> OK, I figured out where to set the shipping values, and that seems fine
> except there is some confusion (for me) about the way freetrade deals with
> shipping and freight. When I add an item into the database I set
> a shipping
> value for it. The customer does not see this value until
> checkout. At this
> point they see the order_info screen which displays this shipping charge,
> but when they continue on to enter credit card info this chage has changed
> to become a freight charge and a new "shipping" charge has
> appeared for the
> shippingbytotal include. I set the shippingbytotal to be 0 on orders over
> $50.00 and intended customers to only pay a flat $5.00 freight
> fee for such
> orders. However the system seem to work backwards to that.
>
> The shippingbytotal module shoud more accuratly be called freighbytotal
> since it does not actually affect the shipping costs at all.
>
> Am I correct on this?
Well, it is confusing. Let me offer my explanation for how it works and see
if
it makes more sense. First, orders are charged shipping based on the total
of
the items. There's a function that calculates this value. And this fee is
always called shipping. Second, when you edit a SKU, you can set a special,
additional fee for shipping. This is added over and above the other
shipping fee.
Sometimes this is called shipping or additional shipping...sometimes it's
called
freight.
Why is it like that? Well, it's a legacy thing. It's the best solution we
could come up with at the time. We should change it in the next version.
Leon
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