Australia Post Shipping Module 2.0

[RodG]

While the cost of shipping and handling has long been the number one reason why people abandon shopping carts, likewise, no doubt, a high percentage of developers abandon certain ecommerce solutions due to inadequate or difficult shipping (amongst other) modules.

How does ZenCart rank compared to other carts in this regards?

Within Australia, I am sure many more would adopt zencart if the available shipping modules were easier to setup and use, as well as being reliable.

Do you know of another cart with a more suitable situation?

ATM, I cannot install ozpost and continue to develop my site without ozpost spitting the dummy that I am not online.

This has saved me (and many new users) a lot of headaches. By making the code behave this way helps isolate install/network issues from functional/operational issues.

Fix this and maybe more customers will come your way.

It has just as much chance of driving them away. Why allow an apparently fully successful install when it still couldn't function in a jailed environment.

There is nothing preventing ozpost from being installed on ''localhost', as long as it has network access. To use this as an excuse is akin to saying that ZenCart drives people away because PayPal needs to be easier to setup and use, and be online to test.

Cheers
Rod

[dw08gm]

Rod

Your mod is the only one I am aware of that requires online connection to install. Paypal does not require as much and does not crash my site, therefore your comparison is a furphy. Once upon a time your mod did not require online installation and was never that difficult to install, as the forums testify. Then you changed the procedure more to suit yourself than your customers and subsequently experienced sales stagnation. You make it difficult to sympathise with you regarding insufficient or loss of patronage.

[danpoole]

This may be a silly question but where do you put in the dimensions of individual products on the products, I can see the weight but not where to enter the LxWxH. I see in the module there is a 'Default Parcel Dimensions' but nowhere in the actual product.

[bruce429]

Are these a couple of bugs?

Line 171 aupost.php
$parcelweight = $w * $q;
Should be
$parcelweight = $w * $q + $parcelweight;

In Line 191 aupost.php
$dims->fields['products_weight']
Should be
$w


Line 165 aupostoverseas.php
$parcelweight = $w * $q;
Should be
$parcelweight = $w * $q + $parcelweight;

Remove Line 167 aupostoverseas.php
$parcelweight = $parcelweight + ( $dims->fields['products_weight'] * $q ) ;

In Line 186 aupostoverseas.php
$dims->fields['products_weight']
Should be
$w

[Gyffo]

Hello,

I'm new to ZenCart and am struggling to configure the Australia Post Shipping Module. I've read through all the support I could find and I think it is configured correctly.

I am only using domestic shipping, either Standard parcels or Express post.

I have also converted over to using grams instead of pounds successfully (I believe).

The Plugin is reporting back a package under 500g to cost $5.80 rather than $7.20 (as per Aust. Post rates published 02/06/2014)
Similarly, Express post is reporting $7.98 rather than $9.90.

Note these are not Satchels.
When I enter packages over 500g the cost seems to scale up apropriately, but seems to maintain a constant shortfall of around 20%.

I have turned on Enable Debug and this indicates it is reporting the correct weights and size data. And as I understand it from the Forums, the size data should not impact these calculations.

Is there perhaps an issue with the data Aust Post is feeding?

All help appreciated

Cheers,

Roger

[balihr]

Roger, since you're posting in this thread, I must assume you're using this module... A friendly word of advice: forget that module and go for ozpost. It is a subscription based module, but the cost is literally negligible, especially because of the help and support provided by Rod. It will save you a lot of time and money (yes, money, because ozpost returns accurate quotes as opposed to this module).

I am in NO way affiliated with ozpost, but have a few clients using it and all are extremely happy with it. And, after witnessing Rod's support first hand and his endless patience with my client, rest assured that the monthly cost which is not more than 3 cups of coffee is more than worth it...

Regards,
Leonard

[bruce429]

I couldn't get it to work "out of the box" until I added ozpost's admin files, to add length, width and height to the products.

[buildingblocks]

The plugin page says this mod is updated for zen cart 1.5.1. I know zen cart 1.5.3 hasn't been out long but I'm wondering if anyone has this mod working on 1.5.3. We have a zen cart 1.3.9 using Australia Post mod and we are ready to upgrade to zen cart 1.5.3. Any reason for this to not work on 1.5.3 when it does work on 1.5.1?

[bruce429]

Just upgraded from 151 to 153 yesterday and the module is working. The update wrote over ozpost's admin files so I just reinstalled them and everything's OK.

[buildingblocks]

Just upgraded from 151 to 153 yesterday and the module is working. The update wrote over ozpost's admin files so I just reinstalled them and everything's OK.

Thanks for letting me know. It's appreciated.