KarateEd Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Hi Folks, I'm trying to set up a shipping table so that my cards (which are quite light) but could be quite heavy if enough are ordered. The problems: The weights are showing up in lbs, not grams as it should in Canada.... How do you set ratios so that a set of cards weighing about $2.00 worth of shipping costs and a whole box of cards weighing much more that might cost about $30.00. The first set is probably about 10 grams, the second box would be about 5 kilos. When I try to do this on my site, the $ amount doesn't seem to change and the weight seems to come in at 2 or 3 pounds for something that isn't nearly that weight. Thanks for any help you can give me. Ed......:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateEd Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Perhaps a simpler way of asking this question is....what do I have to change in order to have the correct weights of items have the correct shipping costs? Some items are feather weight and should only cost $1 - $2 to ship to someone in north america. Some items can weigh up to 5 kilos, or 11 lbs. Can anyone tell me the best way to figure out how to get the correct shipping to go to the checkout? This is the last thing I need to do to get my site up and running and any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks again. Ed......:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Perhaps a simpler way of asking this question is....what do I have to change in order to have the correct weights of items have the correct shipping costs? Go to Administration -> Shipping/Packaging and change the Unit Weight to kgs. Then, alter the weight field in your products table to reflects kgs not grams. Some items are feather weight and should only cost $1 - $2 to ship to someone in north america. Some items can weigh up to 5 kilos, or 11 lbs. Can anyone tell me the best way to figure out how to get the correct shipping to go to the checkout? This is the last thing I need to do to get my site up and running and any help would be very much appreciated. I'll pass on this because I use a live quote system and not tables. Someone else is better suited to answer this. Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateEd Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Go to Administration -> Shipping/Packaging and change the Unit Weight to kgs. Then, alter the weight field in your products table to reflects kgs not grams. I'll pass on this because I use a live quote system and not tables. Someone else is better suited to answer this. Thanks for that MDTaylor, I'll start there and hopefully someone else can shed a little light on the rest of the question.... Ed......:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateEd Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Maybe another way to ask the question is.... Is there a better way perhaps to do what I'm trying to do? Anybody have any ideas? Thanks again for any help.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarateEd Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 Go to Administration -> Shipping/Packaging and change the Unit Weight to kgs. Then, alter the weight field in your products table to reflects kgs not grams. I'll pass on this because I use a live quote system and not tables. Someone else is better suited to answer this. Hi MdTaylor, What is a live quote system and how does that work? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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