[ic] shipping question

[Ed LaFrance]

At 06:33 PM 11/15/2001 -0600, you wrote:

>hello list -
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>
>i'm lost.. :(
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>I'm trying to figure out how to calculate shipping based on an SKU number.
>i've looked at the shipping.asc file but it just got more confused.
>
>we use a specific SKU scheme, kinda like this:
>
>10XXXXX - shipping is $25
>20XXXXX - shipping is $20
>90XXXXX - shipping is $5
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>
>is there an easy way to do this?

Well, fairly easy. Add a column called 'flat_ship' to your products table, 
and populate it with the shipping charge for each item.  Then modify 
shipping.asc, adding your new mode.  It should look something like this (-> 
= TAB):

peritem -> Standard shipping -> flat_ship -> 0 -> 99999 -> f @@TOTAL@@

sorry, I just don't use the shipping interface in the UI, so I honestly 
can't tell you how to create it that way, but I am sure it is quite easy.

Finally, add the new shipping mode to the appropriate records in your 
country table, and Apply Changes.

- Ed L.



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