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Flat Rate Shipping

Submitted by brewski on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 13:46
brewski
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 Joined: 09/03/2007

I really dig UC and it works well for me, though shipping has been a constant tangle.

To simplify things, I figured I'd just do flat rate shipping. The challenge I see is, the way I have set things up creates confusion.

I have two product categories: A and B

Category A products ship for flat rate of $15 each
Category B products ship for flat rate of $45 each

Everything is great and calculated correctly, BUT at checkout, If only category A products are purchased, the radio button for BOTH category A and category B show up, creating confusion.

Additionally, if a product from each category is selected, only one or the other flat rate can be selected, again causing confusion and possibly short changing me.

How should I properly rectify this?

ps I have setup the UPS module, but can't get it to work.

brewski.
permalink #1 Tue, 06/03/2008 - 14:36
gash
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 Joined: 04/14/2008

The way I would solve this is to create a shipping method similar to the "free option" outlined here. Create a product class for your second category of products (seems you actually have two classes of products, not just separate categories in the catalog taxonomy). Set up a workflow to screen product by product class, and have your custom shipping rate applied based on the product category.

permalink #2 Tue, 06/03/2008 - 17:05
Lyle

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AdministratoreLiTe!

That free option tutorial won't work. You still have the problem of two different shipping methods when you really want just one.

What you can do is set one flat rate option to be $15 dollars per product. This takes care of product A. Next, go edit Product B. Near the bottom of the form is the shipping settings. Under Flat rate, you can change the amount you charge per product. Put 45 here. Now you'll have one shipping quote that will add up the amount you need for all product A's and B's.

permalink #3 Tue, 06/03/2008 - 20:03
gash
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 Joined: 04/14/2008

Brewski,

I defer to Lyle on this one -- I was trying to come up with a means of applying the shipping rates by default for the two product categories rather than overriding the flat rate quote for each product individually. The method Lyle pointed out is certainly the simplest approach, however, and probably the most likely to give you the outcome you're looking for.

permalink #4 Thu, 06/05/2008 - 13:07
brewski
Posts: 45
 Joined: 09/03/2007

Worked like a champ.

Thanks,