Shipping and shoppingcarts

[Guest]

Hello

 

I am looking for a shopping cart that will support my dropshippers shipping charge parameters. They charge by price and then for anything over a certain amount they charge a percentage plus a flat fee. I also need to add a shipping charge for a flat rate per box/ per address.

 

Can OsCommerce handle these shipping parameters?

 

Thank you,

Johnna

[multimixer]

Yes, this can be done

 

Basically any kind of calculation based on known parameters (such as price, order total value, weight, number of items etc etc) is possible

 

I don't think that what you need exist by default, but possible to do

[MrPhil]

So you want a shipping fee that looks like:

 

     f(P)                      # some function of price

+   if P>min: F+%*P   # flat fee + percentage of price, over a minimum

+   B                          # charge per box

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total shipping amount

 

? While osC does not support this "out of the box", I'm sure one of the existing shipping methods could be easily modified to handle this structure. The only thing that might be complicated is the box count for "per box" charges. If each item gets its own box, or each order to a drop shipper is one box, that might not be too difficult; but if how many boxes depends on product size, weight, etc. it might be difficult to calculate in advance. In that case, you might end up taking a swag at a "typical" box fee for a typical order, and burying it in one of the other fees (maybe an additional flat fee, or a guesstimate based on weight and item count). Over time, look at the order history and adjust the fee up or down if you're losing money on box charges or you're taking in too much (and maybe losing customers).