Guest Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I have a client that sells small, low priced items. They ship via USPS' Flat Rate Priority Envelopes. Currently they are having a customer send in an order via email, figure out if they can fit everything into 1 envelope or 2. Then they email them back with the cost of shipping the order. Essentially the cost of shipping is based on volume of merchandise. If the volume of merchandise exceeds the volume of 1 envelope the cost should increment. Just curious if anyone else has already implemented a solution for this type of situation before I start working on it myself. Don't want redo something that is already done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodshoteyes Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Most of the shipping modules work on the basis of weight or price, but not volumn. Not knowing how many or what weight products you have I would suggest that you try the following. Priority Mail Envelopes are linited to 2# and USPS Priority boxes are limited to around 3# If you evaluated each product weight based on the number that would fit in either container(you have to choose one), then set that incremental weight for that product. Example, item 1. weighs 2 ounces but only four fit in an envelope and the envelope weight maximum is 2# then the new weight is 8 ounces. Item 2. weighs 1 ounce and 10 fit in an envelope the new weight is 3.2 ounces. Now if the maximum shipping weight in admin/configuration is set to 2# then any combination of items totalling 2# will be shipped in one envelope. Otherwise shipping will show two or more envelopes. This system only works if the container is fix to one kind and volumn. But you could set it to just about any single container you should decide to use. The only thing is, if you change containers you will to evaluate the products again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 That makes sense. I think I will give that a try. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cburd Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 another one that will help you tremedously is the UPS contibution. It gets actual shiping cost and you can pad it a little bit. This goes by weight which is important because that is how ups charges you. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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