E-Junkie Forum 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, 4 Jun 2010 01:00:15 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:58:20 GMT 681 E-JUNKIE 5 E-Junkie Forum http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/ http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/logo.gif 290 104 Post #23 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 01:00:15 GMT E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #22 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:55:12 GMT
For the record, the zip code for the shipping origin must be filled in, even for a shipper that doesn't happen to be in the US. This is a known issue that will be fixed in the future, in the meantime enter any five digit code or your actual zip code if you are in the United States.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-JunkieMonster Post #21 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 23:29:17 GMT
For starters when I try to delete out a zip code from the "SHIPPING ORIGIN" it won't let me. Ughhh.... I'm confused! Thanks for the help!]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #20 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:58 GMT
Bear in mind that the Packaging Capacity you define in the settings of each product would determine how many separate parcels we'd be telling UPS are in the shipment, so that may affect the rate (e.g. 2 parcels weighing 30 oz. each may cost more than 1 parcel weighing 60 oz.).

"Price per unit weight" refers to a per-ounce shipping rate that would be multiplied by the total weight of each order, and "Price per unit" means a per-item rate that would be multiplied by the number of items in each order.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #19 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:23:35 GMT
There is enough spread that I dont have to worry about the cost of the package so I left those fields blank. At the individual product setting on the 100 Bundle pack product for example...I took the 2lb package that holds 25 gift cards and divided them out to get 1.28 ounces each. I then chose large tube and set my packaging capacity to 250 which is the highest amount of cards that would fit into a large container.

On the rate calculator section I choose UPS ground and compared with a live ups ground quote to say Washington state from the mailed from zip in Fl and the rates are off by about 75 cents on a 2.b box and then I tried comparing a 250 card order (13 lbs) and the cart is charging 21.79 and UPS.com says 15.35

Why are these rates so different?

If I build my shipping matrix out figuring how much each box will cost via UPS.com for ground, overnight, 2nd day what is the best way to game the system so I can get closer to my actually cost? Not sure what settings to choose in the calculator....price per weight, per unit.....etc?

Thanks]]> E-junkie Discussions; ETT Post #18 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:29:29 GMT
2) I don't understand how the matrix you linked relates to shipping charges? If you just set up your products with accurate weights in Ounces, then we can do a live rate-lookup for UPS Ground, but we currently have no way to lookup any other UPS rates nor any FedEx rates.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #17 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:52:17 GMT
1) under create new shipping rules is Min. Item Total field the total number of items or the total charge amount? And if I leave these at "0" are they ignored like the Max fields?

2) I need to set up shipping based on this matrix: http://www.eoutletcards.com/wp-content/themes/revival/images/Shipping_Weight.pdf

I would like to be able to send UPS Ground, UPS 2nd Day, UPS Overnight. I have configure the system several ways and have not been able to get it to come close to the rates if I go on UPS.com so I must be doing something wrong or its not possible to do it.

Can you point me in the right direction.

Thanks]]> E-junkie Discussions; ETT Post #16 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:46:41 GMT E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #15 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:51:15 GMT
PayPal Shopping Cart Contents
Item Name: SLITHER "LEFT TO ROT" Cassette
Item Number: TS011

Quantity: 1

Total: $6.00 USD



Item Name: SLITHER "HORRIBLE MUTILATION" CDr
Item Number: TS-008

Quantity: 1

Total: $10.00 USD



Cart Subtotal: $16.00 USD
Handling: $3.00 USD
Shipping: $4.00 USD
Sales Tax:
Cart Total: $23.00 USD



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The shipping should only be 3.00 for these items combined. Where is the Handling fee of 3.00 coming from (I set it to be 0.00 in my shipping calculator) and where is the 4.00 shipping getting factored in from? It should show up as 3.00..

here is a link to my store: http://www.tastysoil.com/store/store_main.html
thanks for all the quick help!!
-chris]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #14 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:57:33 GMT E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #13 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:58:49 GMT E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #12 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:29:56 GMT
The error saying "This product combination does not exist" would bear no relation to Shipping-related settings. It's usually due to an inaccurate Item Number in the button code or a missing Variants combination (which latter you aren't using, so that's irrelevant in your case). If you copy and paste the button code we provide for a product, and then subsequently change the product's Item Number, that breaks the old button code that referenced the original number. Looking at the Item Number pattern for your other items, I guessed that product should have the number TS-002 instead of TS002 which the button code has, and it looks like adding the dash would make it work. You can recopy and repaste the current button code for that product, but really you just need to edit the button code in your page, so the button URL for that product has TS-002 instead of TS002.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #11 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:57:01 GMT Every other item marked as SMALL/MEDIUM TUBE works fine with no errors.

here is a link to my page so you can see: http://tastysoil.com/store/store_main.html

The only other thing is that I am still having the ZIP CODE problem with international orders---when you select some countries from the list it'll automatically fill in "NONE" in the zip code place and update the shipping field, but other countries will not update automatically and make me manually type anything into the zip code area, then click update. --- I'm worried that my international customers will not know to do this, because there isnt a place that tells them to do this in the shopping cart. --is this a bug that will be fixed? is this something I set up wrong?
thanks again!!!!]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #10 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:54:10 GMT
Our Tube container types were programmed with selling posters in mind, so if someone ordered some small posters that ship in a Small Tube and some larger posters that ship in a Large Tube, it made sense to just ship them all together in a Large Tube. You can take advantage of this technicality, even if you're not literally shipping in actual tubes, to combine different types of product into a single container for the sake of calculation purposes. Items which are configured to ship in any Tube container type can consolidate into the largest such container specified for any item in the order, up to the max. packing capacity specified for that item.

