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#1 smoreton

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Posted 03 November 2009, 21:44

Hi _ I'm new to OS comm and this forum and would appreciate some help.

I have a number of items each with different shipping costs
i.e

Drill £39.99 + £6.75 shipping
Drill2 £39.99 + £4.00 shipping
Screwdriver £1.95 + £1.00 shipping etc etc

Can anyone tell me how I set up my shop to incorporate this? I have looked but find it all very confusing!

Also, is it possible to import everything from my ebay shop (which has correct postage for each item) into os comm?


Many thanks for any help you can give.

#2 smoreton

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Posted 03 November 2009, 23:28

Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks

#3 smoreton

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Posted 05 November 2009, 10:46

Am I doing something wrong? Can anyone help ?

#4 Rubin Remus

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Posted 05 November 2009, 11:22

Hi there,

I noticed nobody had answered, so I'll give you some information, as limited as it may be!

As far as I know there's not a method to import anything from eBay, but I may be wrong.

I'm assuming that the difference in shipping costs is either related to weight or value, there are modules out there that can help you with this. If you look under the shipping module contributions, you should be able to find what you're after, and most give very comprehensive instructions.

I'm sorry that I can't be much more use than this, but hopefully it'll be of some use to you.

All the best,

RR

#5 burt

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Posted 05 November 2009, 12:35

A way (not the best way, but it's easy to do):

Drill £39.99 + £6.75 shipping
Drill2 £39.99 + £4.00 shipping
Screwdriver £1.95 + £1.00 shipping etc etc



Give the drill a weight of 6.75 units
Give the drill2 a weight of 4
Give teh screwdriver a weight of 1

Now do shipping by weight, and give each weight unit a cost of £1.
Me page.

#6 Xpajun

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Posted 05 November 2009, 13:00

View Postsmoreton, on 03 November 2009, 21:44, said:



Also, is it possible to import everything from my ebay shop (which has correct postage for each item) into os comm?


Many thanks for any help you can give.

There probably is but it will depend on getting the csv from eBay - I know there is a program for linking eBay sales to an osCommerce store but I reckon that it's too expensive unless you have a large turnover and high prices :rolleyes: I do know the program is open source though...

#7 ironmon1

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Posted 05 November 2009, 16:34

View Postburt, on 05 November 2009, 12:35, said:

A way (not the best way, but it's easy to do):

Drill £39.99 + £6.75 shipping
Drill2 £39.99 + £4.00 shipping
Screwdriver £1.95 + £1.00 shipping etc etc



Give the drill a weight of 6.75 units
Give the drill2 a weight of 4
Give teh screwdriver a weight of 1

Now do shipping by weight, and give each weight unit a cost of £1.


Hi, Ive tried doing this but my shopping cart always shows the table rate as £0.00

#8 Xpajun

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Posted 08 November 2009, 11:50

If you go to admin>>configuration>>shipping/packaging and set the follow like so:

Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship 25000 (this is normally the max you ship in kilos or pounds)
Package Tare weight. 0
Larger packages - percentage increase. 0

#9 ironmon1

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Posted 11 November 2009, 15:41

View PostXpajun, on 08 November 2009, 11:50, said:

If you go to admin>>configuration>>shipping/packaging and set the follow like so:

Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship 25000 (this is normally the max you ship in kilos or pounds)
Package Tare weight. 0
Larger packages - percentage increase. 0


Finally got it, yippee!! :)

#10 cherubrock74

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Posted 26 November 2009, 15:14

View Postironmon1, on 11 November 2009, 15:41, said:

Finally got it, yippee!! :)

Hi
can you help me? I am trying to have the shipping rate table to work but mine still shows $0.00
how did you manage to have it working?

I did what Xpajun suggested but no luck...

#11 zozobo1

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Posted 05 January 2010, 15:23

View Postcherubrock74, on 26 November 2009, 15:14, said:

Hi
can you help me? I am trying to have the shipping rate table to work but mine still shows $0.00
how did you manage to have it working?

I did what Xpajun suggested but no luck...


I'm at the same point. I did what Zpanjun suggested and no luck also. Have you figured a fix to this yet.