I'm super new to this. I sell light weight stuff like earrings and bracelets, but i also sell heavy things like wooden Swings and hammocks. I need to have the shipping change to a higher price if someone buys something heavier. the earrings are $15 bucks and the swings are upwards of $75. maybe i could have the system recognize the difference in price or something, i'm not sure. i hope someone can help. thanks so much! oh yeah, by the way heres the website, if you want to check it out. www.musecolorado.com thanks again!
2007-05-11 06:45:17 · 5 answers · asked by Teartin 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
You need to add an attribute in your product database that has the approximate weight and dimensions of each item. Then it's just a matter of using your preferred shipping vendor's calculation API to determine the cost based on your location, the destination, and the dimensions.
It also may be a good idea to include an attribute for how many of a particular item can be shipped together, as shipping one large unit containing several products can be much less expensive. However, I'd start simple and once you get that working, focus on more complex algorithms like package combination.
Also, I would be doing you a disservice not to tell you that your site looks terrible. As it currently stands, I would not buy anything from there. It's ugly, hard to read, hard to use. Hire a designer, or at least buy a template. There's a number of options at your disposal for having a good-looking site. I could go on for pages about the usability issues and design problems, but it's been a long day and my fingers are a bit tired. If you want to discuss some things that can be improved, e-mail me (just click my profile).
2007-05-11 06:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Rex M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basing shipping on price is not a good idea, because the value of your items in dollars per pound varies so much. What happens if you decide to make some $75 earrings - you can't charge $15 shipping on them.
Your product database needs to includes some kind of shipping cost indicator; either the actual shipping & packaging charge, or the shipping weight, or some kind of shipping code that you can use to calculate shipping. The most realistic way to calculate shipping, so that you cover your costs without overcharging your customers, may be to use a weight-based shipping charge plus a per-order packaging charge.
2007-05-11 07:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you don't mind, can i suggest something?
First you need tog et your website a facelift, don't worry about shipping first worry about how it looks. Its not tempting me to buy anything unless its clear and clean website. Hire someone to design your website and integrate custom shopping cart like paypal. Then calculating shipping is a finger snap. I am not sure how much you are paying for your secure hosting, but it doesn't represent your domain at all. You can have a custom website build for as low as $500 including paypal integration. Its a good investment, its all about appeal in e-commerce, then service, then products.
2007-05-11 06:55:18 · answer #3 · answered by extendbolly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you recognize sq. - make a table of minimum and optimal fee and the S&H for that weight. Then lookup the S&H by potential of the fee using a choose assertion the place the fee is >= the minimum and <= the optimal.
2016-11-27 03:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by voll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ($item_price > 20) {
// apply shipping charge
}
2007-05-11 10:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