eisenbeis Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Because of the complexity of shipping, I'd like to create a page that lists the costs for the different shipping possibilities. Before the customer checks out, the customer will need to enter the shipping cost ... it would be the responsibility of the customer to look up the shipping rates and enter the correct dollar amount. Is there a contrib that allows this? ... that is, lets the customer enter the shipping dollar amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasttech Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 In short there is not a contribution that does this. Why would you want to do this though? What is to stop a customer from saying wow, that costs to much, I'll just put $0.00 in there and get it shipped for free. :) You would be better off to use the table rates or a flat rate. Better yet, you could use the UPS, FedEx, or USPS modules and have real time quotes for various methods delivered to your customers. You can even add a handling charge in there. You can modify any one of those modules to only allow certain shipping methods. Hope that helps. osCommerce Knowledge Base osCommerce Documentation Contributions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 You can set up a variety of different shipping methods & costs in Admin. So, when a customer gets to the checkout_shipping screen, they can select from whatever choices you have provided. But, like the poster above said, you certainly don't want customers typing in the amount. Take a look at the Shipping modules in Admin and set up as many as you need and the customer will be able to choose from the different methods available when they check out. If you want customers to know what the shipping costs are up front, before they ever head to checkout, you can put that info in each of your product listings and/or make a list of shipping methods/costs in your shipping & returns infobox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasttech Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I did forget, there is a contribution that will allow you to provide shipping estimates based on the shipping modules you select. The contribution puts a nice little box at the bottom of the product info page that lets the user enter their zip, and it returns the shipping methods and rates for that product. osCommerce Knowledge Base osCommerce Documentation Contributions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisenbeis Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 Thanks for the suggestions. My initial thought was to do it as mail order used to work ... the customer had to look up the shipping costs on a chart and enter / mail the correct dollar amount. If the wrong dollar amount was mailed, the product was not shipped. I am curious ... any reason this might not work for internet orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobg7 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 You would be better off setting up accounts with FedEx, UPS and USPS and using the modules. They will get a live shipping cost based on weight per product order. You will also have the ability to print shipping lables, track shipments and view your shipping costs from there websites. This also gives the customer the ability to select how they want there items shipped and how much they are willing to pay. I think it took me less than an hour to get all three setup and tested and it was not that hard. Installed Contributions: CCGV, Close Popup, Dynamic Meta Tags, Easy Populate, Froogle Data Feeder, Google Position, Infobox Header Entire Row, Live Support for OSC, PayPal Seal with CC images, Report_m Sales, Shop by Price Revised, SQL Updater, Who's Online Enhancement, Footer, GNA EP Assistant and still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisenbeis Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 Again, thanks for the info. Can you reference a site or doc that describes setting up accounts with FedEx, UPS, and USPS and using the modules? ... are these contrib modules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasttech Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 any reason this might not work for internet orders? The reason for the internet is to NOT have to do things like you used to have to with mail order. :) Search the contributions, you will find the FedEx and UPS modules there. They are simple to install and setup. The documentation is included. You will need to setup an account with each. Just give each one a call and setup an account, it takes about 15 minutes each. osCommerce Knowledge Base osCommerce Documentation Contributions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobg7 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Actuall, you can setup accounts online with all 3 of them Installed Contributions: CCGV, Close Popup, Dynamic Meta Tags, Easy Populate, Froogle Data Feeder, Google Position, Infobox Header Entire Row, Live Support for OSC, PayPal Seal with CC images, Report_m Sales, Shop by Price Revised, SQL Updater, Who's Online Enhancement, Footer, GNA EP Assistant and still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evalguy Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions. My initial thought was to do it as mail order used to work ... the customer had to look up the shipping costs on a chart and enter / mail the correct dollar amount. If the wrong dollar amount was mailed, the product was not shipped. I am curious ... any reason this might not work for internet orders? It may work, but you'd probably annoy the customer, who's using the internet in part so save time/hassle I bet What I did was to create a grid for every pound or so up to 10 lbs (a lot for my products), to various destinations (contiguous US, AK & HI), Canada, UK, etc, etc), and by various carriers (I'm using USPS & UPS, but perhaps DHL later). osC will handle the rest. For now I'll have a link to the grid called "estimate shipping", but when I finally get around to learning PHP I'll set it up to ask for the zip and estimate shipping during the shopping/ordering process. Another thing that bugs me as a customer is websites that ask for full credit card and billing info before quoting the shipping amount, and with no indication that there will be a confirmation step after I enter the CC info. Not even a ballpark amount on some websites. What I end up doing is using dummy data to get the shipping price, or if it does not take it, I usually go elsewhere. Why? Because I've been burned before. -Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisenbeis Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 Again, thanks for the information. Are there specific contribs you can recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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