Hello webdevmerc, I too don't want to waste my time in a debate about this, as I said before I don't use AbanteCart and was pointing to what I believe would be an easy fix for a problem many users around the world will have. If this is not something the developers want to address then I'm not the one who will fund it as I don't use the cart. However, I do think that you said something that shows why the fix should be in the developers hands:

"When a new upgrade comes around, it's also likely to break whatever you made."

I already made my contribution to this community in the idea I gave which is the one I used to fix this same problem with the cart I currently use. I'm sorry if this is something too difficult to do with your cart.

Good luck to you too!

Webdevmerc: the solution I suggested would not benefit only a little country like Guatemala, but EVERY OTHER country whose currency is not accepted by Paypal. Take India for example, with 4 times the population of the USA. That's just 1 country. The solution is very simple as AbanteCart already asks for a conversion rate when you add a custom currency to it. The only thing that needs to be done is tell AbanteCart that a given currency is not supported by Paypal and use USD or whatever other supported currency when sending the amount to Paypal.

I'm not a coder and I'm not going to look for a programmer and pay him to do this so the AbanteCart community can benefit from it. I'm not using AbanteCart, I just found it last week, started playing with it, and liked many features. I noticed this currency problem as I had this same problem with the cart I use, which I already fixed thanks to a more supportive community than this one. So if AbanteCart developpers solve this or not is not my problem.

This topic was created almost 2 years ago and AbanteCart developers / community have not been able to solve it. Since I solved it like this with my cart, I thought about sharing this with the community.

REALLY: the EASY solution is in AbanteCart developers hands if they want to do it. It's not OK to dismiss this and tell people asking for this to "Please contact Paypal support".

Do as you please.

Hello Bashara, I am not a programmer, if I was I would probably do it. I think it's in AbanteCart's best interest to fix that issue to make such an amazing cart available to users in the whole world, no matter which currency they use. I don't think making that change would be so difficult for the people who obviously have extensive programming experience as other features from this cart prove.

If you don't think this is in AbanteCart's interest that's too bad and a problem for AbanteCart users. Fortunately there are many other great cart solutions out there

Quote from: Basara on June 10, 2014, 03:48:35 AM

Looks like PayPal have not support INR currency by default 
Also there is Note at PayPal site for developers

QuoteNote Acceptance of certain currencies may be subject to regulatory requirements or restrictions. Currency options may also be limited for high risk categories. Contact your account executive for more information.

Please contact PayPal support

This is NOT a Paypal issue. Paypal will NOT accept all the world's currencies. This is something that needs to be addressed in the Paypal extension:

If the currency being used is NOT accepted by Paypal, the amount should be converted to USD BEFORE sending it to Paypal, so that if I want to pay Q100 (Guatemalan quetzals) Paypal will get the amount of US $12.50 and not US $100 as it is now.


The cart is amazing but UNUSABLE in most of the world.

Apparently the developpers didn't care about this. The problem is due to Paypal not accepting MOST currencies in the world, so if your currency is not supported by Paypal the amount you send will be automatically converted to US dollar. This is NOT something that Paypal needs to fix, as they will NOT accept all of the world currencies. This is something that needs to be fixed in the Paypal extension:

If the currency being used is accepted by Paypal, send the amount in the currency that is being used

BUT

If the currency being used is NOT accepted by Paypal, the amount should be converted to USD BEFORE sending it to Paypal, so that if I want to pay Q100 (Guatemalan quetzals) Paypal will get the amount of US $12.50 and not US $100 as it is now.

Hopefully the creators will see into this, as the cart is amazing but UNUSABLE in most of the world.

Hello, as long as the website owner doesn't want to change the Slider images the cart is great, but changing the slider images would be a real pain for an average user. That part really needs to be worked on. Other than that and a few other small issues the cart really stands out.

Hello Webdevmerc, thank you, I also have to work like that and it's not a problem for me... but I wanted to use this cart for customers for whom I build their websites and they need an easy way to manage their images. Abante doesn's seem to be ready for them...

Yes please, what is the path to the resources library?

I am new to Abante and would like to offer this cart to my customers, but managing images is being a pain. There's no link in the admin to the resource library and I can't find it via FTP.