Customer Store Guide
This guide explains browsing, quoting, RP deduction, payment, order lookup, and shipping tracking in the Customer Store.
1. Who Can Use the Customer Store
Current rule:
- guests can browse
https://contributor.iammeter.com/shop - login is required for address selection, quote, RP usage, order creation, and payment
2. Where to Enter the Store
Open:
You can also enter Customer Store from https://contributor.iammeter.com/dashboard.
3. Products and Variants
The real purchasable unit is the variant.
A product can have multiple variants, for example:
- different models
- different versions
- different country sales scopes
- different prices
So the real order item is always a specific variant.
4. Address and Country Restriction
Before ordering, it is recommended to create your address in https://contributor.iammeter.com/settings.
The country field is selected from a shared country list instead of free text.
This helps:
- keep country matching consistent with admin sales-scope configuration
- avoid mismatches such as
US,USA, andUnited States
Some variants may be restricted by country:
allallow_listdeny_list
If the current address country is not allowed for a variant, the page will show it as unavailable.
5. Shopping and Quote
In https://contributor.iammeter.com/shop, you can:
- browse products
- choose a variant
- add it to cart
- select an address
- open
Review Order - view the quote
The system calculates:
- item subtotal
- max RP deduction
- shipping cost
- final cash due
6. RP Deduction Rules
Current rules:
- RP can only cover item price
- RP cannot cover shipping cost
- software and hardware may use different default RP ratios
- some variants may disable RP
- some variants may override their RP ratio
If the page shows:
You can pay up to 50% of the item price with RP
it means:
- RP can cover up to 50% of that item’s price
- shipping is excluded
7. Payment Methods
The current user-facing external payment channel is:
- PayPal
An order may fall into one of these payment types:
rp_onlymixedchannel_only
Meaning:
rp_only: fully covered by RP, no PayPal requiredmixed: partly covered by RP and partly by PayPalchannel_only: fully paid by PayPal
8. Order Status After Placement
Common order statuses:
pending_paymentpaidpreparingshippedcompletedrejectedcanceled
Common payment statuses:
not_requiredpendingpaidfailedrefunded
9. Where to View Orders
Open:
You can view:
- order number
- item details
- variant information
- RP usage
- cash paid
- shipping cost
- address snapshot
- current status
- tracking information
10. How to Track Shipping
If an order is already shipped, https://contributor.iammeter.com/orders can show:
- tracking company
- tracking number
- tracking URL
Clicking the tracking link will open the carrier tracking page.
11. Common Questions
11.1 Why Do I Still Need to Pay When I Have RP
Common reasons:
- RP cannot cover shipping
- the current item allows only partial RP deduction
- the item does not support RP
- your RP balance is not enough
11.2 Why Some Items Cannot Be Clicked
Common reasons:
- the current variant is out of stock
- the current address country is not supported
11.3 Why Changing My Address Does Not Change Old Orders
Each order stores its own address snapshot at order time.
The address book is only a template source. Historical orders do not change when the template changes.