Shipping for first item of category, only

[froldao]

In my webshop I have free shipping as default.

Now I want to introduce a new category of articles and I want the buyer to pay a fixed shipping fee whenever he buys one or more items of this category.

I also have a fast shipping fee. When buyers choose it they pay a fixed amount, regardless of the quantity of products.

So, I want the shipping to remain free for all categories but this new one, and I want the buyer to pay the same fee regardless of the quantity of products, unless he chooses the fast delivery shipping, where he'll pay a different value.

How can I go about this?

[kobra]

If I understand correctly, you can clone the table rate for your "fast" ship that can be selected. Your "free ship" items remain free and your others are not marked as free ship when you create them

[froldao]

OK. How do I clone the table rate?

[kobra]

Search for it!!

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69665

[froldao]

Sorry, I tried it and this is not what I need. Maybe I wasn't clear.

What I need is for the first ordered item of a certain category to have a default shipping cost. But then the following items won't have shipping cost. This way the buyer pays the same shipping cost regardless of the number of items he buys.
But I want this to happen on one category of products, not all. So, it must not be a shipping option, but a characteristic of the product category.

[Ajeh]

What shipping method(s) do you use for all other Products/Categories on your site?