Minicart-Plus is a simple and free of charge Javascript implementation of a PayPal shopping cart. Minicart-plus is easy to integrated in your webpage and very easy to castomize.
Would you like to start selling things on your website? Best is to use PayPal secture servers for it. However, to allow your customers to complete their purchase and ultimately be re-directed to the PayPal you will need Minicart-Plus.
Minicart-Plus offers a simple, intuitive and stylish shopping cart window. Furthermore, Minicart-Plus offers a method to calculate shipping charges based on total weight. The formula for the shipping fee calculation is:
shipping_cost=shipping_fee_base+(shipping_weight_g/1E3)*shipping_fee_per_kg
So, at the end of the day, you can just use this code without really wondering about its magic. All you need is just to set the weight for each item using the variable "weight_g" and define the following two variables:
shipping_fee_base = 12.00;
shipping_fee_per_kg = 6.50;
ADVANTAGES OF THIS CODE
Here some advantages of this shopping cart over other solutions.
- Shipping fee is based on weight via a simple linear formula.
- Shipping fee is calculated and shown right away. Studies show that customers often leave shopping pages because unsure or confused about shipping costs.
- Works on any browsers and device. The size of the shopping cart is reduced to allow people to buy from mobile phones and small devices.
- Written in JS, no need for server-side code. Furthermode, there is no need for any PayPal Business account.
- Minicart-Plus interfaces with the PayPal webpage for secure money transfer.
- It is FREE OF CHARGE !
LIVE EXAMPLE
Have a look at this simple Live Example.
GIVE ME MORE
I love this code but I would you like further customisations. Drop me a line and I will be happy to help you.
fabrizio.tappero(at)gmail.com
CODE
The lastest version of the minicart--plus code is available here:
https://github.com/fabriziotappero/minicart-plus