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In case you guys don't get the shipping module upgraded with direct connection to shipping providers anytime soon, I'd like to suggest that you add a "base price" function to each carrier.

The reason being, is FedEx has three levels of service for example. Each of them charge a base price, then a price on the weight-basis.

Ground - $6 - 7
2nd Day - $10 - $15
Overnight - $20 - $30

A similar activity is also done by USPS, where they have a base price, and then by-weight is added.

So it's hard to provide additional shipping options via our website right now, because its calculation would be grossly inaccurate. This is only a minor issue, but in the future, it'd be great to see this, or even better the direct connection to carriers!

Thanks in advance!

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In case you guys don't get the shipping module upgraded with direct connection to shipping providers anytime soon, I'd like to suggest that you add a "base price" function to each carrier.

The reason being, is FedEx has three levels of service for example. Each of them charge a base price, then a price on the weight-basis.

Ground - $6 - 7
2nd Day - $10 - $15
Overnight - $20 - $30

A similar activity is also done by USPS, where they have a base price, and then by-weight is added.

So it's hard to provide additional shipping options via our website right now, because its calculation would be grossly inaccurate. This is only a minor issue, but in the future, it'd be great to see this, or even better the direct connection to carriers!

Thanks in advance!



I think that is a great idea. Correios in Brazil has three levels of service with two ways of charge in a price on a weight-basis:

PAC - normal time: Charged in two ways, Capital state to capital state and Other cities to capital/Capital to other cities.
SEDEX: Charged in two ways, Capital state to capital state and Other cities to capital/Capital to other cities.
SEDEX10: Charged in two ways, Capital state to capital state and Other cities to capital/Capital to other cities.

It could be a function in order.php to filter for the apropriate carrier if client adress be a capital state or no.

(Im sorry my bad english)
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