Expansion in countries covered by HikaShop

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.4

We successfully launched in Panama last year and are now expanding to the rest of Latin America.

However, as shown in the attached screen shot, the tax (ITBMS) and shipping (Entrega) are being shown for Pamama before we know where the buyer resides (these amounts are taken off) when the country is entered later in the process)

How do we stop the tax and shipping appearing before the country is entered?

Thanks,

Mike

Hi,

By default HikaShop take the "Main tax zone" option value in Configuration > Main > Taxes for the taxes calculation.
So you just have to set another main tax zone for this option to not have the taxes loaded until the customer is registered.

Thanks for the reply,

As we now do not have just one country - is it possible not to have a 'main tax zone' ?

Regards,

Mike

Hi,

If you set a not used country as main tax zone it will have the same effect than not setting a main tax zone in your case.
And no it is not possible to let this option empty.

Thanks,

In the order process, is it possible to ask the purchaser for their address details before showing the order information with Panama as the default ?

In this way the correct tax and shipping can be shown at all times.

Regards,

Mike

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for the link.

I have now changed the setup to the attached but I still get a page with the Cart before I see the address step.

How can we eliminate this Cart as it is showing the default country calculations before we know the country of delivery?

Thanks,

Mike

Hello Nicolas,

By removing cart from under address I get the error This webpage has a redirect loop and the checkout does not display.

Please see the attached screen shot for the configuration that is causing this error