[SOLVED] rules for weight and size

rules for weight and size 26 Jun 2014 15:02 #1

cas Topic Author	Hi, i have products with the same weight but with different shipping costs because of the size, some will fit in an envelope but others have to go in an package because of the size. Is it possible to make rules for this? Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.

rules for weight and size 07 Jul 2014 21:14 #2

Reinhold
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Unfortunately, the plugin is not tailored to calculate product-specific shipping costs (i.e. you cannot have product A have 1€ shipping per item, product B 2€ shipping per item, and the shipping cost of the order simply being the sum of the individual article shipping costs).

In particular, in the calculations you only have the total, maximum and minimum weight/length/width/volume/etc. of the products.

You can use higher shipping costs if the maximum width/length/height is larger than a certain value (these rules should also work with the free version):

Name=large, needs package; MaxWidth>=20; Shipping=5
Name=large, needs package; MaxLength>=20; Shipping=5
Name=large, needs package; MaxHeight>=20; Shipping=5
Name=small, fits in envelope; Shipping=1

Note, however that if you order 10000 small items, they might also not fit into an envelope, even though the rules above would give the cheaper shipping. Similarly, if you order 20 larger items, they will also need a larger box and cost more to ship.

So, it is not easy to give proper (mathematical) conditions when an order fits into a small envelope and when it doesn't.

Best regards,
Reinhold

rules for weight and size 08 Jul 2014 12:52 #3

cas Topic Author	Thanks for your reply. I will try and test some more with the rules. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.