Can Virtuemart do this?

[Leonard Michael]

Hello Virtuemart Audience!

I am a website developer. I have a new client that wants an ecommerce store built. I'm looking at Opencart, Zen Cart, and my last choice is Virtuemart (because I'm experienced with Joomla).

These are the functions I need implemented into this site:

Unregistered Users:
1) Virtuemart should operate as a "catalog" to unregistered users. They should see no pricing. No add to cart button. Only the product description & an ask a question function (button) should show to unregistered users.

Registered Users:
1) On the product listing page there should be no add to cart button. Just the product name. When you click on the product image it should go to its product detail page (not the large version of the image - they can do that with the photos on the product detail page).

2) We will have 3 "Shopper Groups" -> Unregistered Users, Retailers, and Distributors.

Each shopper group will see different pricing

Default = No Pricing. *(See above under Unregistered Users)
Retailers = its shopper group pricing per product
Distributors = its shopper group pricing per product

***We don't want to add the same product three different times for each shopper group. Is there any way to set it up so that we can enter the product "one time" and set the pricing for each shopper group in the product set-up page in the admin?

3) On product detail pages the only pricing that should show is a "Single price each" and "Case price each" for the Retailer Shopper Group.

The Distributor shopper group will just show a "Case price each".

4) The math that the cart does for the Retailer shopper group should be set-up as follows (but must be easy for my client to change when they decide to change the amounts).

Less than $ 500.00 0% discount -> and then add 20% freight
$500.00 to $999.99 5% discount -> and then add 15% freight
$1,000.00 to $2,499.99 10% discount -> and then add 12% freight
$2,500.00 to $4,999.99 15% discount -> and then add 10% freight
$5,000.00 and above 20% discount -> and then add 5% freight

Orders of less than $150.00 to be shipped will be subject to a $15.00 per shipment delivery surcharge plus the 20% freight.

As a matter of policy, they add the 20% freight based on the dollar volume and then add the $15.00 delivery surcharge after that to avoid double dipping.

Residential delivery, inside delivery, C.O.D. and other accessorial charges are for the account of the buyer and will be added to the invoice if prepaid.

Local deliveries of $150.00 or more are delivered free of charge. Any order less than $150.00 will be charged a $15.00 delivery charge.

The percentage of freight is based on the total "after" the volume discount. *(see above)

When they have a special sale or "Hot Deal", they always let the customer count the dollars spent on these items toward their total volume so they receive the best discount on the full priced items and the best freight percentage. They do not however; give them the applicable volume discount on the discounted items to avoid double dipping.

I would suggest we place any items to be discounted in the "Hot Deals" section during the time of the sale and set the system so it includes the hot deal totals for the dollar volume discount but does actually give a discount on those items. We could leave those items in the full price section at the same time and when the sale is over, just delete them from the "Hot Deals" section. Is this doable or do we need to think about a different way of doing this?

Is it possible to set the system so we could go in at any time and give an extra discount on certain items or on all items in a category (ie: Glass Collections) maybe for a certain period of time?

5) In the "Show Cart" module. They want to display the discount savings in the bottom portion of it. This would be a dynamic feature that changes depending on how much money they've currently spent.

Is what my client is requesting (above) easily done in Virtuemart ? If so, I'm ready to get the ball rolling.

Respectfully,
Leonard Michael

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