Catalog Request Released for Checkout Manager

Next time you’re in Checkout Manager, you may notice some new additions. Page Configuration now has tabs for "Catalog Request" and "Catalog Request Confirmation," there’s a few new Checkout Buttons, and Advanced Settings includes a section for enabling or disabling Catalog Request. All this can only mean one thing – we’re happy to announce the release of the Catalog Request feature for Checkout Manager.

You can use Catalog Request to let customers sign up for catalogs and other items, such as special product alerts, other notifications and announcements, mailing lists, and email newsletters. If your store offers more than one catalog selection, you can let customers choose which items they’d like to receive by adding fields to the optional "Catalog Selection" section of your form.

Unlike the older version of Catalog Request (used with Order Forms), new forms created in Checkout Manager will have the same look and feel as the rest of your checkout pages. You can use Checkout Manager to create, customize, and preview page titles, page messages, sections, fields, and display options for both your Catalog Request form and confirmation page. The Enable/Disable Catalog Request option lets you choose when to activate Catalog Request for Checkout Manager in your store.

Merchants who use Catalog Request with Order Forms may like to know that moving to Checkout Manager will not disable your current Catalog Request pages. You may continue to use these pages until you choose to activate a new form in Checkout Manager. If you’ve already moved to Checkout Manager to take advantage of its added customization options and features, you can now create a Catalog Request form that matches the rest of your checkout pages.

For more information about Catalog Request, including how to create, customize and enable your form, how to link to your form, and how to receive catalog requests, please see our help pages.

Jennifer Farwell
Yahoo! Small Business