Different shipping methods for different categories

[Ajeh]

Providing that you are not using Always Free Shipping for anything other than these special products ... you can use this for any Product even those outside of categories_id 51 as this new way captures all Products that are Free Shipping ...

NOTE: you must turn OFF the setting in Shipping/Packaging for 0 weight means Free Shipping as now those products without weight would get counted as Free Shipping if this were turned on, so set this to NO:

If there is no weight to the order, does the order have Free Shipping?
0= no
1= yes

Note: When using Free Shipping, Enable the Free Shipping Module this will only show when shipping is free.

And change the code to read:

// bof: give categories_id 51 a charge of $12.00 per quantity
global $cart;
//$chk_cat_51 = $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','51');
//$chk_cat_51_shipping = $chk_cat_51 * 12.00;

// comment out echo below to not see it
//echo 'I SEE FREE SHIPPING: items: ' . $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_items() . ' price: ' . $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_prices() . ' 7%: ' . $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_prices() * .07 . '<br>';

// charge 7% on ANY product marked as Always Free Shipping
$chk_cat_51_shipping = $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_prices() * .07;

    $this->quotes = array('id' => $this->code,
    'module' => MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_TEXT_TITLE . $show_box_weight,
    'methods' => array(array('id' => $this->code,
    'title' => MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_TEXT_WAY,
    'cost' => $chk_cat_51_shipping + $shipping + (MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_HANDLING_METHOD == 'Box' ? MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_HANDLING * $shipping_num_boxes : MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_HANDLING) ) ));
// eof: give categories_id 51 a charge of $12.00 per quantity

I left in the old code, commented in case you need that later on ...

[aly22]

just realized that I neglected to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... glad that this helped ...

[MortalWombat]

Hi everyone

I've been looking around the forums for some time now, and thought this the best place to post.

I'm looking for a similar thing to the OP... my products are mostly drop-shipped, so I have a flat rate of $15 and $35, depending on the item. I also have a range of products that I stock and ship out myself, with shipping costs based on weight groups (up to 500g, over 1kg, etc.).

What I want to do is have the correct flat rate shipping method as the only option, as per the drop-shipped item (so one for $15 and another for $35), and then the same for the products I stock (for example, an option for smaller items at $6, another at $10, and larger items at $12).

Now, all the items are available internationally, with three zones and each with more pricing differences (where a parcel in Aus up to 500g, for example, costs X amount, internationals have strict weight groups, so up to 250g is Y amount and up to 500g is Z amount, etc.).

I had a look at using the ozpost module, as this would be the best option because it uses Australia Post rates, but it doesn't allow for custom shipping rates to be set, so it's not quite right for me.

I hope this is clear enough for you to understand and I am happy to offer anyone a cup of coffee who could help with this.

I look forward to hearing back from you,
Tija

[flipperry]

Now, all the items are available internationally, with three zones and each with more pricing differences (where a parcel in Aus up to 500g, for example, costs X amount, internationals have strict weight groups, so up to 250g is Y amount and up to 500g is Z amount, etc.).

As far as this part goes, there is a MOD you could use (in the free addons section) called "Zone Table Rates" or something like that. It's a combination of zone rates and table rates (both of those come with your initial install).
You could try that MOD out for this part of your problem (quoted above). You can set the Zone Table Rates to wieght (i.e. Zone1 10000:100% means that anything up to 10000 lbs, or grams, or whatever you have your site set at, would cost 100% of the weight.).
Then all you would have to do is put the shipping weight of your products as what it would cost to ship (drop-ship A = 15, drop-ship B = 35, and then whatever your on-hand products would cost). As your drop-shipped items sound like they are all flat rates per item, I hope this will work for you.
See below for what the setup looks like on the Zone Table Rates Mod. Notice that each "Zone" has it's own handling fee:

Enable Table Method
Do you want to offer zonetable rate shipping?

