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    Have a Drink Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    Hello Everyone,
    I am working on a store front that is similar to a floral delivery company where the products have a base price but also need to have an additional cost added to the product in the end based upon the zip code of the end user. Does anyone out there know if there is a contribution for this already? If not, can someone give me some direction on how one might go about this?

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    Would it not be possible to have a variable shipping cost based on zip code?

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    Have a Drink Re: Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    Yes, but the problem is that they don;t consider this shipping. They want it to be part of the product cost. What they are looking for is for the user to log in to see the prices. This way when the price is calculated it's based upon where they live and what zip code they are in. The price is mostly based upon mileage from the client site to the customer site.

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    Default Re: Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    Grandma and Grandpa want to send Tiny Tim flowers ...

    Saddly, Grandma and Grandpa divorced a few years ago, but are on the phone with one another looking at the flower shop to descide what to get ...

    Grandma lives 3 miles away and Grandpa lives 27 miles away ...

    If they weren't divorced before the fight over what price they see on the flower shop website ... they will be soon ...

    Are you sure this is best addressed in the Product Price vs the Delivery Charge?
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    Default Re: Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    Quote Originally Posted by kmedema View Post
    Yes, but the problem is that they don;t consider this shipping. They want it to be part of the product cost. What they are looking for is for the user to log in to see the prices. This way when the price is calculated it's based upon where they live and what zip code they are in. The price is mostly based upon mileage from the client site to the customer site.
    Is there a reason for not considering this shipping?

    Personally, I think that they will end up annoying and alienating their customers if they calculate costs based on zip codes.

    Prices online need to be transparent. Customers will be prepared to pay different shipping costs based on where they live. However, chances are they will not want to pay a different product price.

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    Default Re: Product Cost Based Upon Zip Code

    I think, as a consumer, I would rather know I am paying extra for shipping then wondering why the prices keep changing vs my ordering from Home or at the Office or hear from a friend that they sent flowers cheaper than I can ...

    I am not saying that you cannot write a program to do this, but you will:

    1 You need to have a table with zip codes to manage this pricing change

    2 You would need to tie that into the products_price

    3 You might now want to show prices until a person has created an account and logged in or they will get the wrong price to see

    The other way is to add a handling charge on shipping where the handling charge is based on zip code and added to the shipping charge ...

    You would still need something to determine what to do based on their zip code ...

    I cannot recall if there is a shipping module based on Zip Code that might help get you headed in the right direction on this for the shipping idea, in the Free Add-On Downloads ...
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