Hi everyone,

I'm trying to read up a lot on shipping for Zencart, but I can't really make too much sense of the threads I've read.

My shipping plan: flat rates, but specific for each item. Will have both domestic and international shipping rates.

I've been thinking about table rates and zone shipping, but does not make sense to me. Our United States Postal Services offers many shipment options based on size, not weight, so I plan to use "weight" as more of a measure of size. Let me explain:

...If domestic shipping boxes are $12, I will say that a total of 4 weight can fit in a $12 shipping box.
...If 4 DVDs can fit in one shipping box, then each DVD will have a weight of 1.
...If 2 T-shirts can fit in one shipping box, then a T-shirt will have a weight of 2.
...If someone orders 2 T-shirts and 2 DVDs, that's a total of 6 weight, so it will take up 2 boxes, so the cost will be $24.
...If something is free shipping, then it will simply have a 0 weight.
...And of course, box cost would simply be increased for international shipping, since similar shipping sizes are offered for international shipping by USPS.

What do you guys think? Makes sense for Zencart?

-R