Issues with shipping - I am missing something simple..

[Sancho]

Hey all,

I am fiollowing this tutorial http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=208

but it is not doing what it should, I have entered 4 as the product shipping and its charging 9 in checkout... any thoughts? is there a step missing there or something else affecting the shipping... I am very mucha beginner to zen cart...

[Sancho]

anyone? :|

[Ajeh]

Check your Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ... and see if you have a Tare weight set, should be 0:0 and check if you have set the Maximum Weight higher, such as 5000 ...

This makes it work better with the Per Unit perweightunit shipping module ...

[Sancho]

Hey, thank you VERY much, this has done the trick nicely :)

Now, any ideas at all how to make it discount for additional items in the order? Probably keep the most expensive shipped item at the normal price, but then 1/2 each additional item's shipping cost? or any form or reducing the shipping when items are ordered together?


Thanks

[Ajeh]

The Per Unit perweightunit is based on total weight of the order multipled by the Unit Rate ...

This is not looking at each Product products_weight individually but rather as the whole amount ...

If you want to have a First item of a Product charge and then a new charge per Additional item of a Product, then you will need to customize a totally new module to manage this ...

[Sancho]

I was afraid you were going to say that :)

This must have already been done numerous times, does anyone know if a module that does this rather than re-inventing the wheel so to speak.