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zweetpeaz
Apr '11

Hello.

I have about 60 products, which have 4 different shipping costs depending on product, to 3 different areas (USA, Canada, everywhere else) I also want to add partial shipping for additional items.. how do I do this?

EX: cux buys product A which has shipping of 3.95 to usa, and then adds product b which has an add-on shipping charge of 1.95.

there are 4 distinct shipping tiers



 small 2.95 us 4.95 Canada 6.95 international



 medium 3.95 PLUS .95 each additional us, 5.95 PLUS 1.95 additional canada, 8.95 PLUS 4.95 additional international



 large 6.95 PLUS 3.95 each additional us, 10.95 PLUS 10.95 additional canada, 14.95 PLUS 14.95 additional international



 Xlarge 10.95 PLUS 10.95 each additional us, 25.95 PLUS 25.95 additional canada, 30.95 PLUS 30.95 additional international



I thought I had figured out how to do it from reading other posts, but now I've just confused myself- lol

Please help me:)

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E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
Apr '11

We don't quite have a way to do that exactly, but the closest we could get would be easier to think in terms of per-item charges, plus a surcharge on the first item, then your Canadian and International rates could be some multiplier of the US charges (e.g., 1.5 times as much, or the like). This will depend on "gaming" our calculator by entering non-literal figures for certain settings, taking advantage of the fact that Weight X Rate = the actual amount charged.



Also consider whether you want to use our Tube package settings vs. Box/Envelope packaging settings (note these doesn't have to match the actual packages you use to ship things), considering the description of how Tubes work differently here:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.shipping.htm



That said, here's how you'd set this up:



Go to Seller Admin > Cart Shipping Settings and set up the following:

Shipping Origin: select United States and enter your zipcode;

Shipping Destinations: if you will only ship to certain countries, select them in the list, or otherwise select nothing for Worldwide shipping;

Define Packaging: pick 4 package types to represent your size classes (S/M/L/XL), and set their Weight to equal the US first-item surcharge for items of that size class (e.g., if you charge 3.95 first/0.95 each add'l, set this Weight to 3.00);

Leave all other settings blank or 0.00;

Click Next to save settings and proceed to the Shipping Rules screen.



In the Existing Shipping Rules menu, select and Delete any Rules you may have saved there.



Set up your first Shipping Rule for US shipping:

Shipping Rate Calculator: Price per unit weight;

Shipping Amount: 1.00

Country: United States;

Click Submit to save the Rule.



Set up a Rule for Canada:

Shipping Rate Calculator: Price per unit weight;

Shipping Amount: [enter a multiplier here; e.g. if Canadian rates will be twice as much as US rates, enter 2.00];

Country: Canada;

Click Submit to save the Rule;



Set up a Rule for the rest of the world:

Shipping Rate Calculator: Price per unit weight;

Shipping Amount: [enter your multiplier here for Int'l rates]

Country: All Countries (i.e., the rest of your Shipping Destination countries);

Click Submit to save the Rule.



Click Back to Admin.



Go to Seller Admin>View/Edit/Delete Products:

Select an existing shippable product of yours and click Edit;

On the first screen, if Shipping/Buyer's Address is not checked there, tick that box;

Click Next until you reach the Shipping Options screen;

  • Weight: [enter your US per-item charge here]
  • Package type: [choose the appropriate type to determine your first-item charge]
  • Capacity: 9999 [an absurdly high number that will never be reached]

Click Next until you can Submit to save settings;

Repeat this for all your tangible goods;

When adding new shippable products, remember to enable Shipping/Buyer's Address.

16 days later
zweetpeaz
May '11

I"m working on this now.. from what I am seeing, I have to have the same multiplier for all bax sizes between countries correct?

So if I set thesmall box canada rate to be 1.68 percent more than the usa rate, then all other sizes are the same, correct?



How do I add an additional charge for additional items? Tube will not do this, as each box size/country has a different additional shipping charge.



help?

E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
May '11

Yes, the multiplier rate for each country applies the same to all your item weights and packaging weights. You may find it helpful to know the basic formula we're "gaming" here:



(rate X (total item wt. + package wt.)) + (package cost) + (handling cost)



The charge for each additional item is defined by the item's weight, times your multiplier rate ("Price per unit weight" amount) for the buyer's country. Really, this is a charge per item including the first item, then the package itself effectively adds a surcharge for the first item.

zweetpeaz
May '11

Would it be too much to ask for you to give me the formula using the $3.95/adtl .95 shipping for US (small size) so that i can understand where what goes in the formula:)

E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
May '11

Given the settings I recommended above (I just noticed a goof in the package weight there that I've fixed now), for your example the formula works out like this for the first item:



(1.00 X (0.95 + 3.00)) + (0.00) + (0.00) = 3.95



For qty=2 of that item:



(1.00 X ((2 X 0.95) + 3.00)) + (0.00) + (0.00) = 4.90



For qty=2 going to Canada (if your Canadian rate is 2.00, for double the US rate):



(2.00 X ((2 X 0.95) + 3.00)) + (0.00) + (0.00) = 9.80