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How to Use ChronoForm ReDirect Plugin to Submit PayPal Shopping Cart Form

The Joomla ChronoForm component includes a ReDirect Plugin that can be used to pay for a submitted form of shopping cart variables.

Here is an example of its setup. This form allows the user to purchase tickets and to give an optional donation. It requests the user’s name, email and phone. It goes to PayPal, accepts payment and returns to a thank you page.

Setup the Form

Create a new form, give it a unique name

Email the results or not. Leave the rest of the General tab variables at their defaults.

Enter the form code:

<h2>Animal Allies SIPS FOR STRAYS Fundraiser</h2>
<p style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Milly's Tavern, April 21st 2011, 6pm - 8pm</strong></p>
<fieldset><legend>Tickets</legend>
<label for="quantity_1">$20 Each Ticket </label><span class="reqMark">*</span>
<!-- amount_1 calculated -->
<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="" />

<!-- quantity_1 -->
<select id="quantity_1" name="quantity_1" class="required">
<option value="">Please select...</option>
<option value="1" class="" selected>1</option>
<option value="2" class="">2</option>
<option value="3" class="">3</option>
<option value="4" class="">4</option>
<option value="5" class="">5</option>
<option value="6" class="">6</option>
<option value="7" class="">7</option>
<option value="8" class="">8</option>
<option value="9" class="">9</option>
<option value="10" class="">10</option>
<option value="11" class="">11</option>
<option value="12" class="">12</option>
<option value="13" class="">13</option>
<option value="14" class="">14</option>
<option value="15" class="">15</option>
<option value="16" class="">16</option>
<option value="17" class="">17</option>
<option value="18" class="">18</option>
<option value="19" class="">19</option>
<option value="20" class="">20</option></select> tickets<br>
</fieldset>

<fieldset><legend>About You</legend>

<!-- First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone -->

<label for="firstName">First Name: </label><span class="reqMark">*</span>
<input type="text" id="firstName" name="firstName" value="" size="35" class="required"><br>

<label for=”lastName”>Last Name: </label><span class=”reqMark”>*</span>
<input type=”text” id=”lastName” name=”lastName” value=”" size=”35″ class=”required”><br>

<label for=”email”>Email: </label><span class=”reqMark”>*</span>
<input type=”text” id=”email” name=”email” value=”" size=”35″ class=”validate-email required”> <br>

<label for=”phone”>Phone: </label><span class=”reqMark”>*</span>
<input type=”text” id=”phone” name=”phone” value=”" size=”35″ class=”validate-phone required”><br>

</fieldset>

<fieldset><legend>Donation</legend>
<label>We always welcome donations! </label><span class=”reqMark”>*</span>

<!– amount_2 placeholder on server too –>
<input type=”hidden” name=”amount_2″ value=”" />

<!– price_2 –>
<select id=”price_2″ name=”price_2″ class=”required”>
<option value=”">Please select…</option>
<option value=”0.00″ class=”" selected>
Sorry I can’t give a donation this time</option>
<option value=”10.00″ class=”">Yes, I want to give $10 to Animal Allies Rescue!</option>
<option value=”20.00″ class=”">I want to give $20 to Animal Allies Rescue</option>
<option value=”30.00″ class=”">I want to give $30 to Animal Allies Rescue</option>
<option value=”40.00″ class=”">I want to give $40 to Animal Allies Rescue</option>
<option value=”50.00″ class=”">I want to give $50 to Animal Allies Rescue</option></select>
<br></fieldset>

<fieldset><legend>Click to Buy</legend>
Click submit to pay for your tickets at PayPal:
<input type="submit" id="sipssubmit" name="sipssubmit" value="submit"></fieldset>


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Affiliate Marketing First Month Wrap-Up

I built AnimalImages.biz out of animal posters and books from All Posters
and Amazon. The expenses were a few domains and hosting. Cost: $97

Eventually I’ll pay our writer, too. Cost: $150

Search engine optimization efforts were minimal and included directory submissions. I bought pay per click on Yahoo, where our ads got 12,632 impressions and 41 clicks averaging the 2nd position on Yahoo’s search page.  The doorm-room.net Yahoo keywords include “college dorm room checklist,” “dorm room picture,” “dorm room” and “dorm room decorating.” These had the most impressions. Cost: $73.86.

The first change I made was to get off the animal images and onto the dorm room marketing angle. I am now marketing dorm-room.net, college-dorm-room.com and dorm-room-decor.com.

July intake:
All Posters: $3.82
Amazon: $0.00

AnimalImage.biz dorm room marketing

Affiliate Marketing Experiment
AnimalImage.biz is our first full-blown affiliate-driven ecommerce venture. It is powered by Amazon Associates Program and AllPosters.com Affiliates Program. Today I am adding linkshare.com animal magazines.

Animal Image Target Market: Dorm Room Decor
The site’s marketing target is the young girl going to college. Girls — much more than boys — will express their homesickness and actually try to do something about it. So our marketing strategy validates the girl’s experience and offers inspiring animal posters as a remedy.

Visitor Stats
We launched on July 8 2006. As of yesterday AnimalImage.biz had 34 search terms on Yahoo centered on the “dorm room” theme. To date (July 13) the ads have 3,244 impressions and 13 clicks. Today I updated the marketing copy on 8 ads. I believe some of them must have bee written in my sleep. I also need a lot more copy on the site itself but that is taking some time outside of my control. My web stats indicate that following # of unique visitors starting July 8: 40, 26, 34, 52, 8.

Promotion Activites
I launched the site on v7n.com forums by way of asking for feedback. I used OnlyWire and a few other tools to ping this post: Animal Image .biz (animalimage.biz) launched. I also submitted the site to some free search engine submission services, Yahoo, Google and MSN.

college-dorm-room.com, dorm-room-decor.com, dorm-room.net
The Search Engines are rewarding keyword domains so today I added and 301-forwarded some good college dorm room domains. college-dorm-room.com, dorm-room-decor.com and dorm-room.net are not meant for human consumption, they exist for the search engines.

July 12 2006 AnimalImage Revenue Results
$0.00

 

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