We ship the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update in a few different configurations. A single issue has one type of shipping container while multiple journals have a different one ranging from a large padded envelope to a box. The point is, you need to create a matrix of items, their sizes and their shipping options. You wouldn't ship glass with bricks, would you? If someone ordered a set of dishes and a set of weights then that should be two different shipping containers with different costs based on weight, etc. If you have differing products based on volume, weight and shipping methods/combinations then there is no way to generalize without putting extra costs onto the shopper.
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Mike Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > in the past i have calculated freight for a purchase either by number of > items in cart (clothing) or weight of product (assigned to each product). > > a new client (gallery store - paintings, ceramics, glassware) will run > into trouble with this model so i am proposing the following... > > each product is assigned a freight price by the administrator eg. local / > international standard / international express. this way at the checkout - > freight is pulled from the db dependant on the customers delivery location. > > can anyone see any problems with this? any comments would be appreciated. > > mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
