Capturing the Terms of Sale (TOS) acceptance
Learn how to add a TOS acceptance.
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Learn how to add a TOS acceptance.
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Terms of Sale (TOS) outlines the agreed-upon conditions between the buyer and seller regarding purchasing goods or services. This document covers payment terms, delivery conditions, return policies, warranties, and liabilities. Accepting the TOS is often a mandatory step for the customer before finalizing a purchase, ensuring that both parties know their rights and obligations.
To create the TOS, ensure that crucial sections such as payment terms, delivery conditions, return policies, warranties, and liabilities are included. Ensure that the TOS is clear, comprehensive, and easy to understand for customers. Accepting the TOS must be mandatory before the customer can finalize a purchase, ensuring clear agreement on the terms between both parties.
You can use a provided by to create the TOS required by Digital River and .
To set the TOS acceptance parameter, include the termsOfSalesAcceptance
field when . This ensures that the customer explicitly accepts the Terms of Sale before proceeding. The parameter accepts a boolean value: true
for acceptance and false
for non-acceptance.
The following cURL example shows how to set the termsOfSalesAcceptance
when creating a cart:
This termsOfSalesAcceptance
parameter is mandatory for the process to confirm that the customer has accepted the TOS. The enumerated values are true
or false
.
If you choose Shopper passively accepts terms through order submission, the customer accepts the TOS when they submit the order. Digital River requires this setting when we are the Reseller of Record.
If you chose Shopper actively accepts terms before completing the purchase, the customer must click the checkbox to accept the TOS. Sites based in the EU require this setting.
Choose No Acceptance Required if your site does not require the customer to accept the TOS.
You . The following requests allow a customer to accept the TOS from the cart:
Submit cart:
Update or create cart:
How a user accepts the TOS depends on which option you selected when configuring Terms of Sale Acceptance on the under Configure Site Settings in .