Transfer the Shopping Cart on Your Site to www.naturessunshine.com for processing and fulfillment.
Independent Shopping Cart: Maintain your own, independent shopping cart on your site and send the order (cart) to NSP for fulfillment. This is done by sending the customer to a web page that explains that their shopping carts will be processed and filled by NSP and that prices are subject to change.
The following specifications are intended to be implemented by experienced web developers who are familiar with Internet-related programming techniques. NSP does not offer web development services to its Managers and Distributors.
Transferring the Shopping Cart
To transfer the contents of an independent shopping cart, a specific shopping cart form is created. The post location and post fields of this form are explained below.
1. Post Location: This is the location (URL) where the completed shopping cart form will be sent. The location must be included in the HTML form tag as the Action attribute:
<form action="http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/shop/cart/upload/ShoppingCartTransfer.aspx" method="post">
NOTE: The name can be any appropriate form name. The method must be of type “post”.
2. Post Tags: These are the tags that you must use in your form in order for it to work correctly with NSP’s independent shopping cart interface. Each input tag needs to have a name, type and value. The following tags are used with the NSP independent shopping cart:
A. custtype: The custtype (Customer Type) tag is used to differentiate between a retail customer (81) or an instant application for a member (03). If this customer were a retail customer custtype, he or she would have a value of 81, as in this example:
<input type="hidden" name="custtype" value="81" />
B. ownerid: The OwnerID tag identifies the account number of the sponsor. This can take one of two formats depending on the format of the account number. Before April 13, 2011 account numbers were in the format 12345-6. Beginning April 13, 2011 account numbers do not include the dash, nor the additional digit after the dash.
1. To use an account number which is in the format 12345-6, you should code this tag like this:
<input type="hidden" name="ownerid" value="123456" />
2. To use an account number without the dash and the additional digit, you should code this tag as follows, adding the additional Version tag:
<input type="hidden" name="ownerid" value="12345" />
<input type="hidden" name="Version" value="2" />
Note: Any account number may be used with format number 2, as long as only the digits preceding the dash are used.
C. prodnum: The prodnum (Product Number) tag identifies the product to be purchased. This tag must be followed immediately by a prodqty tag (see below). If the shopping cart includes more than one product, a prodnum tag and matching prodqty tag must be supplied for each item. Do not include a hyphen in the value of this tag. For the stock number of 30-2, the tag would look like this:
<input type="checkbox" name="prodnum" value="302" />
NOTE: The Input type may be changed to a checkbox or radio button instead of hidden.
D. prodqty: The prodqty (Product Quantity) tag specifies the product quantity that is being purchased. The value must be greater than zero. This tag must be immediately preceded by a prodnum tag (see above). If the shopping cart includes more than one product, a prodnum tag and matching prodqty tag must be supplied for each item. To purchase 5 bottles of a product, the tag would look like this:
<input type="text" name="prodqty" value="5" />
NOTE: The Input type may be changed to a checkbox or radio button instead of hidden.
E. Submit: This tag creates a button that sends the shopping cart to NSP’s Independent Shopping Cart Service. The value of the tag is the text that appears on the button. If you wanted the button linking to the NSP independent shopping cart to say “Buy Now,” it would look like this:
<input type="submit" value="Buy Now" />
Shopping Cart Code Example
The following code is an example of a simple shopping cart form that links to the NSP Independent Shopping Cart interface:
NOTE: For this code to work properly, correct values for each tag must be supplied. Enter the correct values for ownerid [sponsor number], memberid [member ID], prodnum [stock number], and prodqty [quantity] (numeric only, no letters or dashes).
DO NOT USE THE VALUES LISTED IN THIS EXAMPLE FOR OWNERID!
<form action="http://www.naturessunshine.com/us/shop/cart/upload/ShoppingCartTransfer.aspx" method="post">
<strong>Are you interested in:</strong><br />
<input type="radio" name="custtype" value="81" />
Purchasing Products (Retail Customers)<br />
<input type="radio" name="custtype" value="03" checked="checked" />
Becoming a Nature's Sunshine Member (Instant Member Application)<br />
<input type="hidden" name="ownerid" value="123456" />
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><strong>Quantity</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="prodnum" value="302" />
<strong>Alfalfa</strong>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="prodqty" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="prodnum" value="40951" />
<strong>Thai-Go Drink</strong>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="prodqty" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Buy Now" />
</form>
Please Note:
- By using this service, it is understood that NSP takes no responsibility for customers who transfer from a distributor site to NSP’s site via the e-commerce link but do not place an order; nor is NSP responsible for those who complete an order at a later date and become a member of someone else’s group.
- Independent web sites must be certified by emailing the web site URL to webmaster@natr.com and nspmarketing@natr.com.
- NSP offers no technical support, training or instruction for the independent shopping cart.