Emails to Administrator

-- HikaShop version -- : 3.5.1
-- Joomla version -- : 3.8.5
-- PHP version -- : 7.0.31

Hi - we are currently testing orders created and abandoned. Using PayPal.

1) When an order is placed, but, the customer gets to PayPal and DOES NOT complete payment, the Customer & Admin both get emails anyway. How can this be turned off? This is confusing! We only want orders emailed to the Customer and Admin when the order is PAID.

Otherwise, this could be confusing to the Shop Admin or the Customer, thinking they placed an order when they did not. The customer will call, thinking they've been charged, or the Admin may ship an order even though it was never paid for.

You can see a copy of the email to the Admin with the attached screenshot "order.jpg".

2) PayPal is sending a confirmation, but it has no real information! Please see attachment "paypal.jpg". Is your software NOT sending the correct info to PayPal? Or is this a PayPal issue where i need to contact them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Nicolas - thanks for your response, however, I think you didn't fully understand my question for #1. I will try to explain in more detail:

1) I tried what you recommended before posting this ticket. Doing that turns off ALL emails, which we don't want to do. There are 2 cases of an order here:

a) An order goes through Hikashop, gets sent to PayPal, and the customer DOES NOT COMPLETE PAYMENT for some reason. In this case, we DO NOT want an email sent to either the Admin, or the Customer.

b) An order gets sent to PayPal, and the customer PAYS and COMPLETES the order perfectly. In this case, we WANT an email sent to both parties.

So in essence, i want to know if this is possible, to manage emails being automatically sent by if an order is, or is not processed in PayPal. If not possible, can you add this as a NEW FEATURE somehow? I think this is very important .

Emails should be automatically sent, but only when payment is received....so not confusing for a Customer (or the Admin) when an order is abandoned during the PayPal stage.

Thanks in advance for further commenting..

Hey Nicolas - thanks for explaining more thoroughly this time. Glad you understood.

You are correct - I'm not getting any correspondence from PayPal regarding the other 2 emails (after payment). That's a LONG list of potential errors in the link you provide, so it's going to take me quite some time to diagnose.

I have a question - would you be open to logging in, diagnosing, and fixing the issue? And if so, what would you charge. I would be willing to pay for that service...in something that may take you 30 minutes (since you are a pro at this) instead of taking me many hours that i don't have.

At this point, i don't even have the knowledge to turn on debugging and analyze (or even find) log files. I'm a novice at stuff like that unfortunately.

Please let me know, thanks!

PS: One thing i though of, that may be causing the error - is that this is a BETA site, which does not have an SSL installed. So, with those new IPN requirements and such...could that be the cause of PayPal not getting through? I also use the Sucuri Firewall.

Hi Nicolas - finally, this website is LIVE and has an SSL installed.

We are currently using PayPal for Credit Card processing of orders. In each instance, a customer orders something, creates an account, and proceeds to PayPal. Then 3 things can happen:

1) They get to PayPal, but don't pay, instead they navigate to another page. Or, close the browser.
- Current settings show Order Status "Pending" - THIS IS OK

2) They get to PayPal, and click 'Cancel & Return to Merchant'.
- Current settings show Order Status "Cancelled" - THIS IS OK

3) They get to PayPal and actually Pay.
- Current settings show Order Status "Pending" - THIS IS INCORRECT

For #3, the status should say 'Confirmed' or 'Paid via PayPal'. The 'Paid via PayPal' order status is one i created.

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In addition, after an order is paid in PayPal (#3) the customer is NOT receiving emails. They should get 2 emails...from PayPal, and also from Hikashop. Neither is working.

Also, the email from PayPal is going to the Store Admin. But the Store Admin does not receive Hikashop emails either.

There are so many areas of your software that have settings, I simply don't know what to do to fix things. I've tried at least 30 different scenarios! Can you please help rectify 'Order Status', and also make sure Emails are going to the customer and admin properly?

I am happy to provide Admin access. Also, if you need to quote me to pay for the work. Since this is a 'Live Site', my customer would like this resolved asap.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Nicolas - thanks for the info. I did everything you suggested and it still doesn't seem to work. Please see screenshots. I also set language to UTF-8 within Paypal. Hopefully the PayPal setup screenshot will help, and attached log file i generated with Debug.

Hey Nicolas - I think that was it...thanks! Maybe some of the other tweaks helped as well, but after changing 'Enable Validation Mode' to 'No' - I can confirm all is working. Thanks!