Pay by Link Add-on for CS-Cart

Overview

Have you ever thought that your can get a paid order just after sending your customer a link to buy it?

With the CS-Cart Pay by Link add-on, you can easily create payment links and deliver them directly to your customers' inbox. All you need is to create an order, copy the order’s link in your admin panel and send it automatically with an invitation letter containing a link to view and pay the order.

You can also send the link via Facebook or another social network with a private message to your customer.

If you have discussed all the details with a customer by phone, just place an order and send it via email. Without extra steps after clicking on the payment link your client will be automatically logged in and will be able to pay the order immediately.

To sum it up, with the CS-Cart Pay by Link add-on you’ll be able to:

Create payment links for orders;
Send the customer an invitation letter to view the order details;
Send the customer an invitation to pay the order;
Add payment links to invoices, email quotes and booking confirmations;
Avoid customers’ mistakes in orders;
Improve cash-flow by giving your customers a quick way to pay;
Enhance customer experience with a 'pay now' button in newsletters.

How it works

After you have installed the add-on go to Orders - View orders and select the order you want to send with a link.

There, you will see a new “Information by invitation link” block added with settings and 2 links — link to view the order details and a link to pay the order. If you want to place it anywhere, just copy and paste it wherever you want.

To send an invitation letter, go to Orders - View orders and select the order. Click the gear button at the top and select Send an invitation to buy.

This is how the email notification may look in the user’s inbox.

By clicking the View the order link, the user will see the order details.

By clicking the Pay the order link, the user will be redirected to the corresponding payment method page.

User Guide

Learn more about the add-on in our User Guide.

Compatibility

The add-on is compatible with CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.9.x.

Need compatibility with another CS-Cart version? Contact us now.

Support

This add-on is developed and published by Simtech Development Ltd., a CS-Cart developer. You are guaranteed a quality add-on supported by the future versions. If you need help, please contact us via our help desk system.

Pay by Link: Overview

Pay by Link: Installation

legend: [!] fixed bug, [~] minor changes, [+] new functionality, [-] deleted functionality

June 2021

v. 4.9.6

[fixed] Orders with no email display when linking is fixed

May 2021

v4.9.0.4

[fixed] Incorrect formation of the link with multiple storefronts is fixed

April 2021

v4.9.0.3

[added] The cs-cart version check is added for processing the request to database

[added] The bulk e-mail element is added to bulk_edit action list

December 2020

Version v4.9.0.2

[changed] The add-on has been adapted to the default Marketplace Performance Booster add-on

[changed] The add-on has been adapted to CS-Cart 4.12

October 2020

Version v4.9.0.1

[changed] Indexes were added to the pbl_payment_order_invitation table to improve add-on performance

[fixed] The address of the main domain was substituted into quick purchase links when buying from an additional storefront

March 2020

Version 4.5.0.11

[!] The add-on name was not displayed in the upgrade packages. Fixed.

October 2019

Version 4.5.0.10

[!] The link for the orders with Open status did not work correctly. Fixed.

February 2019

Version 4.5.0.8

[+] The license and the update option via the upgrade center have been added.

October 2018

Version 4.5.0.7

[~] A button to create a new link, even if the previous one used has been added.

[!] If there was an automatic link creation mode, then the links appeared in the status used. Fixed

September 2018

Version 4.5.0.6

[+] The ability to create payment links for the Incompleted orders has been added. When a user clicks on the link of the Incompleted order, the satus of such an order changes to Open.

April 2018

Version 4.5.0.5

[+] The ability to specify SEO parameter in the link for order view and payment has been added to the add-on settings.

[~] The link to view and pay the order are now generated shortened.

[!] The CSRF attack error appeared when creating PayPal payment link and clicking on it. Fixed.

September 2017

Versions 4.3.0.9, 4.4.0.6, 4.5.0.4

[~] The add-on became compatible with CS-Cart 4.6.2.

June 2017

Versions 4.3.0.8, 4.4.0.5, 4.5.0.3

[~] The Link for payment was removed for the add-ons containing a template.

May 2017

[!] PHP error after clicking the Pay link. Fixed.

December 2016

Version 4.3.0.6, 4.4.0.1

[!] Bugs in CS-Cart 4.4.2. Fixed

November 2016

Version 3.0.6.4

[~] The add-on was adapted for 3.0.6 PROFESSIONAL

October 2016

Version 4.3.0.4

[+] A privilege for the administrator to create links manually was added.

[+] Product images were added to the Product details page and Invoices.

Version 4.3.0.2

[+] Copy link button was added.

September 2016