How to configure a currency per Vendor for products and checkout

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.4
-- HikaMarket version -- : 1.7.2
-- Joomla version -- : 3.6.4
-- PHP version -- : 5.6

Hi there,

I'm a bit confused with the currency options since I don't seem to be able to achieve what I'm after. I hope you can help me with it.

I use HikaMarket Multivendor and I want to be able to display prices and take payments in the currency of each Vendor.

So each Vendor defines a currency when they register and they will price all their products in this currency. Then all the payments to this Vendor need to be done in this currency.

That means, as an example:

- Vendor 1 uses Euros, all his products will be priced in Euros and all the payments to him should be in made in Euros.
- Vendor 2 uses USD, all his products will be priced in USD and all the payments to him should be in made in USD.
- Vendor 3 uses GBP, all his products will be priced in GBP and all the payments to him should be made in GBP.

So the first thing I have done is setting up the HikaMarket Option to allow only products from one vendor in the Cart, which is necessary to avoid mixing currencies.

A) The first question is, the product catalog of the e-Shop will have products from all the vendors, how do I achieve that products from Vendor 1 show the price in Euros, products form Vendor 2 in USD and products from Vendor 3 in GBP?

B ) Once the products are added to the Cart, the same thing. If the products are from vendor 1, ALL the prices in the Cart should be in Euros and only in Euros, including the product prices, the total price, the discount, etc. The same for the other Vendors in their own currencies.

C) I use MangoPay as payment plugin, so when the Cart contains Products from Vendor 1 the customer should be charged in Euros, if the products are from Vendor 2 the customer should be charged in USD, and so forth.

D) All the email notifications should quote the pricing and totals in the products/vendor currency.

I'd appreacite some guidance about how to achieve this.

Many thanks!

Hi Jerome,

Thanks for that.

So the display of pricing on the original currency you mean can be achieved simply by view overrides in HIkaShop, did I understand this correctly?

Regarding the plugin, what trigger do you recommend me? I can think of two or three but I'm not sure which one would be better

a) onBeforeCartUpdate(&$cartClass,&$cart,$product_id,$quantity,$add,$type,$resetCartWhenUpdate,$force,&$do)

The good thing here is that I have access to the cart object, so I can update it, and also to the product ID, so I can query the Vendor and the Vendor's Currency. But this would be called every time a product is added to the cart, right? But what if the product added is from a different Vendor and with a different currency? Will the single Vendor check stop this before my plugin is executed? Or would it be better to do this onAfterCartUpdate ?

b) onAfterCartProductsLoad(&$cart)

The good thing here is that it is only executed once the customer goes to the checkout, correct? Is this executed before the customer sees the product list in the cart? And, considering it is AFTER the products are loaded, is it the right moment to change the cart currency? I cannot see a trigger for onBeforeCartProductsLoad in your documentation?

c) onBeforeCheckoutStep($controllerName, &$go_back, $original_go_back, &$controller)

Here I could execute my plugin before the first checkout step, so when the customer goes to check out he sees the currency I want. BUT I have no access to the cart?

Many thanks for your advice!

Hi Jerome,

Thanks for that.

Please correct me if I misunderstood you, but I think this is what you suggested, right?

function onAfterCartProductsLoad(&$cart)
{
	if (empty($cart->products))
			return;

	$config = hikashop_config();
	$app = JFactory::getApplication();

	$main_currency = (int)$config->get('main_currency', 1);
	$currency_id = (int)$app->getUserState(HIKASHOP_COMPONENT.'.currency_id', $main_currency);

	$first_product = reset($cart->products);

	echo '(old session currency: '.$session_currency.') ';
	echo 'session id: '.$cart->products[0]->session_id;
	echo ' || ';
	echo 'vendor id: '.$first_product ->product_vendor_id;
	echo ' || ';

	$vendor_currency = $this->getVendorCurrency($first_product ->product_vendor_id);

	echo 'vendor currency: '.$vendor_currency;
	echo ' || ';

	$app->setUserState(HIKASHOP_COMPONENT.'.currency_id', $vendor_currency);
//	$app->setUserState( HIKASHOP_COMPONENT.'.payment_data.payment_params.payment_currency', $vendor_currency );
//	$new_session_currency = $app->getUserState( HIKASHOP_COMPONENT.'.payment_data.payment_params.payment_currency', 0, 'int' );
//
//	echo '(new session currency: '.$new_session_currency.') ';
//	echo '<br />';	
}

I tested your modifications and it is working great.

Thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated!

Hello,

This subject is a bit old, any update please?

Pretty much the same situation,
In edit vendor details, I can switch the currency "datavendorvendor_currency_id"

But when I try to add a product, the currency has not change, still the store (previous).
Same when the product is published "hikashop_product_price hikashop_product_price_0"

Can you help please ?

Best,

Hello,

If I want an international website with vendors in different currencies, I need different websites ? So in this case if I want $US and $CAD, I need one website for the US and one for Canada ?

Regards,

Hello,

You said
"The currency setting that you can found in the vendor profile is the preferred currency for its payments."

Is it possible for the vendor to decide the currency of his products? Or is it automatic like if he's in Europe :€, US :$...

I don't really want the user to be able to switch currency on the website, he will see the product in the currency the vendor decided. At the end if he really want to buy a product € with his card $, well he will probably pay fees through his bank... I Hope it makes sense,
Regards,

Hello,

I would like to share with you 3 small screenshots, please follow

• Hikashop > System > Currencies : 3 currencies published and displayed.
• In Hikamarket, Market Options, Ask for currency : YES
• TAXES AND FEES OPTIONS : 3 currencies as well.

Hello,

Thank you! Almost done.
I use the switcher module and geolocalization, this way if a vendor is in France, the buyer in France should see the product in EUROS only.
If another vendor is in the US, the buyer same will see the product in $.

The only thing I would like to improve is a way for the vendor to select the same currency for all products (his products), probably from his profile.
Instead of selecting the currency on each product page creation...Is it possible?

Last point, I use Paypal, Parallel payment mode, Sender fee mode.The vendor receives the money directly and the website too %.
Since some vendors will sell in euros, others in dollars ... In the end, on the paypal account of the site, I should see euros and dollars.
Just please tell me if you just read something that sounds wrong.

Thank you,

Hello,

This is the logic yes, to copy the vendor currency ($vendor->vendor_currency_id) to the product currency (this->price->price_currency_id).
I would rather say "erase" instead of copy. And to not display the product currency on product page, this way product currency = vendor currency and nothing more.

I tried the code in "form_price_entry", not working, can you please precise ?

Thank you for your help.

Hello,

Well now both are published:
Vendor > Edit > Currency is published
Product > Edit > Price > Currency is published.

The best would be to publish only the first one, and to process in the code, product currency = vendor currency.
This way again, all products currency = vendor currency.

Please let me know, I'm pretty sure your code is almost the solution.
Thank you,