Free Shipping Within US/Charge for international

[cuddlingwolf]

This has probably been answered a million times so feel free to direct me to another thread.

I want shipping to be free within the US (which I have working) but it says not available in other areas. I want it to default to normal shipping charges via USPS (shipping module already setup) if they are outside the US.

[Ajeh]

Make sure that you have the current USPS January 22, 2012 update:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191406

and make a Zone Definition with the DETAILS for everywhere that is not the US and add that Zone Definition to the USPS shipping module ...

[cuddlingwolf]

Make sure that you have the current USPS January 22, 2012 update:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191406

and make a Zone Definition with the DETAILS for everywhere that is not the US and add that Zone Definition to the USPS shipping module ...

My problem is not getting the USPS to recognize international orders.

My problem is that certain products I have are drop shipped by my supplier. There is no cost within the US for me, but I have to pay regular shipping costs if it is outside of the US.

In other words, I need to make these items Free Shipping ON CONDITION of them being in the US. Outside the US I need normal shipping costs to apply.

[cuddlingwolf]

Also I should specify that is only certain products....

Other products I charge shipping regardless of it is within the US or not...

I can't simply flag these specific products as "free shipping" and I can't tell the USPS shipping module to only work outside the US because either way I am shooting myself in the foot.

[Ajeh]

If you want to have Products that are Free Shipping for 1 Zone but not for others ...

Build the Zone that the Products ARE Free Shipping when marked Always Free Shipping ...

On the Products, mark them as Always Free Shipping but also add the Product Weight for those who do not get the Always Free Shipping ...

Then look at post #11 of this thread:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...t=shipping.php

Set the Zone id for your Zone Definition of the Zone allowed the Free Shipping ... in your case, this would be the Zone Definition that you create and define in the DETAILS to be the United States and the Zones included, and set the 21 to that Zone Definition for:
$valid_zone_id = 21;

So if your Zone Definition is 7 change the 21 to 7 ...

[cuddlingwolf]

I think I got it working, will do a bunch of tests to confirm.

Thanks for the help and HUGE thanks for the update on the USPS module.

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... hope this works for you ...

[JusMeJim]

Linda, I appreciate all the hard work you put in on the forum here. You've already saved me several hours. This "mod" will do exactly what I'm looking for I think, but I was wondering how you come up with the valid zone id of 21? I would need the code to cover all 50 states plus the territories.

The free shipping that I offer is actually anything that can be shipped as first class, so I'm able to include all states and territories since the price is the same for all those areas.

Just to double check.

I offer free shipping on some items but not on others, and the free shipping is ONLY for U.S. states/territories. All other areas would pay shipping on the items offered for free, and then I also have items that everyone pays shipping on, both U.S. and foreign customers.

So this "mod" should work for my scenario shouldn't it? And how would I find the code to use instead of using "21".

Thanks again for everything.

[Ajeh]

So the shipping that you need is:

1 ANY Order that is First Class ONLY

2 to the US - ALL Zones meaning US 50 States plus DC and ALL US Territories)

is this correct?

[JusMeJim]

So the shipping that you need is:

1 ANY Order that is First Class ONLY

2 to the US - ALL Zones meaning US 50 States plus DC and ALL US Territories)

is this correct?

Yes that is what I am trying to get. But I do need to have the weight on the item listings since I ship to all countries, so I'll need that to figure shipping for international shipments.

I was thinking I could do what you suggested in the "other post" that you referred too (post #11 in the other thread) if I could figure out the "code" for all 50 plus territories as opposed to the "code" for lower 48 only.