First I would like to say the module and documentation are excellent.

I provide archiving services for clients who send an initially unknown number of items to be processed for a fee / 100 units. The following is how the ordering and payment process would work, ideally. I can almost see how to configure the modules but would appreciate an opinion on how to do so most effectively.

1. User places and order by selecting services from the BuyNow module.
2. Client creates and account and adds demographic info on the ship page
3. Client adds credit card information on the “pay” page (this will be required later when the job is complete and the final cost is calculated. NO billing should occur at this point. I understand the Bill Me Later option could be used, however if so how does one get the credit card info after the fact?)
4. Client submits order on the confirmation page.
5. Order status is set to Open or In-progress as it is not yet complete.
6. Upon completion of the job the invoice is updated using the “Manage Orders” function, Saved and a new Email sent out to alert the client to the updated invoice.
7. Client logs in to “My Account” to review the updated invoice.
8. Client approves invoice and pays by credit card.
9. After payment is confirmed completed materials are shipped.

Thank you for the reply.

Your suggested process would be a manageable alternative. After doing a bit of poking around in the .ascx files associated with the BuyNow module I was wondering if this can be made to work. Could I add an additonal button to the Invoice.ascx form, say one called "Make Payment" that could be made to go to the Step2.ascx form in the same fashion as going from Step1 to Step2? It seems that the only variable would be passing the invoice/order number along so the correct customer and order data was referenced/conserved. Is it possible to somehow reference the associated code to acomplish this?