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 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:35:13 GMT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:46:41 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/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:35:13 GMT E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:26:31 GMT # Shipping Origin: select United States and enter your zipcode;
# Shipping Destinations: select United States;
# Leave all other settings on that screen 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 1 item:
# Shipping Rate Calculator: Flat
# Shipping Amount: 7.50
# Country: United States
# Max. Items in Cart: 1
# Leave all other settings blank or 0.00;
# Click Submit to save the Rule.

Shipping Rule for 2-4 items:
# Shipping Rate Calculator: Flat
# Shipping Amount: 8.50
# Country: United States
# Min. Items in Cart: 2
# Max. Items in Cart: 4
# Leave all other settings blank or 0.00;
# Click Submit to save the Rule.

Shipping Rule for 5-8 items:
# Shipping Rate Calculator: Flat
# Shipping Amount: 11.95
# Country: United States
# Min. Items in Cart: 5
# Max. Items in Cart: 8
# Leave all other settings blank or 0.00;
# Click Submit to save the Rule.

Shipping Rule for 9-12 items:
# Shipping Rate Calculator: Flat
# Shipping Amount: 15.95
# Country: United States
# Min. Items in Cart: 9
# Max. Items in Cart: 12
# Leave all other settings blank or 0.00;
# Click Submit to save the Rule.

You may want to create another Rule for Min. Items in Cart = 13 and no Maximum; otherwise buyers who try to order more than 12 items would be unable to check out since there'd be no Shipping Rule that applies to their order.

Then click Back to Admin, and you're done!]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:03:16 GMT
my "store" is ONE PAGE on a blog. just a few products listed on ONE PAGE. I copied the code,and pasted it on the bottom of the page...when you click on it, it opens the cart on another browser.

Are you saying to paste this code in my blog HTML code somewhere other than the page of my "store?" Sorry...again, I'm not a web person, obviously.

2-"e.g., you could just use the USPS Priority rate-lookup method to estimate shipping but still actually ship things in flat-rate boxes if you preferred to do that."

Question: That is the very first thing I did, but the shipping amounts were completely inaccurate, either way too high, or way to low.

3 - Flat rate per entire order (this can be set for quantity ranges like 1-4 units, 5-7 units, 8-12 units, etc., but too many quantity "levels" can get tedious to set up).

THIS MIGHT WORK?? How would I set it up if I wanted
1 unit @ $7.50
2-4 units @ $8.50
5-8 units= $11.95
9 - 12 items - $ 15.95

Is this too complicated? If I could achieve this, it would solve my problem because sometimes I use Priority without flat rate, and other times I use flat rate. This would pretty much cover the option. If you could tell me how to set this up..great..

My email is barbarads1956 (at) gmail (dot) com]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:28:07 GMT
Bear in mind that the method you use to calculate shipping in your cart doesn't necessarily have to match how you actually ship the order -- e.g., you could just use the USPS Priority rate-lookup method to estimate shipping but still actually ship things in flat-rate boxes if you preferred to do that.

In order to explain how to set up shipping calculation, we would need you to describe how you want your shipping charges to work in common for ALL your items on orders of ANY size. Try to keep it simple and boiled down to a common, consistent pattern, because the shipping calculator can't handle a lot of special cases and exceptions and variations very well -- it can't even guess how many of each item would fit in which size flat-rate box! I would recommend thinking in terms of one of the following simple, common approaches:

- USPS Priority live-rate lookup for the actual weight presuming everything would be packed in a single parcel for each order;
- Flat price per unit on all shippable items;
- Flat price per unit on all shippable items, plus a surcharge for the first unit (i.e., first item and each add'l item pricing);
- Flat rate per box holding up to X units of each product (note this would have the price "jumps" you didn't seem to like).
- Flat rate per entire order (this can be set for quantity ranges like 1-4 units, 5-7 units, 8-12 units, etc., but too many quantity "levels" can get tedious to set up).]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:11:44 GMT E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:01:48 GMT
Crap..so the percentage handling charge is not going to help me. I am not sure how to explain via email what I want to achieve. I want a flat rate for up to 4 of my items. Then I don't want shipping to double on the 5th item, but go up a specific increment, let's just say $3.00. And again, after 8 items purchased, increase shipping another $3.00. This would accomplish covering my expense plus handling for regular boxes and large when needed. Is there anyway i can achieve this. my blog is www.rawfullytempting.com you can see the (products testing) tab...

