Advanced Shipping Question

[Drummer_si]

Does anyone know of a module that will allow me to do the following with Prestashop?

 

Say I have two products, A & B.

 

Product A has a shipping price of £10
Product B has a shipping price of £6

 

 

I want to charge the customer the highest single shipping price per order.

 

So if a customer orders product A, they pay £10. 

If a customer orders both products, they pay £10.

If a customer orders 2x product A, they pay £10.

If a customer orders 3x product B, they pay £6.

 

They simply pay the highest shipping charge of any products they have in there cart.

Thanks for any help you can bring

 

[tomerg3]

I am not familiar with any module that offers that, as this is a very specific requirement.

 

You would likely have to develop a custom solution here.

[PascalVG]

You could do it, when mis-using the weight of the products:

say all products of group A ($10) you make 1000g each

say all products of group B ($6) you make 1gr each

 

Make a carrier with price according to weight:

step 1: 0-1.000kg 6$    (N.B. the end value of 1.000 is EXCLUSIVE, so values 0 up util 0.999 kg are 6$)

step 2: 1.000-10000kg 10$   N.B. Begin value of step 2 is INCLUSIVE, so values 1.000 up to 10000 kg are 10$)

 

This will then work as follows:

When they order 1,2,3,...999 items of only B, it stays under the 1kg, so it charges 6$

whenever there is at least 1 product of A, it is 1kg or more, so it charges 10$. It then doesn't matter is there are also items B, as it is already 1kg or more.

 

 

Hope this helps,

pascal

[tomerg3]

It sounded like the OP had more than just 2 groups, and just gave that as an example.

 

While your suggestion will work if you have only 2 groups, I don't think it will be manageable for more.

[PascalVG]

Ah, might be. Drummer?

[l_raath]

Hi Pascal,

 

I have a similar problem to that... 

 

I sell Greeting Cards (lets say Category A) for $4.95 and candles (lets say Category of say $8 but also other items (Category C) that don't weigh as much as candles but are bigger in size.

 

My problem thus is....

 

I can ship 10 cards to a value of $50 for only $1.50 

but 1-4 candles would cost me $6.50 to ship.

similarly to that some other products might be 1 or 2 items will cost only $6.50 to ship.

 

How do i get prestashop to select $1.50 shipping fee for up to 10x category A

Select 6.50 shipping for 4 x Category B

Select 6.50 shipping for 2 x Category C

 

is there any solution for this.

[PascalVG]

I_raath,

What happens when more than 10 of A,, or more than 4 of B, or more than 2 of C are chosen?

What happens when say 4 of B AND 2 of C are chosen?? Just 1x6.50?

 

Pascal

[l_raath]

Hi Pascal, 

 

Thanks for replying.  

 

More than 10x Category A will still be $1.50 flat rate

 

If more that 4 of B or more than 2 of C are ordered ( or a combination of 4B and 2C) are ordered we will charge a flat rate of $10 shipping irrespective of the size then of the order (or multiples of orders).

 

I hope that makes sense?  

 

it's just important that I can allocate $1.50 for any amount in category A.

 

$6.50 for up to the value of 4x Category B and 2x Category C

 

any order above those values will then be $10 to ship

 

Thanks again for your help

[PascalVG]

I_raath,

What do you think about this:

Summary of assumptions:
Only Category A (Cards) any amount - - - - - - -> $1.50
Only Category B (Candles) 1 up until 4 pcs - - - > $6.50
Only Category C(Diverse) 1 up until 2 pcs - - - - > $6.50

"Grey area"
If 1xB AND 1xC ->6.50
If 2xB AND 1xC ->6.50
if 3xB AND 1xC ->6.50
If 4xB AND 2xC ->6.50 
If 1xB AND 2xC ->6.50
If 2xB AND 2xC ->6.50
if 3xB AND 2xC ->6.50
If 4xB AND 2xC ->6.50 

If More than 4xB OR More than 2xC ->$10
Examples for this:
If 5xB AND 1xC = 10$
if 2xB AND 3xC = 10$

Try out of solution:
A (cards) in any amount, so their weight doesn't matter, are $1.50. 
So we make them 0 gram, and step 1 of our table starts with 0.000kg - xxxxkg = 1.50

The grey area is here the problem:
Lets try this:
A = 0kg
B= 0.500kg:
C= 200kg

Then our steps look like this: 
step 1 : 0.000 -> 0.500kg = $1.50
Step 2 : 0.500kg -> 2.001kg = %6.50   (B max 4, 0xC)
Step 3: 2.001kg->200.000kg = 10$ (Bx5 or more, 0xC)
Step 4: 200.000kg - 202.001kg = $6.50 (B max 4, 1xC)   <-- trick! Go back in price
Step 5:202.001kg - 400.000kg = $10 (Bx5 or more, 1xC)
Step 6: 400.000kg - 402.001kg = 6.50 (B max 4, 2xC)    <-- trick! Go back in price
Step 7: 402.001kg - 90000kg = $10 (B more than 4, OR C more than 2 OR Both)


Example 1:
500xA, 3xB, 1xC
500x0gr + 3x0.500kg + 1x200kg = 201.500kg = step 4 = $6.50 OK

Example 2:
1500xA, 10xB, 0xC
1500x0gr + 10x0.500kg + 0x200kg = 5.000kg = step 3 = $10 OK


When does it go wrong:
If more than 400xB is ordered and not more than 2xC: 
Example: 
401xB + 1xC = 200.500kg + 200kg = 400.500kg = Step 6 = $6.50, not 10$.

(I assume you can take the loss, when selling over 400 candles :-)  ) 

(N.B. If you think you sell more than 400 candles, we CAN adjust it still a little to say 600 candles or 800 candles or so. Let me know if more than 400xB realistic.)

I haven't tried it out, but assume it will work. Don't believe Prestashop requires prices going up only. Only weight needs to go up...

 

Hope this does the trick! Let us know...

pascal

[l_raath]

Thanks Pascal I will give it a try and see how I get on with it.

[spc]

hello
First i whant to wish all on PS " Happy New Year ".

I have a store with mulltiple shipping cost.

A, 1500 products  - 69:-

B, 1500 products - 200:-
C, 1500 products - 595:-

And when they order A I whant the shipping is 69:-
And if they order A,B the shipping is 200:-
And if they order A,B,C the shipping is 595:-

In carriers i add :
0.000000 - 1.000000 = 69:-
1.000000 - 10000.000000 = 200:-
10000.000000 - 100000.000000 = 595 :-

Then the products that have 69 i add the shipping ( 0.001000 )
Then the products that have 200 i add the shipping ( 1.000000 )
Then the products that have 595 i add the shipping ( 10000.000000 )

I hope a have make this right, And if this is wrong, i hope someone can help me.