IhateUserNames Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I'm looking for a way to specify a shipping cost on a per product basis. For example, one product shipping is already included in the price - in other words, they get free shipping. A second product costs $15 to ship anywhere in the USA (we only ship to US addresses). It's actually drop shipped. If the second product is purchased along with the third product then shipping is free. If any product except products 2 & 3 are purchased together, the price of shipping is dependant on the individual product. To summarize: Product 1 >>>>>> Free Product 2 >>>>>> $15 Product 3 >>>>>> $15 Product 2 & 3 >>>> Free Any other product >>>> shipping cost varies by product Is there any way to accomodate this structure please? I would have thought it would be simple to assign a cost on a per product basis, you simply add another field to the product table I would think. Of course, to accomodate a random combination of products with shipping costs that don't have any real logic to them (such as products 2&3 together being free, but no other) is a bit more complicated. But if the minds that could produce something as complex as osCommerce are reading this, I have no doubt they could come up with a feasible solution if they haven't already. Perhaps it might be useful to point out that the reason products 2&3 are shipped free if purchased together, is because they have a certain minimum purchase price (over $x) and are from the same source (manufacturer). Actually, that might be the defining logic. Any set of products from the same source with a certain minimum total purchase price, are assigned a certain shipping value (or perhaps discount). Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IhateUserNames Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm looking for a way to specify a shipping cost on a per product basis. [..snip...] Of course, to accomodate a random combination of products with shipping costs that don't have any real logic to them (such as products 2&3 together being free, but no other) is a bit more complicated. Just in case anyone is actually listening, it just occured to me how to implement the above. Just add in another product, that is composed of products 2 & 3. So for example if you have "catalog numbers" for each of your products, you'd have numbers 2, 3 and 4 - where 4 is actually composed of products 2 & 3. Then simply assign individual shipping costs to each product/catalog number. Product 2 = $15 to ship Product 3 = $15 to ship Product 4 = free to ship If they select individual items 2 & 3 instead of item 4, they'll get charged $30 but hopefully they'll be smart enough to figure it out when they see a $30 shipping charge at checkout. If not, worst comes to worst I can always just issue a refund for the shipping I suppose. Of course, the current scheme that claims to be a per product shipping cost scheme would have to be replaced by this true per product shipping cost implementation. The current scheme which claims to be shipping cost on a per product basis is really a fixed cost per product. I guess the true difference is my needs require a VARIABLE shipping cost per product, the per product shipping currently implemented is a FIXED shipping cost per product. What are the chances of getting this done? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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