Shipping Structure ~ Please Help

[businessowner123]

Hello. I was wondering if you can point me in the right direction as to how to do the following:

 

I have 3 dropshippers, which means 3 different shipping structures / sections.

I want to somehow divide the products according to dropshipper (& not be shown to custumer).

Then somehow after being divided, have the highest shipping amount, plus a percentage of the total price for each additional product. Then make a sum for each shipping section, then add each section into one total shipping amount for the customer.

 

Also, if possible, somehow automatically calculate the number of boxes the customer will receive. For example: The customer chose at least one product from each dropshipper, which calculates to at least 3 boxes.

 

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated. Thank You! =)

[Brian-Bear]

so if a customer orders 1 item from each different drop shipper they will recieve 3 different packages, how are you ever going to hide from a customer that you do not hold stock. I really think you need to be a little more transparent to gain customer confidence. Yours is a very hard problem to solve I think you need to take an average and work out a standard shipping rate, sometimes you will win and sometimes you will lose but overal it should cancel out. I remember seeing a contibution for shipping per item maybe that would help.

 

here is the link http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/1333

Edited November 4, 2007 by Brian-Bear

[businessowner123]

Brian ~ Thank you for your response. You have a very good point. I'll definitely try to even out the shipping cost for all items so it's not evident at checkout that I don't hold stock.

 

I actually already have per item shipping setup in my store. However, I was wondering if there is a way with this method to setup an automatic discount, such as 15% off the total shipping amount after shipping reaches $25.00? Or something similar.

 

Thanks again for your input. It's greatly appreciated! =)