cubecart shipping setup

[powerlifer]

Hey guys, the setting up of the shipping section of cubecart is just beyond me so im looking for someone to be able to do this that i trust and at a reasonable price.

any ideas who to contact.

cheers

 

[powerlifer]

this is the first store ive set up with a front usually i just send electronic invoice where i workout the postage individually.

My products will be based on weight from 0.100g right through to 10kg plus if the customer orders it, probably not likely to have many orders that high. I dont have a courier account but have used ones through the 3rd party sites what im noticing is for royal mail recorded for 6kg it costs £14 odd but i could prob send that with the home delivery network for £8-9.

really confusing stuff and not sure who to go to for help, willing to pay of course.

cheers

 

[CaterTrade]

Have a look at this guide.

http://www.acomhosting.com/quick_start_guide/set_up_business_processes.htm

 

[powerlifer]

Have a look at this guide.

http://www.acomhosting.com/quick_start_guide/set_up_business_processes.htm

hey thanks for the guide, i tried it this way via weight but it didnt seem to work.

i used 0.100:1.80,0.200:2.45 etc.

cheers for the help.

 

[CaterTrade]

I cant help much more as I dont have carriage costs on my products, but I assume you have actually put weights on your products and the Ship by weight module is enabled and free shipping is disabled?

It should look like this...

Once it's set up, sign up as a customer living in the UK (zone 1) and the shipping price will be shown if you add something to your cart.

 

[powerlifer]

hey catertrade cheers again for the reply, ok its now coming up after i go through the cart bit but the free option is still there for some reason, how do i turn that off?

is there some way to alter the code so i can add in abit alongside 1st class that says recorded.

cheers again

 

[powerlifer]

the weird bit is that also that the free option still being there, it doesnt really seem to calculate the weight accuratley, ill add something thats 300g and it will charge the 400g price or 1100g and it will charge just the 1kg price.

tried setting the 1kg out as 1.100: and 1.1:

 

[CaterTrade]

In admin - shipping, go down to the free shipping and click configure. Change the status to Disabled and click edit config. That will turn off the free shipping.

With the 0.100:1.80,0.200:2.45 etc bit, you've got to remember that the weight figures, in this example 0.100 and 0.200 are 'up to' figures so anything up to 0.100 is £1.80 and then anything between 0.110-0.200 is £2.45 and so on.

The text (1st Class) can be changed in the file /language/en/lang.inc.php (Line 2362), you might want to change other things in there like the word Cellphone. Download it via FTP, edit using Notepad or the like and re-upload it via FTP. Backup the file first though in case you do anything you shouldn't have.

 

[powerlifer]

you've been a big help man appreciate it.

My problem is still with the weights, theres no kind of inbetween weights there all 100g, 500g or 1kg. Someone the 1kg + 100g order is only picking up as 1kg shipping which is annoying.

maybe im laying it out wrong is it 1.100: or 1.1: as ive tried both.

thanks again

 

[powerlifer]

i managed to change the lang file easily that was a great tip cheers, although ill need airmail and express airmail written in there also is there only the ability to change the 2 values. As that would leave me abit scuppered for international.

 

[CaterTrade]

If you want to do shipping values in 100g degree steps then it needs to look like this

1:1.00,1.1:4.00,1.2:8.00

So Up to 1Kg is £1.00
Between 1Kg and 1.1Kg is £4.00
Between 1.1Kg and 1.2Kg is £8.00
Etc

It's working for me in my test install I just did.

 

[powerlifer]

thats working now man, seems to be going fine.

just want to say thanks again you've been a great help

 

[CaterTrade]

No probs

 

[gibby]

the cube cart basic shipping mod is not great.
I would suggest going on to either of the cube cart forums & looking for Estelles shipping mod as its far easier to use as it covers almost everything you will ever need

We have many shipping options & cc just couldnt handle them at all.
Estelle offers a realy good service if you need it installing or help.


G

 

[Miss Pretty Pink]

He works for Cubecart but also on another Cubecart help site,cheaper than Estelle,he's very helpful and not dear.
Actually ,it is quite easy to do.I do mine by weight...........it's just the code you need to set it up.
BTW that's for my other website.Not Pretty Pink Vintage Boutique
If you want his email address contact me.
Miss Pretty Pink

 

[FreelanceSoftwareDeveloper]

Sounds like you are sorted now but a couple of tips for anyone with similar problems.

1. Some carts have a fixed packaging weight, if set at 300g, a 1Kg item would be calculated as 1.3Kg shipping weight. Find the packaging weight in the admin area and set it to 0 if it's causing problems.

I've done this to use the shipping rates as 'boxes' for a wholesale site, if each box costs you £8 you can set the products accordingly. If a product is half a box worth set it at 0.5, order 2 with £8 shipping, 3 is £16 shipping

2. If you want to offer free shipping above or below a certain rate using 0.00 may not work, Zen Cart would say no shipping is available if you try that. If you use 0.001 it will be allowed and display as £0.00