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Find the country in the alphabetical list, and check the boxes to select or deselect the payment methods you want to make available to customers from that country. Once all of your settings have been configured, click on the "Save restrictions" button, found at the bottom of the table.

Currencies

PrestaShop can accept a large number of currencies. By default, there are three standard currencies: The Euro, the Dollar, and the Pound. However, you can add and configure new currencies by clicking on the "Currencies" sub-tab, under the "Payment" tab.

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Click on "Add New" to create a new currency and fill out the form (see the next page).

Currencies options

The two last sections of the "Currencies" sub-tab are very simple:

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  • Currencies options: set the default currency for your shop.
  • Update currency rates: update your currencies exchange rates.

Adding a New Currency

When you want to add another currency, simply click on the "Add New" button seen in the previous screenshot, and this form will appear:

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  • Write the name of the currency, its ISO code (see this Wikipedia page for information) and its symbol (see this Wikipedia page for information).
  • The conversion rate is defined according to your shop's default currency.
  • Formatting: Set up how you want your price to be displayed. The X corresponds to the currency symbol. The "Blank" selector also enables you to include a blank between the sign and the price.

Once the new currency is added, click "Save" to save your settings

Taxes

The "Taxes" sub-tab, located under the "Payment" tab, enables you to manage the applicable taxes. Click on this tab to see the list of taxes. Three taxes are set up by default.

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Taxes options

This sub-tab also gives you access to a set of options, which apply to the whole store and all of the orders.

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  • Whether or not taxes are included in each purchase.
  • Whether or not taxes are displayed in the cart.
  • Which customer address should the tax be based on.
  • Whether or not an ecotax applies (read this Wikipedia page to learn more about the ecotax).

If an ecotax does apply, a new field will appear in the product creation page:

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If you decide to take the ecotax in consideration after having added products, you will have to edit them in order to set the tax properly for each product.

The ecotax will also appear to the customer, on the product's page:

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Adding a New Tax

When you want to add another tax; simply click on the "Add New" button seen in the previous screenshot, and this form will appear:

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Fill in the name of the tax ("TVA", for example), and its rate (in the XX.XX format), and save.

Note: It is a good idea to add reminders within the name, such as the country/group/zone the tax applies to, and its rate; this can help remembering which tax is to be applied to a given product.

Tax Rules

Be default, a tax applies to all groups and countries/states/zones. If you wish to apply a particular tax to a country or set of countries (and not some others), you must create a tax rule for it. To that end, go to the "Tax Rules" sub-tab.

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A few sample tax rules are already in place, which you can edit to get a better grasp of how things work. Let's create a new tax rule altogether. Click on "Add New".

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  • Fill in the name of the tax rules. Use a telling name: name the tax's country code, the tax's name, maybe even its rate, so as to find it again easily.
  • Enable the rule once you are ready to have it used on the store... that is, once all countries have been properly set.
  • Select the countries the tax should be applied to:
    • Browse the regions tabs until you find the targeted country,
    • If you need the tax applied to a single country, use that country's drop-down menu to apply the tax to country only. If needed, do the same for more countries.
    • If you need the tax applied to all countries for a given region EXCEPT a single country, then first apply the tax to all countries by using the drop-down menu at the top and clicking apply, then change the individual drop-down menu to "No tax" for the targeted country. If needed, do the same for more countries.
  • Click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the countries list.

Note that the default rate applied to your product will be based on your store's default country.

Vouchers

In the "Vouchers" tab, you can give your customers discounts (by value or by percent) or offer free
shipping on their orders. Under this tab are all of the previously created vouchers, along with their
status of validity.

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You can also enable/disable vouchers at the bottom of the screen.

Creating a New Voucher

Vouchers can be created automatically after a product return, but you can create a new voucher at any time manually, and be very specific about its properties.

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  • Give it a unique code. You can either create one manually (and therefore use readable words, like 1VOUCH4JOE), or have PrestaShop generate one unique string by clicking the "New" button. Of course, you can also use another string generator (such as random.org's). You can use up to 32 characters.
  • The "Type" field enables you to choose the method of the applied discount:
    • Discount on order (%). The voucher applies to a percentage of the order total. For instance, let's say the order is valued at $200 before taxes. The voucher has a value of -15%. When applying this coupon the customer will only have to pay $170 before taxes.
    • Discount on order (amount). This choice is applied to a monetary discount on the entire order. For instance, let's say the order is valued at $100 before taxes. The discount offers $20 off the purchase. By using the discount the customer pays only $80 before tax.
    • Free shipping. With this discount, you can treat your customers to free shipping. They can use the code when paying and it will apply to their offer.
  • Choose the voucher's behavior – meaning how it should behave when the order's amount is less that the voucher's:
    • reduce the voucher to the total order amount: do this if you want vouchers to be used only once.
    • create a new voucher with the remaining amount: do this if your customers can use their voucher's value for as long as it has some.
    • create a negative invoice: do this if you want vouchers to be used only once, but you still need to know the final value for your accounting book. The user won't receive any kind of further voucher or discount.
  • Give it a proper description, in every languages that your shop supports (click on the flag to change language). Customers will be able to read this, so write a proper sentence.
  • Indicate which categories the voucher applies to – because sometimes you'd rather have customers not use vouchers for certain products.
  • Set a quantity of available vouchers: either "1" if it is intended for a single customer, or any number if the voucher is for whoever uses one first.
  • You can set the number of times a voucher can be used. That number must be at least equal to the quantity of available vouchers.
    • If that number is inferior to the total quantity of available vouchers, then one single customer won't be able to use all of them.
    • Keeping it to "1" makes sure that each of your customers can only the voucher once. In that case, make sure the voucher applies to a group rather than a customer...
  • Set a minimum amount under which the voucher is not applicable. Your voucher will only be applicable if the customer's order is above the given amount.
  • You can choose whether or not the vouchers are allowed to be used with other promotions on your products or other vouchers. Make your preferences known by ticking the checkboxes.
  • The "To be used by" field enables you to restrict your voucher to only one of your customers. For instance, if you had a delivery delay and you want to apologize, you can create a voucher for this customer that only he or she can access. To quickly find the customer, type in the first few letters of their First or Last name in the "Filter" field.
  • The voucher can have a time limit (for instance, a discount for launch week). Click the "From" and "To" fields in order to choose your dates using the calendar. By default, a new voucher lasts a year.
  • You can decide whether the voucher should be shown in the cart summary or not. Do this if you want to inform a customer that they can use a voucher. If you'd rather not push for the voucher's usage, then do not show it.
  • Finally, the "Enable" field allows you to enable or disable the vouchers.

Once everything has been saved, you can send your voucher to your customers.

Your voucher will appear in the "Vouchers" tab, and you can delete or edit it at any time. If the voucher was set to a specific group or customer, then it will appear in the Front-Office, in the customer's "Vouchers" section of his account:

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...as well as in the cart (if you chose to), where they can choose which one to apply to their order:

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Vouchers that are set to apply to all customers do not appear in these locations: the customer has to know about them in order to use them.

In order to apply the voucher, the customer needs to visit his cart and enter the voucher in the suitable field and click "Add". The customer won't be able to apply the voucher if he checks out immediately.

Once applied, the cart summary displays the voucher's impact on the order's amount:

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