http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/ E-Junkie Forum RSS en-us Copyright 2013, 19.5 Degrees. All rights reserved. webmaster@e-junkie.com webmaster@e-junkie.com Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:05:35 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 09:00:48 GMT 681 E-JUNKIE 5 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/ http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/logo.gif 290 104 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:05:35 GMT
Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:37:40 GMT E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 03:59:12 GMT
these are my setting.

Small tube $65
Regular tube $125
Large Tube $170

I have an item where only 1 can fit into a small tube. So for packaging capacity, I have it set at 1.

I also have a larger item where 5 can fit into a regular tube. I have packaging capacity for that set a 5 and regular tube.

The smaller tube item should also be able to fit into the regular tube package capping it at $125. However, the calculator gives me $190. The only way it will give me $125 is if I change the capacity of smaller tube to 2 or greater. However, I feel this is a flawed way to do it because someone looking to purchase 2 of the smaller item will only be charged $65 instead of $130 since.

There should be an option for the user to decide how many "small tubes" can fit into "regular tubes" and how many regular tubes can fit into 'large tubes" to avoid this problem.

Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:52:35 GMT E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:02:31 GMT
I am definitely taking advantage of the tube calculation system. It is ideally what we need.

http://www.shineautoproject.com/specgt.htm

However, I can see how the product is limited by only allowing 3 different types of tubes when companies can have 5-10 different types of packages that can go into each other. Perhaps consider something more customizable by the user and you should have no problems.

I am using 3 boxes... but we have about 7 different boxes. Luckily the extra 4 boxes are small.


For example we have tube 1 at $65
tube 2 at $125
tube 3 at $170

All shipments within the u.s are capped at $170 because all packages will fit into this large sized tube.

However, if we have a small package... for example at $25 using the "small box" option...

The calculator will add $170 + $25 as boxes don't fit into tubes. It would be nice if can custom make more "tubes."

Envelopes and boxes are the same , so there are 6 of those, but only 3 tubes.

Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:37:11 GMT
Aside from packing-capacity consolidation behavior, the packaging container names, by themselves, don't affect how shipping rates are calculated -- i.e., USPS doesn't know or care what kind of container it's being shipped in. We just gave them names to be easier to keep track of which is which, vs. calling them Container A, B, C, etc.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:31:20 GMT
Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:57:09 GMT
Your question above is that for discounts or shipping?]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieNinja http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Sat, 9 Jan 2010 05:42:12 GMT
What does Max Cart items, ounces, and total items mean?

Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Sat, 9 Jan 2010 03:15:28 GMT E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Sat, 9 Jan 2010 03:08:40 GMT
Ken]]> E-junkie Discussions; ShineProjectKen http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:29:22 GMT
Then you can set your Domestic rate as 1.00, then set each product's Weight as what it would cost to ship each unit of that product.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:52:09 GMT
Gee, you're everywhere!

For some reason, it won't give me a shipping cost less than $1, no matter how microscopic the weight - i.e., .02 ounce

We are shipping leaflets which are 1 page of legal size paper folded to fit in a standard business envelope. Its conceivable that someone would order 1 leaflet for .25 and should only pay for 1 stamp postage, but I've been working over 4 hours and late last night and no matter how I configure it - it doesn't work right.

I am using the HTML code to place on Google sites - is it possible that the code is not updating appropriately?

I saw somewhere where the code was explained, and perhaps I could adjust it to get the right postage.

So using this calculation:
E-junkie shipping calculation
((cost per oz.) X (product wt. + package wt.)) + (package cost) + (handling cost)

for 1 leaflet, the cost per oz is 88 cents (.44 stamp for .5 oz), but for 1 newsletter, the cost per oz is 4.2 cents (.65 stamp for 1.5 oz) and for 1 lit package of 8 leaflets plus 2 other peices, cost is 20 cents per oz

Ugh! Help!!!

C]]> E-junkie Discussions; Solmn http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:39:27 GMT
If you would rather disable USPS postal rates, then just leave your zipcode blank in Cart Shipping Settings, and this page will give you some creative approaches to custom shipping calculation:
http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.shipping.htm

Note that custom shipping calculation can only distinguish Domestic vs. International destinations; we presently cannot define rates on a per-country basis or subdivide International more specifically. However, upcoming enhancements to our Shipping features are planned to add the ability to define per-country custom rates.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:57:18 GMT
Item Purchase Weight Container US Canad/Mex Int’l
SK 10.00 19 oz Priority Flat Rate Box 4.95 10.95 12.95
LP 2.50 3 oz Envelope .80 1.50 2.50
NS 2.50 1.5 oz Envelope .65 1.10 1.75
EN .25 .5 Envelope .44 .72 .96

Is there any way that I can get the system to calculate the appropriate rates? Greatly appreciate it if you could help me build the Excel spreadsheet - but even more to tell me where to put what values inside e-junkie.

