Helm

Module · Shop

A checkout that ends where the money actually is: a reference you confirm, or cash at the door.

Built for money that settles outside the checkout. The buyer picks Whish, OMT, a bank transfer, cash on delivery or any bank or wallet you name. A transfer order carries the buyer's reference when the method asks for one and waits for payment until you confirm it against your own statement; a cash-on-delivery order you mark paid when the courier is back. Payment that settles outside the checkout is the normal case here.

Start a projectHow it works

Comes with the Standard and Business plans.

Payment methods

You name the methods yourself. Two kinds, and the order knows which.

Paid before dispatch — Whish, OMT, a bank transfer. The buyer sends the money the way they already send money, then types the reference into the checkout when the method asks for one. Paid at the door — cash on delivery. The order lands as not paid yet, and you mark it paid when the courier comes back with the cash.

The order

Waiting for payment until you say otherwise, and the reference is right there.

Every order arrives with the method, the buyer's contact and, when the method asks for one, the reference they typed. You check your own Whish or bank statement, find the reference, and mark it paid. Delivery has its own track, and you move it from packed to on the way to delivered; for cash on delivery, you mark it paid when the courier comes back with the cash.

You mark it paid, against your own statement. The buyer leaves with an order reference on screen and can look it up later with that and their email.

Catalogue, stock, delivery

Products with variants, stock that counts down, and delivery by region.

Helm runs the catalogue, the stock, the delivery regions and the orders. The product and checkout pages are designed in your site's own look during setup.

Variants and stock

Size, colour, whatever you sell in. Each stocked variant has its own count: it goes down when an order is placed, comes back when you cancel one, and stops the checkout at zero.

Delivery by region

Beirut, Mount Lebanon, the rest, abroad — each with its own fee and its own promise. The buyer picks theirs at checkout, and its fee goes on the order.

Built into your site

Product pages and the checkout are designed as part of your site during setup, in your own style.

How you get it

On Standard and Business, switched on for you.

Shop comes with the Standard and Business plans: Helm switches it on when your project is set up.

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Shop needs the product and checkout pages built into your site, which happens during setup.

Before you start

What this does not do, said now rather than later.

No storefront design to pick

There is no theme gallery. The product and checkout pages are built into your site during setup, which is slower to say and true.

It does not chase payment

An unpaid order waits. Helm does not send reminders or cancel it for you. You decide how long to hold stock, and you say when it is paid.

Getting started

Name your payment methods, and the checkout ends where the money is.

Comes with the Standard and Business plans.

Start a projectSee pricing

Prices in USD, EUR, GBP and CAD on the pricing page.