Chapter 7. Checkouts and Shipping
Here we will configure and set up anything and everything to do with taking money. This will include the actual mechanism for getting customers' money from their account to yours as well as a number of important related topics.
In this chapter, we shall:
Choose and set up a payment provider
Look at alternative payment methods
Take a look at sales taxes
Discuss and implement gift vouchers
Learn how to accept foreign currencies
Look at the multitude of different ways to set up shipping options for your customers to choose from and make sure they get charged correctly.
Here we go then...
Introduction
There are a number of interrelated issues with regard to payment handling, some of which are not obviously apparent. This is one of those times when I recommend reading about payment providers and the different installation processes and currencies, perhaps the whole chapter before actually signing up to anything or installing any modules.
