Multi-Currency configuration allows the customer to change their shopping cart into their native currency via a hyperlink displayed in the shopping cart table.
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We recommend merchants changing their base currency from USD to fully test it out against your gateway.
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The Base Currency Code is the default currency used in the display of your shopping cart.
There are presently 13 available currencies:
Selecting the Allow Customer Selectable Currency check box will add to the shopping cart a drop down list that will allow the customer to change the currency to any of the other available currencies.
When this checkbox is selected, the item editor will have a drop down box to select the currency to be assigned to the item. The drop down menu field will appear to the right of the cost field.
You can also manually assign a currency code via the "CurrencyCode" parameter. Example on a buy link URL assigning the Australian dollar "AUD": http://secure.ultracart.com/cgi-bin/UCEditor?merchantId=DEMO&ADD=BONE&CurrencyCode=AUD Same example using the buy form code, using a hidden input field: <input type="hidden" name="CurrencyCode" value="AUD" />
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When this checkbox is selected the behavior of the shopping cart will be to use the currency assigned to the first item added to the cart to the rest of the items added to the shopping cart.
The Multi-Currency feature is new and is considered Beta. Therefore, we recommend merchants changing from USD setting at this time, do so by fully testing it out against your gateway.
(The daily currency conversion feed is provided by XE) |
When you set the base currency of your UltraCart account as shown above. |