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The first step is to sign up for your Mals-e account!
Write down your username and password. In the Shop Variables section of the admin you will need to enter your username into the "Mals-e Cart ID" field. This will tell Your Catalog which Mals server to post your items to.

Taxes: Although you can specify taxes at Mals you can also set the tax rate across all items in the Shop Variables screen. Once that is complete each item will have a check box to specify if it is a taxable item or not. This allows you more control as each state has different guidelines governing taxation.

Button Behavoirs: In order for your "continue shopping" links to pass the correct information back to your site you will want to set the button behavoir in Mals.
- Log in to your Mals-E account.
- Select "Cart Set-Up".
- Select "Button Styles and Behaviour".
- Make sure the box marked "Append cart content vars" is selected.
- Save your configuration.

Return Posts from Mals (Remote Calls)

Keep in mind that the inventory maintenance revolves around the HTTP Call feature of Mals. Some payment systems, such as LinkPoint, Mirapay, Netbanx, Nochex, PayByCheck and PSIGate (see Mals-e for a list), do not utilize the HTTP call feature and therefore will not work with Your Catalog's inventory maintenance system. PayPal users will require a payment fix to use the inventory system.

If your payment system is supported, you will first need to add your Your Catalog finish script to your Mals-E site as described below:

- Log in to your Mals-E account.
- Select "Cart Set-Up".
- Select "Remote Calls".
- Add the page www.yoursite/ckfinish.php, where you replace "yoursite" with your actual site name. ie.) If your site is windywillows.com, use www.windywillows.com/ckfinish.php.
- Do NOT add the http:// part.
- Do NOT select "Debug mode".
- Save your configuration.

Create a test order, ordering a product that has inventory quantities, to check the system. You should receive an email within five minutes that gives you information about the quantities that were sold.

Please make sure that you do not add the "http://" part in the finish page listing at Mals, and be sure to add the page as described in your return message from Your Catalog. Note that there is about a 5 minute or so delay between the time that an order is placed and the updating of your inventory quantities.

The inventory control system is working when someone pays by credit cards, checks or money orders, but not with PayPal. What do I do?

The PayPal setup through Mals doesn't access the HTTP call page. And so it doesn't access your finish page and therefore cannot decrement your inventory quantities. There is a way around this, though.

1. 1. First, take off your PayPal address in the "PayPal" setup through Mals
2. Go in to the "Payments" area of Mals, and set "PayPal" as an "OTHER NON-SECURE PAYMENT".
3. Now access the "Currency and Cart Messages" area of Mals.
4. Under "EXIT MESSAGE - UNSECURE PAYMENTS", type the following:

<a href="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=youraccount
& item_name=Order+{shopperid}&amount={amount}">Click to Complete Order</a>

where your account info is your PayPal email address and the @ is replaced by %40. For example, if your PayPal account is payments@mysite.com, you would use:

<a href="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=payments%40mysite.com
& item_name=Order+{shopperid}&amount={amount}">Click to Complete Order</a>

You can modify this link by replacing "Click to Complete Order" with other text as desired.

Shipping Methods: You will want to go through the different shipping methods in Mal's and make a choice on what method you will use before entering all of your items in Your Catalog. In the Items Admin their is a Shipping Units field that can be used with some of the methods available at Mals. Visit the Mal's support area and user forum for more ideas about configuring shipping. If you need help - we also offer Mals set up services along with custom shipping scripts.

Consider a Premium Account: Look in to the features available with the premium account upgrade at Mals. If you are using a PC, Morders is valuable for retrieving your order information and will allow you to generate reports, customized invoices and keep track of your order information on your hard drive.

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