This package includes free installation. After purchasing with option "+ free installation" we will contact you for your store access details in order to proceed with installation. If you do not wish to share access information and want to download an installation package, please select "+ get installation package" option. After purchase, you will get a downloadable link.

This contribution will add a full support of a Google Checkout service to your Oscommerce store.

While using Google checkout at your OsCommerce store you will be able to allow your customers to buy from you quickly and securely, using a single username and password without any account creation. And once they do, you can use Google Checkout for Oscommerce to charge their credit cards, process their orders just from your osCommerce admin panel you've got used to and receive payments in your bank account. For more information about Google Checkout service please refer to 'why google checkout' and 'getting started' pages of the official google checkout site.

So why should you use our Google Checkout for osCommerce? Review the following reasons:

	Google Checkout for OsCommerce will run on any PHP4 or PHP5 enabled web-server
	No requirements for using libXML and libCURL installed. The code we use is based on PEAR XML & HTTP libraries
	Full google checkout sandbox support: set-up your google checkout and test it on a sandbox before going live
	Full shipping support using merchant-calculations google checkout shipping, which means that you calculate your shipping using our shipping methods from OsCommerce
	Full tax support over merchant-calculations in google checkout using taxes from OsCommerce
	Basic shipping modules like flat-rate and per-item shipping supported
	Basic USA shipping modules: UPS, USPS, FEDEX with real-time quotes are supported
	Order management inside OsCommerce Administration area: orders placed via Google Checkout will appear in your OsCommerce admin, and you will be able to process them (Charge, Refund, Ship, Track etc) from your usual OsCommerce orders page

Live DEMO

If you wish to view the live DEMO and check how this contribution is working, please refer to google checkout demo site http://www.advancewebsoft.com/demo/osc/. Please note that demo site is using a google sandbox and all products you may purchase will not be delivered, nor any credit cards will be charged.

Check Requirements

Google Checkout service requires the following to be able to use it (only for real Google Checkout account, omit for sandbox account):

• Google Checkout merchants must have a U.S. bank account and address
• A Social Security number and a valid credit card.
• A Federal Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN)
• Your shop must be HTTPS secured by 128-bit SSL v3 or TLS connection (SSL v2 is not allowed) in order to send and receive google processing commands while using a real google checkout account.

Dont want to spare money for Level 2 integration? Checkout our free Google Checkout Level 1 contribution.

How It Works? Or typical order process using Google Checkout for OsCommerce

Placing an Order

This section will illustrate the typical order flow if you are using google checkout for OsCommerce. It is assumed a priori that you have already installed the google checkout for OsCommerce to your on-line store.

Go to your online store. Browse for categories and products you wish to purchase here. Fill in your shopping cart and open an appropriate page in the online store (a Shopping Cart page). At the bottom of the shopping cart page, below the usual Checkout button you will see a Google Checkout button available:

Press the Google Checkout button in order to be redirected to a google checkout page:

Verify the shopping cart items are correct, create an account at the google checkout or sign in if you are already a registered user to proceed to the shipping & taxes page:

You will see a dropdown box were 'Calculating...' text appears for up to 3 seconds. This is were google asks your server to obtain a proper shipping & taxes methods and costs for a particular customer's address. After up to 3 seconds, depending on the shipping modules you are using, you will get a live shipping & taxes rates:

Select the shipping method comfortable to you (tax is calculated automatically) and you are ready to place the order. Press place order button at the bottom of google checkout page

If your order was placed successfully, you will see a thank you page of Google Checkout.

Receiving an order: osCommerce Administration

If the order was placed successfully, it will be automatically placed in the OsCommerce Administration area of your shop. Goto Administration Area, select Customers->Orders menu item. In the orders table, you will see an order that you have placed:

Goto Edit mode using an Edit button in the right column. Review the order details, sub-total, tax & shipping. When an order is placed at the Google checkout, Google send you a notification with all order details. At this time, the order is written into osCommerce with Google order Status named 'REVIEWING'. After Google have finished the order reviewing, it sends a new notification to your store informing that order is CHARGEABLE, and a risk information if present. All this information is stored in your OsCommerce individual order page. Please note that order can only be charged if google send a notification with CHARGEABLE status. If the merchant calculation was performed successfully, it is also noted in orders status comments:

At the botom of the orders page in OsCommerce Administration area you will see a Google Checkout controls for this order:

You will be able to Charge, Track, Cancel, Refund, Archive or Un-archive the order the same way as in Google Checkout Account. All changes that you will make in here will be visible aslo in your Google Checkout Account and appear in new notifications in the order status comments.

Google Checkout for OsCommerce Support

For all possible bugs, fixes, suggestions and modification please refer to our official support forum http://forums.advancewebsoft.com

This contribution and all future versions of it could always be found at our official site http://www.advancewebsoft.com