Question

I have a Magento store which needs different prices for each site, which restricts me to using different websites for each, as stores or views won’t let me set different prices for the same items.

However, I need to be able to allow the customer to switch store, and for their current basket to stay with them. This would include updating the prices to those in the new website.

I’ve set Share Customer Accounts to Global and Catalog Price Scope to Website.

I also have an initial changer:

<?php $websites=Mage::app()->getWebsites();?>
<?php if(count($websites)>1): ?>
<fieldset class="store-switcher">
    <label for="select-store"><?php echo $this->__('Select Store') ?>:</label>
    <select id="select-store" onchange="location.href=this.value">
    <?php foreach ($websites as $website): ?>
        <?php $_selected = ($website->getCode() == Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getCode()) ? ' selected="selected"' : '' ?>
        <option value="<?php echo $website->getDefaultStore()->getBaseUrl()?>"<?php echo $_selected ?>><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($website->getName()) ?></option>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    </select>
</fieldset>
<?php endif; ?>

Is this achievable? Or is it back to the drawing board?

Info: Magento ver. 1.6.2.0

Also: The websites I wish to share the cart between are on the same domain, and have the same frontend cookie value. (which I assume is the SID).

Answer 1

As best I can tell it is not possible to share carts between websites by design. Though by store within a website works fine.