True
False

Table Method
The shipping cost is based on the order total or the total weight of the items ordered or the total number of items ordered.

weight
price
item
Tax Class
Use the following tax class on the shipping fee.
--none-- Non-Tax Taxable Goods

Tax Basis
On what basis is Shipping Tax calculated. Options are
Shipping - Based on customers Shipping Address
Billing Based on customers Billing address
Store - Based on Store address if Billing/Shipping Zone equals Store zone

Shipping
Billing
Store

Sort Order
Sort order of display.


Shipping Zone 1
If a zone is selected, only enable this shipping method for that zone.
--none-- Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Zone 1 Shipping Table
The shipping cost is based on the total cost or weight of items or count of the items. Example: 25:8.50,50:5.50,etc.. Up to 25 charge 8.50, from there to 50 charge 5.50, etc
25:8.50,50:5.50,10000:0.00

Zone 1 Handling Fee
Handling fee for this shipping method.


Shipping Zone 2
If a zone is selected, only enable this shipping method for that zone.
--none-- Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Zone 2 Shipping Table
The shipping cost is based on the total cost or weight of items or count of the items. Example: 25:8.50,50:5.50,etc.. Up to 25 charge 8.50, from there to 50 charge 5.50, etc
25:8.50,50:5.50,10000:0.00

Zone 2 Handling Fee
Handling fee for this shipping method.


Shipping Zone 3
If a zone is selected, only enable this shipping method for that zone.
--none-- Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5

Zone 3 Shipping Table
The shipping cost is based on the total cost or weight of items or count of the items. Example: 25:8.50,50:5.50,etc.. Up to 25 charge 8.50, from there to 50 charge 5.50, etc
25:8.50,50:5.50,10000:0.00

Zone 3 Handling Fee
Handling fee for this shipping method.

[neit]

After reading through the 26 pages of this read I not much clearer on what to do
some of the others issues are similar to mine but there has been no clear instructions.

I plan on selling 2 products on my website currently we are on selling higher value products:

1) Higher value products (category a)
2) Lower value products (category b)
3) Other categories combination of products in category a and b)


I currently have the clat rate shipping module cloned 8 times with different zones set to each clone.

My shipping prices are fixed for each zone no matter if its a higher value product or a lower value product I still get charged
the same from the courier.


For 2 of these cloned flat rate zones I offer free shipping on higher value products and we absorb the cost of the courier.


For the zones with free shipping we are unable to absorb the courier charges if a customer purchases a lower value product
only as we would then be selling the product at a loss.

So what I am trying to setup is a shipping modification
that will:

a) higher value product = shipping free
b) higher value and lower value product = shipping free
c) lower value product = shipping rate £5


Having read through the thread the nearest I have found to
what I am looking to do is this but I am not sure on this and
what code to edit.

// disable for one master_categories_id
      if ((IS_ADMIN_FLAG == false && $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('master_categories_id','17') > 0)) {
          $this->enabled = false;
      } 

[MortalWombat]

Thanks, flipperry - I'll look into that mod.

The only thing is that the items I have drop-shipped are shipped at a different cost internationally than nationally. So, for instance, if an item is shipped at $15 within Australia, it might cost $50 to Zone 1 and $80 to Zone 2.

How would this work with the weight being set as the shipping cost?

Another thing is how the mod would work with multiple items in the one order (this would mostly be for the items I stock).

For instance, a customer buys two items, each with a 'weight' of 10 (so $10 shipping each) - this makes the shipping cost $20 - but those two items can fit into a parcel that only costs $15 to ship.

Another example would be that a customer buys only one of the items with a weight of 10 and another with a weight of 2 - the shipping then would be $12 - but the actual cost should be $15.

So how would one go about these problems?

[stevelucky]

It looks like this is the thread to post this, so here I go...

Most of my items have free shipping in the US and a $2.99 flat rate outside the US. I'm adding some new items that will have a $4.95 shipping cost in the US and an $8.95 cost outside the US. I've got my 2 zones setup, but I can't figure out how to make certain items have the old pricing structure, while others will have the new, higher rate. Those rates are per order, not per item. So if somebody orders 3 items that are all part of the new pricing structure, they'll only pay a total of $4.95 US and $8.95 international, not that amount for each item.

Any thoughts on how I would accomplish that?