Checkout+Process

Definition:

 * 1) The **checkout process** is the process an online customer must go through to purchase a product or service from an e-commercial site. [[image:Checkout-Process.png]]
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 * 1.** The Checkout process starts when the customer presses the __//Checkout//__ button in the //__Shopping Cart__// or the //__Buy now__// button.
 * 2. ** Then you are asked to // __log__ //__ //in// __ if you are new consumer.
 * 3.** User fills //__Shopping address__// __fields.__


 * 4. ** // __Billing__ //__ address __ appears.


 * N****OTE:**If the billing address differs from the shipping one, the user must deselect

the //Billing address is the same as the shipping address // checkbox 
 * 5.** //__Shipping__// __method__ follows the sequence.
 * 6.** Pressing //__Continue__// takes the user to //__Payment Method.__//
 * 7.** Next page is about previewing the order details, the shipping and payment methods.
 * 8.** The user must confirm by clicking //__Place this__// __orde____ r __ ( The order is confirmed, the confirmation page is displayed to the user, and an email is send by the store to the customer.)

**Amazon Payment.** Specific example of buying an item in Amazon.com store. You just follow the same steps that were listed above.
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Resources

 * 1) Robert, B. (n.d.). The checkout process - Sitefinity Documentation. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://www.sitefinity.com/documentation/documentationarticles/ecommerce-guide/setup-the-ecommerce-pages/configuring-the-checkout-widget/the-checkout-process
 * 2) Camenguei, S. (n.d.). ATG Commerce Reference Store Overview. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26180_01/CRS.94/ATGCRSOverview/html/s0603checkoutprocess01.html
 * 3) Watson, V. (2014, March 12). Cash register. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_register
 * 4) Images are taken from Google Images.