MyStore3™ Purchase Order

The MyStore3™ Purchase Order is a contract between you and the customer.

The Purchase Order is a dynamically created document comprising all of the information generated during a shopping session. Specifically the PO contains the following information:

A unique order ID and the order date and time. The order ID is based on your store name and the time stamp of the customer's computer.
The store basic information  including the store name, address, and telephone number.
The purchase information including quantity, product ID, product description, price, and amount.
The customer billing information with name, company, 2 addresses, city, state, postal code, country, and e-mail address. This e-mail address is where the customer confirmation order is sent.
The customer shipping information if different from the billing info. There will be multiple groups of shipping info if the customer splits the order to multiple destinations. Where there are multiple items ordered, the item description (s) of which items to ship where is included.
The shipping method specified by the customer.
Gift wrap instructions if requested. Where there are multiple items ordered, the item description (s) of which items to be gift wrapped is included.
A summary of charges including taxes, shipping charges, item charges, and the total amount of the order. This amount will be in the currency you use with the currency symbol you specify. It is followed by the order total in US dollars based on the conversion rate you specify for your currency.
The method of payment selected by the customer along with a related advisory about what will happen after submitting the order or an instruction for sending payment.
The submit button is the only location in the store where the order can be submitted. You can be sure that what the customer sees and hopefully reviews is the same document that gets forwarded to you.

Submitting the purchase order submits a form with hidden fields, each having a name and a value. The following table lists each name/value pair:

All versions of MyStore3™

form field namevalue entered
NAMEcustomer name
COMPANYcustomer company (optional)
ADDRESScustomer address
ADDRESS2customer address (optional)
CITYcustomer city
STATEcustomer state
ZIPcustomer postal code
COUNTRYcustomer country
EMAILcustomer e-mail address
TELEPHONEcustomer telephone number (optional)
ORDERDATEcustomer computer time and date**
ACNTNUMBERcustomer account number when used
USERIDthe registered store ID number
STORENAMEstore name
SENDTOstore e-mail for receiving POs
BIZNAMEstore business name for receiving credit card info
RETURNPOLstore return policy for credit card form
CURRENCYstore currency symbol for credit card form
PONUMBERa unique order number
PAYBYa code representing the customer's payment method*
TOTALthe total amount of the order
USTOTALthe total amount of the order in US dollars for credit card charges
TAXthe tax applied to the order
SHIPPINGthe shipping charge on the order
ORDERTXTthe entire purchase order, text formatted
ORDERHTMthe entire purchase order, hypertext formatted
ORDERLISTthe list of items in the purchase order formatted as:
qnty :pid @price ^amount &next item
Amount accounts for quantity discounts and added options.

What happens to these name value pairs after submitting the PO depends on the script on the server receiving the information.
See the full explanation under "order Processing" in the Going Live section on your right.

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