For instance, suppose you you can pack up to, say, 4 LPs in a single parcel, but if less than 4 are ordered, you can fit at least that many cassettes or CDs into the unused space. We would then configure every LP product to ship in a Large Tube with a packing capacity of 4. CDs might be configured in a Regular Tube, cassettes in a Small Tube -- of course you would set up all your Tube container types instead of Box types with the cost/weight settings described earlier. If an order comes in for 1 LP, 2 CDs and 1 cassette, the LP's "Large Tube" container still has 3 empty "slots" (since we gave LPs a packing capacity of 4 in this example), so the 2 CDs and 1 cassette that are configured to ship in smaller Tube types can occupy those 3 unused spaces.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #9 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:48:18 GMT
I published the site and it works fine,
One thing i'd like to try and work out..if someone buys a cd by itself they get charged the cd shipping, thats good. If someone buys a cd AND a LP Record, then they get charged for the LP shipping, plus the cd shipping even though they can be mailed together because the LP box is big enough.
Is there a way for the shipping calculator to understand that this is ok to do and these items don't need to be shipped separate?
Maybe i set something up wrong? Thanks again for all the quick help]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #8 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:22:59 GMT I noticed that when i select some countries "none" pops up in the zip code spot and it automatically works fine with updating the shipping, then others nothing pops up and i have to manually type something into the zip code spot to make it update. Maybe its a bug in the system?]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #7 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:09:48 GMT
To test International shipping you may need to enter something in the ZIP/Postal Code field; entering anything there should work, as I don't think we can validate for accuracy there.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru Post #6 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:14:23 GMT I have my site all set up, but haven't published it online yet--when i preview the site (through rapidweaver) the carts work fine when i add an individual item, when i type in the zip code the shipping factors in and its all good. *But* when i say continue shopping and try to add another item in it forgets the first item. Is this due to the fact that i'm just previewing it without it really being published online?

Also, how can i preview the international shipping to see if it works? Every time i select a international country from the dropdown in the cart and click update no shipping gets factored in. Thanks again for all the help, i really appreciate it! :-)]]> E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #5 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:02:45 GMT E-junkie Discussions; TastySoil Post #4 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/3071/pg/1#post14510 Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:16:43 GMT TastySoilSorry to bug you again, i'm kind of following you up untill the point where you are explaining how to set the price:

Tysonset the Medium Box with a 3.00 Cost and a 4.00 Weight. Then simply Edit each of your products so they are set to ship in the appropriate Package Type with a product weight of 0.00.


I was basically "gaming the formula" there, and the figures I gave were just examples since I didn't know what actual rate you wanted. For the sake of demonstration, I presumed example rates per item of 3.00 Domestic and 7.00 International.

In that example, the Cost (e.g. 3.00) of a Medium Box will always be added for each item ordered that was configured to ship in a Medium Box. Since your Domestic rate would be set to 0.00, the box's weight would never add any extra charges for a Domestic buyer.

However, an Int'l rate of 1.00 would add a fee equal to the box's Weight (since $1.00/oz X 4.00oz = $4.00) on top of the Cost, so an Int'l buyer would be charged the 3.00 Cost plus the 4.00 rateXweight amount for a total of 7.00 for each item ordered that was configured to ship in a Medium Box.

Note also that these "boxes" you define to configure shipping in our system need not bear any relation to the size or number of boxes you will actually use when packing up an order; our containers are only relevant for making the Shipping calculation add up the way you want.

I'm not sure if this is possible, but here is a breakdown of how my friend has his shipping set, if there is any way to have this automatically happen through your service i'd be a customer for life..

http://tastysoil.com/picture-4.png

Now, i know there are 4 variables here (USA, CANADA, MEXICO, WORLD) so if that is too much for the cart to figure out i could narrow it down to have canada/mexico lumped in together.


At the moment, custom rates (non-USPS rates) can only distinguish Domestic (within your country) from International (outside your country). We are working on some enhancements to Shipping calculation that may soon add the ability to define custom per-oz rates on a destination-country basis. Our USPS rate lookup would of course give the proper Postal rate for the total weight of the shipment and its actual, specific destination (we compare First Class vs. Priority and apply whichever rate is cheaper).

Another question, is the shipping preference automatically chosen just by where the customer has their paypal address set up at? They don't have to manually choose anything do they?


Not quite sure I follow what you mean here, but if you're referring to the destination address, that is provided during Checkout. For PayPal this would typically be whatever default or Verified address they have saved in their PayPal account unless they manually choose to specify a different address.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru