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Dev - Service vs.Shippable Product

Kesslers
I am attempting to setup OFBiz based on the 'Basic OFBiz Production
Setup'.  I want to setup a catalog that only sells services.  This means
that shipping is not possible.  How can I setup OFBiz to not ask the
shipping question on the shopping cart checkout?  Furthermore, how can I
avoid having to go through the shipment process to get the order to a
completed status?  Thank you.

David


 
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Re: Dev - Service vs.Shippable Product

David E. Jones

David,

Could you be more precise about what you mean by a "service"? What does the fulfillment process look like for whatever you are selling?

This may be very similar to a "Digital Good" in OFBiz. When those are purchased they are by default invoiced immediately, and the change to not require a shipping/delivery address should be fairly simple.

-David J.


kesslerdn wrote:

> I am attempting to setup OFBiz based on the 'Basic OFBiz Production
> Setup'.  I want to setup a catalog that only sells services.  This means
> that shipping is not possible.  How can I setup OFBiz to not ask the
> shipping question on the shopping cart checkout?  Furthermore, how can I
> avoid having to go through the shipment process to get the order to a
> completed status?  Thank you.
>
> David
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Re: Dev - Service vs.Shippable Product

Ruth Hoffman
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Hello David:
I'm attempting to do the same thing and what I've found so far is:

You can set individual products with no shipping in the Catalog
Mgr/Product form. If you scroll down near the bottom of the Product
form, there is a y/n select box for shipping options. Select "n" for no
shipping. This however, only sets the checkout options on the shipping
page (on checkout) to *not* display any options. You get a radio button
automatically filled in for "no shipping". You still get the shipping
address form to show up and the user is queried for shipping info.

What I've done to get around that is to comment out the part of the
Freemarker templates that display the shipping forms. I don't know if
this is the best solution (and in fact, I've discovered other,
unintended consequences of doing that - mainly effects of tax
calculations & shipping) but it is an easy work around, so far.

I'd be curious to hear other opinions on this topic.

Good luck.
Ruth

kesslerdn wrote:

>I am attempting to setup OFBiz based on the 'Basic OFBiz Production
>Setup'.  I want to setup a catalog that only sells services.  This means
>that shipping is not possible.  How can I setup OFBiz to not ask the
>shipping question on the shopping cart checkout?  Furthermore, how can I
>avoid having to go through the shipment process to get the order to a
>completed status?  Thank you.
>
>David
>
>
>
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