multiple postage discount

[christianstogether]

Hi my 1st post here and i've had my shop on-line for 24hrs
its brill well done

but i need some advice pls
i have managed to do the varying postal prices by doing the weight thing ok

but my 1st customer bought 5 of the same items and was charged postage 5 times
they haven't said anything but it was a small item and it worked out at £3 and only cost me 80p

is there a way to offer multiple postage?

same as if someone buys 1 item and then 1 other item from a dif catergory i'd like it to give cheaper postage as you can bag it all together obviously

many thanks steve

[kobra]

How do you have shipping setup?
What shipping module are you using?

[christianstogether]

hi have it set as the weight thing so i can charge dif postage for dif items

[christianstogether]

Hi what i would like is
item 1 is 60p P+P for 1
but if the bought 3 it would only be 60p P+P still
and then item 2 wud be £2 P+P but
if they bought 3 it wud be say £3 P+P in total
once i know how to set it up in can change it around if needed

i'm not actually sure how much postage will be yet
as i haven't got all my products yet

thanks

[kobra]

have it set as the weight thing so i can charge dif postage for dif items

my 1st customer bought 5 of the same items and was charged postage 5 times

Weight should charge for total order weight not per item ordered

[christianstogether]

i set up the weight unit because in the faq section i followed the instructions
it said about turning off the weight thing so it would charge dif postage for dif items
which is what i want
but as i said for some reason it charges it per item which is good if customers are only buying 1 thing

i have been reading about tables etc
but it's all quite confusing to a newbie

and i also looked at the royal mail module as i'm based in the uk
but alot of my website members are worldwide so i don't think i can use that
plus i don't want to offer dif postal services like next day, 2 day etc
i just want to post it

[kobra]

i set up the weight unit because in the faq section i followed the instructions
it said about turning off the weight thing so it would charge dif postage for dif items
which is what i want

What diff items??

Do you display weight in your product info page?

[christianstogether]

no the display weight is hidden now because thats what it said to do
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=208
this is the thing i am using

so instead of using the actual weight it takes the weight as the cost i presume

[kobra]

Keep weight settings as is
Play with table rate and a couple of test products or real ones

Create the weight cost table you need
Adjust product weight so it charges what you want
Test combined orders

[christianstogether]

sorry can you explain that a little better i'm lost now lol