cart” button on the page. PHPurchase handles the checkout, tax, shipping, etc. You can use PayPal or any payment gateway that implements the Authorize.net API. PHPurchase is also fully integrated with the WordPress Affiliate Platform which makes it very easy to run your own affiliate program.

    phpoet, I went to the PHPurchase website and could not find any detailed information on taxation features. Does it have the ability to do taxation by zip codes? I have started to implement wp-ecommerce which has taxation by state. Unfortunately, state tax laws are starting to become more strict. We need the ability to charge different tax rates for customers in different counties by zip code.

    I am setting up an online store in the state of Texas. Per our comptroller’s website we are to charge sales tax on the shipping charges in addition to the product. So when calculating tax it should add the total cost + shipping charges to come up with the amount of tax to be charged.

    From what I am seeing the WP e-commerce plugin does not take into account the shipping charges. Does anyone have any input on this or believe I have overlooked something?

    Thanks in advance.

    Hi cpowell. You can get a feel for how tax rates work in PHPurchase by watching our “Configuring Settings” screencast here: https://www.phpurchase.com/support/

    You can set up tax rates for states, zip codes, and zip code ranges.

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