Shipping by weight ... Domestic & International

[cameron]

I need to our shipping costs to be based on weight but have two different prices, one for domestic US and the other for International.

We use USPS for all our shipping but we're losing money since we're charging the same amount for domestic shipping as we are for international.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Erik

[Jim]

Are you using the actual USPS shipper settings or are you coding them into the ShopSite shipping options? If you are using the actuall USPS shipping options then the proper rates will be calculated based on where the product is being sent.

[cameron]

I'm not using anything just yet. I'm wondering what would be the best option. I think what I'm looking to do should stay as simple as possible.

Basically, I'm looking to have these shipping options.

13 oz & under in US - $5
13 oz & under WORLDWIDE - $10

14-26 oz in US - $10
14-26 oz WORLDWIDE - $15

27 oz + in US - $15
27 oz + WORLDWIDE - $25

That is just an example ... but its not much complicated than that. Can I accomplish this in ShopSite without a plug-in?

Thanks for the reply Jim.
Erik

[Jim]

Using the ShopSite Shipping by Weight would be the only built in way to do that. The drawback is that the shopper has to select which shipping option they want so they can select the cheapest one, which would always be a US option. YOu could probably add some javascript to the cart (if you are using a Pro level store) that would compare the country selected and the shipping option and not allow the US options if the country they selected wasn't the US. Then you would popup a message saying they need to select an international shipping option.

The other option would be a custom shipping add on to determine the country they are from and just return shipping options for that country. Custom Shipping add on is a Pro level feature also.

[cameron]

I have the pro .... where is this add-on available?

Not in the regular shipping section, right?

Erik

[Jim]

Commerce Setup > Shipping > in the field Custom Shipping > Configure Add On
Help documentation can be found at:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/10.0/en-US ... g.api.html

You have to write the application according to the api requirements. If you aren't experienced in this you might contact some of the 3rd party designers to have this done for you.
http://shopsite.com/partners-tools.html

[BFChris]

or, you could just use Lexiconn's Custom Shipping Module:

http://www.lexiconn.com/ecommerce/shops ... odule.html

It should do what you need.