Thank you again. Thanks for the disable tip. I've done that]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:19:00 GMT
Make sure you have at least one complete block of your View Cart code on every page that has any number of Add to Carts. The View Cart code manages the overlay-style cart display "inside" your page, so if a page is missing that code, all the Add to Cart buttons on the page will work in "fallback mode" by displaying the cart in a separate window/tab, and that gets tracked as a separate cart vs. the overlay-style cart. If your blog uses WordPress, you may want to install this plugin which handles all this for you and makes it even easier to add our cart buttons to your site:
http://wpejunkie.com/

Also make sure you are using the standard E-junkie Shopping Cart button code we provide in Seller Admin. Do not use the "PayPal Cart" button codes, as they no longer work correctly due to changes at PayPal's end which we have been unable to work around, so those codes will soon be removed from Admin anyway. The standard E-junkie Cart button codes will show buyers a PayPal checkout button in the E-junkie cart.

You can temporarily disable your E-junkie cart while you're still setting things up, by going to Seller Admin > Account Preferences > "Make all items 'unavailable' for purchase till" and enter a future date in there. Then even if your site visitors find any buttons you've added, they won't work. When you want to test your cart, just delete that setting and do your testing, then put the future date back in there when you're done.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:21:02 GMT
Still wondering why the Percentage handling charge is not being added to TOTAL charge....]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:52:14 GMT
Yes, i have the View Shopping Cart at bottom of the page..so that should not be the issue.

I'm not a techie person..just a blogger, trying to make the most of my blog until I can set up a REAL webpage. I thought this program would make things easier for me...but I had no idea it would be this complicated to get the shipping correctly. I mean, I only have 6 products. 5 of these products are the same price & 1 (for now) is lower weight, but higher price. It would not make sense to double the shipping cost if someone buy 4 of the "same" product and then adds a 2oz 5th product on and the shipping goes up 8-10.00. I'm not sure how to resolve this with you when I can't leave the site live for any length of time. I"ll write to customer support. Thanks for your help.

Barbara

BY the way..what is the % of shipping handling charge? I would think it adds a specified percent handling charge to the TOTAL cart...but it's not working that way. I order (1) product 9.95 and it's 8.40 for shipping. I add another of the same product ....and the shipping stays the same. I set up similar to what you told me above with the package set a $8.00..but as folks order more product - i want a percentage for packaging to be added to the shipping charge..(more products, more packing material and time)...the percentage is not adding anything to the total..what am I doing wrong here now?]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:42:55 GMT
If you are testing an Add to Cart button on a page that does not also include a View Cart button you may notice that it is opening up in a new window -- that means that the Continue Shopping button just closes that new window. But if you have a View Cart button on your page the cart should appear as an overlay inside your site and the Continue Shopping button would just close the overlay but leave the rest of your site displaying normally.



As for your shipping situation, that would be the pricing result if you are using packaging costs, an order of 5 would be interpreted as two packages and charge $17.00. If you could send us an email to support@e-junkie.com with a detailed breakdown of what shipping costs you want to charge depending on the quantity or weight of a given order we can give you step by step instructions on some other options besides using packaging to determine the shipping cost of an order.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-JunkieMonster http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:13:34 GMT
I'll try your suggestion, however, my regular package rate is $8.50 because I need to send Priority. If I set it up like you suggest for every 4 items is $8.50, what happens when you go to 5 items? Is it going to jump to $17.00? That would not work.]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:47:46 GMT

I've taken a look at the shipping settings in your account, you are adding packaging costs on top of a USPS Priority mail shipping rule on top of a handling charge of 5% of total shipping. With so many variables at play in your shipping costs it is no wonder that you are getting unexpected results for your orders. It is not necessary to use all of these particular options together, it would be sufficient to use just packaging costs alone without a USPS rule or vice versa, and I'd recommend at least disabling the handling charge until you are getting the basic results you want.

If you could tell us what kind of cost you are trying to match we can give you more specific instructions on what to do, so please be clear in letting us know what you want your cart to charge.

Assuming you want to match USPS Flat Rate Priority packaging, it would be possible to use packaging costs alone to get close to that. As we've already explained, our system will not switch to a larger packing type based on quantity, it will simply add in another package of that type. So it would be best to use one basic packaging type and allow multiples of that to set your costs. It will be predictable and easy to explain on your website, something as simple as $5 for every 4 items ordered. Here's how to do that:

Go to Seller Admin>View/Edit/Delete Products:
# Select an existing shippable product of yours and click Edit;
# Click Next until you reach the Shipping Options screen;
- Weight: Enter the weight in ounces. Don't worry about how accurate the weight listing is because it won't actually matter for this method of shipping calculation.
- Package type: Set Regular Tube (the particular packaging type is not critical, just be sure you are using the same packaging type for ALL products)
- Capacity: Enter 4
# Click Next until you can Submit to save settings;
# Repeat this for all your tangible goods;

Go to Seller Admin > Cart Shipping Settings and set up the following:
# Shipping Origin: select your country 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;
# Set ALL package weights to 0.00. Set the price of the Regular Tube (or whichever packaging type you used for your products) to 5.000
# Click Next to save settings and proceed to the Shipping Rules screen.

