Dear All
I have come across a strange logical error in default cs-cart (version 2.1.3)'s multi-stage checkout, which may be having major checkout rate implications for many people.
There is a 1-2-3-4 style navigation bar on top of checkout pages. Suppose you are on step 2, The link to Step 3 in this navigation bar (3 - Payment Options) is greyed out. However, it is still clickable.
Now many customers essentially do the following, specially on mobile devices & Ipads:
1) Fill in the address on step 2
2) Click the link 3 - Payment Options from the top navigation bar, thinking it will move them to step 3.
3) However, this only ends up refreshing step 2, confusing the customer thoroughly.
Here is a video demonstrating this problem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jeabxtw1sv5kqkt/Video%2016-01-16%2C%203%2038%2027%20PM.mov?dl=0
THIS PROBLEM COMES ON ALL SITES OF CS-CART V 2.1.3 ATLEAST. It may be coming on other versions (multi-step), but I have not tested this.
Here is a paraphrased comment from a customer"
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after filling the address details there was no option visible for next step rather at the top of page the steps were visible, on clicking over the steps the site was redirecting to the initial stage.
It was a complete vicious leading from no where to no where...
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I checked out shopify (e.g. tattly.com), and they have a logic that if you are on step 2, and have not visited step 3, the link to step 3 from step 2 page is NOT CLICKABLE.
ANY INPUTS ON WHY CS-CART would have coded it this way? On step 2, the link to step 3 and step 4 show up as greyed out. However, the link to step 3 is clickable, and step 4 is not. If a customer clicks step 3 here thinking it will move him forward, his page will refresh, blanking out the page!
A large chunk of our orders are getting lost due to this issue!
Warm Regards