Thanks so much - you're helping a non-profit that helps people.]]> E-junkie Discussions; Solmn http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:17:12 GMT
Thanks Tyson for all of your help! I appreciate it greatly and look forward to becoming a super-happy customer of E-Junkie just like everyone else I've heard of! :)]]> E-junkie Discussions; BigCatArt http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:03:14 GMT
((cost per oz.) X (total product wt. + container wt.)) + (container cost) + (handling cost)

For simplicity's sake I have left out the Quantity factor, which would of course affect the (total product wt.) factor, and to a lesser degree the (container wt.) factor depending on what packing capacities you set. The (cost per oz.) part would be determined either by a flat per-oz. rate you specify for Domestic or International shipping, or otherwise by standard USPS rates if you have your zipcode entered without any custom rates in Seller Admin > Cart Shipping Settings (we compare USPS First Class vs. Priority and apply whichever rate is cheaper). Note that you can "game" the formula by applying non-literal figures for various settings, so the formula adds up the way you want.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:27:50 GMT E-junkie Discussions; BigCatArt http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:19:08 GMT
The buyer never sees any reference to the type of container you've configured, and the types don't have any relevance to our standard USPS rate lookups if you're using that; you can actually ship in however many and whatever type of containers you wish. If you want to use the "Small Envelope" type to actually mean "huge crate", you're more than welcome to do that, and if your actual shipment can consolidate the order into one big box instead of an assortment of smaller boxes, you can do that too.

With one significant exception (which I'll go into below), our Shipping calculator treats each product type as shipping in its own, separate container apart from any other products. If you have Product A configured to ship up to 4 units in a Large Box and Product B configured to ship 2 units in a Small Box, a buyer's order for 1 unit of Product A and 3 units of B would include the cost/weight of one Large Box and two Small Boxes to calculate Shipping. Different products are not consolidated into each others' containers insofar as Shipping calculation goes; each different product in an order adds the cost/weight of its own container independently. Now, for the exception:

Our "Tube" container types can consolidate different products into a common container for Shipping calculation. The original idea there was that an order for small posters shipped in a Small Tube and large posters shipped in a Large Tube should just consolidate them all into one Large Tube. You can take advantage of this technicality to consolidate items for shipping calculation, even if you aren't literally using any tubes for real.

Products configured to ship in any Tube container will consolidate into the largest such Tube configured for a product in an order, up to the packing capacity specified for that product. If the example above for Products A and B were using Tubes rather than Boxes (all other factors being the same), then the shipping calculator would add your cost/weight for only one Large Tube, since the 3 unoccupied "slots" in A's Large Tube could be taken by up to 3 units of any other product that ships in the same or smaller Tube size.

Again, all this is only relevant for how Shipping fees get calculated and added to the order. However you choose to actually pack and ship the order need not correspond, and in most cases you may wind up slightly ahead on Shipping charged vs. your actual shipping expenses.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3053/pg/1#post13260 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:59:02 GMT
What I mean is - will the invoice say that the items were shipped in a "Large Tube" when the shipping is specified?

The reason I ask is because I'd like to be able to define each of the nine shipping packages as price and weights, but they are definitely NOT tubes - they are all various sizes of bubble envelopes, cardboard flat-mailers, etc. and it is extremely important that the customer does not see the word "Tube" as I never mail my prints in tubes - they are all shipped flat.

It would be great if we could name each category... for our own ease of use, something like the following:
1. Mini-Print Envelope
2. Mini-Print Box (fits 5)
3. Medium Print Envelope
4. Large Print Box (fits 8)
Etc...

I find it confusing to try to work around the words when trying to plan out all of my various shipping options...

Also - what happens if someone orders one large item (specified as "large box") and orders four small items (specified as "small tube") but these items would all, in fact, fit in the "large box". Are "tube" items prevented from being shipped in a "box" or an "envelope" as the categories are set up right now?

I've read a number of places that new updates are coming for the shipping - I'm new, so I don't want to pester you, but when is this happening? :)

Thanks for your help!]]> E-junkie Discussions; BigCatArt