On the Shipping Rules screen select and delete all shipping rules you have created. They will not be necessary.

Note that the USPS Priority shipping rule available on there screen does not get the flat rate packaging prices and always returns a different rate depending on the buyer's location. That's why you have been seeing different prices for different zip codes. If you want the same rate for all destinations in the US it is important not to select any of the USPS calculators for shipping rules (or just not use shipping rules as in the above instructions).]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-JunkieMonster http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:30:04 GMT Product A - 2 oz/Small Tube/ Capacity-4

Product B- 9 oz/Reg Tube/Capacity 10

Ship: Priority USPS
Small Tube/Cost 2.00 (it calculates too low otherwise)/ Weight - 3oz

Reg Tube/ Cost 3.00/ Weight - 4oz
Large Tube/3.00/6.00

I purchased (2) Product A (2oz each)
I purchased 4 Product B (9 oz each)

it was okay...but when i add 1 more of Product A (2oz) shipping goes from $9.40 to $16 and change.

What is the COST? Without them, the charge is only $5 and change, so I added to that, not knowing what it was and it seemed to balance the price, but not sure what it is. The problem is getting things to go from small tube, to reg, to large without doubling the shipping charge when you step over that parameter....getting better..but still not there..AND still changes with zip code....don't want that..

Thanks so much for your help...i sure hope I can get this working.]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:59:03 GMT E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:17:37 GMT
sigh...

This really is not easy! It's now 3 days into my subscription and I still don't have my store up and running!

And what do I set shipping method as???]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:08:57 GMT
However, if you specify Tubes rather than Boxes, then items configured to ship in smaller tubes can take up unused capacity with other items that ship in the same or larger size of Tube -- e.g., if Product A ships in a Small Tube, and Product B ships in a Large Tube with a Capacity of 2, then an order for 1 unit each of A and B would ship together in just 1 Large Tube, as 1 unit of A can occupy the vacancy in B's Large Tube. You can do this configuration even if you're not literally packing your items in actual tubes.

Also, the Weight of each packaging type in Seller Admin > Cart Shipping Settings should be the EMPTY weight of that container, including any typical packing/padding material but no actual product items. The weight of every item in the buyer's order gets added up along with the respective empty weights of any packaging used, then that total weight and the number of separate parcels gets submitted to USPS.com to obtain a rate. To that rate, we then add any Costs you've defined for the packaging used, plus any Handling charge you've defined. If you change any of these Cart Shipping Settings, you can click Next on that screen to save changes, then just click Back to Admin.]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:52:16 GMT
I did that and when I tested the cart, it did not work. For instance - I'd set capacity for 4 in the Regular Box. If you order 5 - it should convert to the Large Box, but instead, it DOUBLED the shipping cost of 1 Regular Box. You'd go from 4 items at 10.95 shipping and jump to like $22.00 shipping by adding one more item. It did not seem to convert to the next size box. I've puttered around so much now, I'm totally confused. If you could explain to me how to do the manual process, I'd be happy to try that...right now, I'm feeling really stupid!!!! I tried upping the capacity and then I'd get weird results. I'd checkout 1 item and get the shipping rate, then add an item and it would go up a reasonable amount. Then I'd place a 3rd item and 4th and there was NO CHANGE, then I'd add a 5th item and the price would double. I've been to the help page prior to writing...so I guess I'm still confused. All help appreciated.]]> E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:25:50 GMT
Otherwise, make sure you set up the Shipping Options in each product's settings with an accurate Packaging Capacity for the number of units of that product that can fit in the selected Packaging Type. Items configured to ship in the same Packaging Type can share unused capacity in each others' containers -- e.g., if you have two products that ship in a Regular Box with capacity of 2, then an order for 1 of each item would obtain a shipping rate assuming both items are being shipped in a single box together. If you would prefer to have us lookup USPS rates assuming that all items in every order will always be shipped together in a single parcel, just set every product to use the same Packaging Type and set their Packaging Capacity to some absurdly high quantity like 9999.

This help page explains our shipping settings in more detail:
http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/help.shipping.htm]]> E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:01:46 GMT E-junkie Discussions; barbarads http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 http://www.e-junkie.com/bb/topic/5068/pg/1#post17208 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:18:11 GMT E-junkie Discussions; E-junkieGuru