thread how to customize checkout in Online Store

how to customize checkout

jaynlsqrquestio — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:42:34 GMT

We have a company that wants to offer a checkout, on our existing website, with the following three requirements:

1. offsite checkout functionality by clicking a Pay Now button on our site which takes the user to Square to complete the checkout. We do NOT need an ecommerce-square-based-website.

2. two checkout options: variable (based on customer input) and continuous-until-cancel
Pretend we were selling magazines. We want to give shoppers the ability to select either:
a. ongoing monthly magazine subscription that charges them each month and is live until cancelled
b. fixed subscription where they select the quantity of months (Qty) they want delivered then they are charged based on the calculation of Qty x $price

3. custom questions during checkout
We want to be able to add a series of custom questions, sort of like an intake form. Unless I'm missing something, the only way to add custom questions to the checkout is to use the Square "Contracts" feature. But we will not be setting up contracts for each and every shopper so we need one consistent checkout with our custom questions.

Please advise how we can achieve these 3 requirements. Thank you in advance!

Re: how to customize checkout

JK_Fiber_Art — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:05:23 GMT

Hey there Jaynlsqrquestio,

You may want to expand on on : "We do NOT need an ecommerce-square-based-website" - Perhaps that will help others here with your concerns.

Re: how to customize checkout

jaynlsqrquestio — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:10:04 GMT

Good question - I meant to say we do not have a Square website or weebly website or Square Online Website.

Instead we have a WordPress website where we want to either embed forms or link-out to squareup forms.

Re: how to customize checkout

_Violet — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:42:36 GMT

Hi @jaynlsqrquestio - Thanks for reaching out to us here on the Square Seller Community👋😊

I recommend starting out by looking over this Support Article on how to get started with using Checkout Links. This will not require you to have a Square Online Store and you can use these links to send to your customers or link on your website. You can also check out this article on using Checkout Links for subscription payments.

I hope this information is helpful but please do let me know if you have any additional questions.