Hello all! This zen cart is a phenomenal piece of software. Thank you to the dev team.
I'm having some difficulty getting the effect I am looking for with pricing bulk items using attributes to determine the actual quantity to be purchased.
For instance, let's say that I want to sell bulk nails, as you could once buy at your neighborhood Ace hardware store. I want to base my price by the pound for most nails, so I put in the per pound price as the product price, and 1 lb for the shipping weight.
The sticky part is that I added a dropdown attribute for different weights: 1/2, 1 (default), 2, 5 pounds. The most obvious way to set the adjusted prices and weights would be to use the "price factor" field, and put in the appropriate factor. However, this does not yield the expected result. Instead of a true factor, the following formula is applied:
base price + (base price * factor).
Something similar seems to happen for weight. Additionally, the dropdown attribute displays as follows:
1/2 lb (-0.20)
1 lb
2 lb (+0.40)
5 lb (+1.60)
instead of just listing the price:
1/2 lb ($0.20)
1 lb ($0.40)
2 lb ($0.80)
5 lb ($2.00)
I can kind of get around the problem by putting an "=" in the first field of the price column, but then the display has an "=" in front of the price -- 1/2 lb (=$0.20) -- and still adds the attribute price to the base price instead of replacing the base price with the attribute price.
I can work around the base price issue by making the base price $0 and setting absolute prices in the attribute listing, but I would rather set a standard base price for (for instance) 1 pound and then copy the attributes with factors from other products that are set up similarly.
Drop by the store and have a peek around if you are confused by the issue. It will become apparent if you add a product to the cart with a few different weights and compare that to the base price listed on the product page.
This first URL is set up how I would want the product to look, but the pricing doesn't add up properly:
http://kerstin.phpwebhosting.com/ind...roducts_id=192
This second URL has pricing that is working, but is difficult to tell from the product page what you're being asked to pay:
http://kerstin.phpwebhosting.com/ind...roducts_id=185
All other products have their attributes set up as a direct copy of the product in the second link -- but the pricing didn't always work out properly. Nothing is active yet, and no sales will be made.
I appreciate any and all offers of assistance!
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