| Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | Davin Church | 6/10/11 7:34 AM | I'm including <merchant-private-data> when setting up a subscription, and I successfully get that information back in my notifications from the subscription set-up. But when the subscription recurs and a new order is created (with a new order number |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | esheu | 6/14/11 10:54 AM | Have you tried adding the <merchant-private-data> as a child element of the recurrent-item? http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/Google_Checkout_XML_API_Tag_Reference.html#tag_item <item> allows <merchant-private-data> and http://code.g |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | Davin Church | 6/14/11 5:06 PM | Actually, <item> only allows <merchant-private-item-data> as a child. <merchant-private-data> is a sibling to <item> and a child of <shopping-cart>, so logically by extension it should be used also as a child of <subscription>. However, when placin |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | Robin Dean | 6/30/11 7:05 AM | So you're saying that by posting this ... <input type="hidden" name="shopping-cart.items.item-1.subscription.recurrent-item.merchant-private-item-data" value="SOME_USER_ID"> ... that "SOME_USER_ID" will appear in the initial order callback as well |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | Davin Church | 6/30/11 7:43 AM | Yep - it appears as a member of the item rather than as a member of the order, but it's there (at present). |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | SellRex | 1/7/12 11:38 PM | Yes, indeed!!! I must add to the call for this change. It seems that they missed a big one here. Imagine the simple situation where a customer purchases two of the same subscription to a service at two different times. When the recurring orders come |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | SellRex | 3/16/12 7:53 AM | We still need this change ... Are any of the Google Checkout developers listening? --> We need the merchant-private-data at the order level added to the recurring subscription orders--> We also need the <merchant-item-id> added to the items of the re |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | nereus | 5/3/12 1:40 PM | Has this ever been fixed? Google checkout honestly makes me long for the days of dealing with paypal customer service. It seems like google had a great chance to do something with google checkout but they don't even try to fix even the most basic pro |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | SellRex | 5/5/12 12:32 AM | No dice! They have never fixed this. Nor have they fixed an issue where if when the customer isn't logged-in to Google and they go to checkout ... they arrive at the Google Checkout page with a sign-up form in a frame ... if they click the 'Edit Cart |
| Re: Using <merchant-private-data> with subscriptions | GPdev | 8/8/12 11:58 AM | Regarding the merchant private data issue, our engineering team is still working on this suggestion.In the meantime, it seems that putting the merchant private data under the "recurrent item" is a workaround for this issue. |