[ic] understanding shipping->custom

[Jim Balcom]

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, chad townsend wrote:

ct>>it's one of those situations where the 'product' is free and the shipping is only 2.00 for each
ct>>product shipped.  i know i'm probably making this harder than it is but the below formula pretty
ct>>much sums it up.  i'm sure i'll bang my head against a wall when i see how simple this is.
ct>>
ct>>> ct>>  2.00 x # of items ordered from product group #1 anywhere in the usa
ct>>> ct>>+ 5.00 x # of items ordered from product group #2 anywhere in the usa
ct>>> ct>>------
ct>>> ct>>$nn.nn = total shipping cost
ct>>
ct>>i can't just add 2.00 to the cost of the product, since the cost is free - i was just trying to use
ct>>the provided shipping tool to accomplish this - and from fooling with it, it seems i could easily
ct>>accomplish this with the custom method, but i'm not quite sure how it works.

Aaaahhhh. The product is free.

In the downloadable documents, there is one that is called "Interchange
Databases". The shipping section starts on Page 47. On page 51 is an example
'shipping.asc', followed by detailed explanations. I believe that the
section for RPS Ground is an excellent starting spot for what you want.

You can also set up a UPS style. Make your zone chart have just one entry:
0-99999 is zone 1. Then make the weight of the first group 2 pounds and the
weight of the second group 5 pounds. Then you  would need to set up a
shipping table, similar to ground.csv with only one zone and everything
$1.00. The shipping method will multiply the weight by $1.00 and return that
as the shipping cost.

I think that playing with the RPS example is easier.


-= Jim =-

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