South African Forum http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/ Magento Forums en Copyright 2008 2008-09-24T22:16:02-08:00 South African Shipping Methods http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/18682/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/18682/#When:22:16:02Z Has anybody successfully integrated any table rate shipping with local courier companies? What are other South African’s doing for shipping in Magento.

I have hit the common brick wall of “Sorry, no quotes are available for this order at this time.” with table rates - was trying to implement table rates with PostNet.

Any input, experience or thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve

]]> 2008-09-24T22:16:02-08:00 How to handle South African VAT? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7005/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7005/#When:03:54:10Z I would like to start a discussion around how to use the Magento Tax module to handle VAT. The tax module seems quite flexible, but it would be nice to develop a step-by-step guide to configuring for a South African context.

For example, it looks like by default Shipping does not have any tax, because in the US sales tax applies to products and not services (as far as I know).

It is tempting to leave out VAT and tax altogether and just ignore the issue, but even the most local South African store will still occasionally ship something to Swaziland or Namibia, and that will require the invoicing to display correctly.

]]> 2008-04-26T03:54:10-08:00 VCS payment module available http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/11340/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/11340/#When:06:18:41Z Hi guys,

I managed to finish my Magento VCS payment module, but seem to experience some difficulty in getting it packaged. In the meanwhile if anyone is interested, drop me a line.

Willo

]]> 2008-07-02T06:18:41-08:00 Introduction to Magento South Africa forum http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7006/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7006/#When:04:08:42Z This forum was created to complement the South Africa Group. The results of discussion here will be distilled into Wikis and blog posts on that groups page for future reference.

E-commerce is on the brink of really taking off in South Africa, and Magento could not have come at a better time for us. Just about every web developer and designer I speak to is starting to get requests from clients to implement e-commerce, and so they’re busy researching the various platforms out there. If this wave of interest had started a year ago we would all have bedded down with osCommerce or the like, and we would have missed out on the future of Magento, or at least spent a lot of time learning a new system when we finally transitioned!

It is important that as we start getting to grips with Magento we don’t all silently tackle the same issues on our own. The classic example is the development of payment gateway modules, where I have heard this week of two different developers working independently on a module for the same payment gateway. These efforts could be combined to create a more robust and well-tested solution that everyone can benefit from.

It is tempting to cling to hard-earned knowledge or proprietary modules in an attempt to get a competitive advantage over other developers, but I hope we all realise that we will win clients through our relationships rather than our fancy technology. Let’s share what we have and raise the standard of e-commerce in South Africa so that there is more than enough work and online turnover for everyone.

Please feel free to respond to this post with an introduction of where you’re from and what your plans with Magento are.

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