Checkout module - pricing postage by quantity

mercury66

Joined: 2005-07-11
Posts: 25
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 19:29

Hello,

I'm having a play with the checkout module on my test site and I must say it seems to be perfect :)

One query however, has anyone enabled the opposite of the discount process - my thought being to add an additional cost (for example shipping) per quantity of items?

My client is an event photographer, therefore customers will often buy images in bulk, so a shipping cost A up to 10 items, B up to 20 etc would be extremely useful.

Thx,
Ewan
 
alecmyers

Joined: 2006-08-01
Posts: 4342
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 19:42

You can code that yourself, if you want it badly enough. It's straightforward either to hack the code, or write an add-on checkout-compatible module that uses the interfaces provided in the checkout module to adjust the postage for the number of items. But nobody has done that yet. (Just think, you could be the first, and fame and glory would await you. Or not.)
 
mercury66

Joined: 2005-07-11
Posts: 25
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 20:52

Hello,

Thanks for the prompt reply - I love the sound of the 'checkout-compatible module', but think it may be beyond my, erm skills. (Fame and glory, not!)

Client I'm crafting website for might stump up for some development work over and above logo & theme I'm doing - do you entertain estimating on such tasks? (Probably not supposed to ask such things.. but hey. It's been a bad day.)

Thx,
E
 
alecmyers

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Posts: 4342
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 21:10

Indeed you can ask - there's even a forum for people to solicit commercial work - but I try to make myself unaffordable to encourage other people to learn the technical stuff themselves.
 
mercury66

Joined: 2005-07-11
Posts: 25
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 22:07

Ah - ok!
Good to know a module is possible though.

>> "...I try to make myself unaffordable to encourage other people to learn the technical stuff themselves."

That certainly shows a sense of style ;)

Thx again for your time.
E
 
nivekiam
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Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 22:33

Just to pipe in. A bit of the KISS methodology :) A "quick-n-dirty" hack for this could simply be to modify the template and show what the shipping would be for 1-10 items, 11-20 items, etc for anywhere in the continental US (if that's where your customers are primarily located for example). "International orders will be contacted with shipping costs at which time you can choose to proceed with the order or not."

I've seen lots of small ma-n-pa type companies do it in that manner. They've figured out the shipping charges are ahead of time and just have a simple flat rate type charge on their site with a statement that if you're not shipping to a place listed you will be contacted for exact shipping charges.

Not as whiz bang as something that ties in with UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc to get current and exact shipping charges, but it's simple and they can build in their "handling" charge as well to also help pay for shipping materials and their time packing the stuff up.
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alecmyers

Joined: 2006-08-01
Posts: 4342
Posted: Mon, 2010-04-19 22:47

It's only a two-line hack to change the way the postage is calculated. Doing it in an external module (that you can share) is the coolest way though.