Identifying the User

Once items have been marked for purchase, you should direct the user to a page where you can get information about payment and/or shipping information.

Required Fields
Action Identify
Name The name of the person requesting the purchase
EMail The e-mail address of the person requesting the purchase
Address Street Address
City City
State State or Territory
Zip Zip or Postal Code
Country Country
Phone Phone number
 
Optional Fields
Organization Company, etc of the purchaser
County only used if you have local county taxes
Fax Fax number

If the required fields listed above are not provided, the Transact e-commerce will put the user right back on the same page, therefore this page should include the error message in a way which doesn't appear unless defined. An example appears below.

Re-use Information We Know

The form values should be preset with the SESSION: variables, so that the previously-supplied values will be available. This means that returning users only need to verify the previous-entered information.

An excellent example would be ..

<p>
<font color="red" size="+3"><!-- ERROR_MESSAGE --></font>
</p>

<input type="hidden" name="Action" value="Identify">

<input name="First_Name"  value="<!-- SESSION: First_Name -->">
<input name="Last_Name"  value="<!-- SESSION: Last_Name -->">
<input name="EMail" value="<!-- SESSION: EMail -->">

<select name="State">
<!-- SESSION_State_List -->
</select>

<!-- you only need this element if you have local tax nexus with a different rate -->
<select name="County">
<!-- SESSION_Local_Nexus_List -->
</select>

<select name="Country">
<!-- SESSION_Country_List -->
</select>
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