Can I make a private sale?

[Peter Gregg]

I am trying to think of a workflow to do the following. Can I do this?

I would like to make a product offer just for people who get my email offer (like a private sale) and also not be able to buy it more than once. The product is not on my store yet, it is a promotion i am wanting to do but don't know how to put those limitations on it. Can this be done?

Thanks,
Peter

[Jim]

For the Private Sale part you could create a product but not assign it to any page. Then include an order anywhere link for the add to cart for that product in your email. There is no way however to limit an individual shopper to buying it only one time. You could create some javascript to only allow one of the product to be in the cart but once the shopper has checked out there is nothing to prevent them from going back and ordering the product again.

I don't know how many people will receive your Private Sale invitation but if the number is not too large you could consider creating an individual product for each person. With inventory tracking enabled you could set the quantity on hand to 1 and the out of stock limit to 0. You would include the order Anywhere add to cart link for an individual product in each email you send. Then when that shopper has purchased the product it would be out of stock and no longer orderable.

[Peter Gregg]

Thanks Jim. I thought it through and came to the conclusion I didn't have an answer so I thought I would ask you.
I think I will try your suggestion with the OrderAnywhere idea next week and see how that goes.

Thanks for your help,
Peter

[Quijote]

Hello Guys.

I too am interested in finding out more about private sale possibilities with Shopsite. I will contribute my research on this thread as well.

Looking forward to exchange of ideas Gregg.