Big Royal Mail 3.0

[Draxwyn]

Hi Mark,

This is a great module, I have been using it for a few months and find it great that it handles the different product sizes for UK items, never had this level of control before and is really useful.

Now that Royal Mail are using the same sizes guidelines for international items as they do for mail travelling within the UK is there any chance of getting a large letter options added for international items of mail, I believe that it only affects standard airmail items as opting for tracked/signed for options the price is the same as tracked small parcels.

Also if an item has a minimum size associated with it of large letter then both large letter and small parcel rates are shown, I think this might be confusing to some customers, it would nice if there was an option to have it so that if the item would go as a large letter that only that rate is shown and not both as the customer is likely to select the cheaper option anyway.

~R

[brittainmark]

I'll Look at it. To see what's involved. The new rates should not be too much of an issue. Not sure about limiting to the lowest available. Give me a couple of weeks to look at it.

[Draxwyn]

Hi Mark,

Thanks that would be great!

~R

[Rizla]

Hi, I'm using Basic Royall Mail add-on but it appears to have lost support. Can I simply install Big RM to run along side but disable the my other add-on once set-up?

[brittainmark]

Hi, I'm using Basic Royall Mail add-on but it appears to have lost support. Can I simply install Big RM to run along side but disable the my other add-on once set-up?

This should not be an issue as long as none of the module names overlap with big royal mail. There will be a lot of modules in your shipping methods. I am currently updating Big royal mail to include Airmail letter and Large letter. So I don't know if you want to wait a few weeks while I finish my testing.

[Rizla]

Thanks for the reply Mark, Do we have any form of delivering to the US and abroad at present?

[brittainmark]

Yes there sre currently Royal mail Airmail small parcel and surface mail, and parcel force world wide global. I am currently adding Airmail letter and large letter. Also the Parcel force rates need to be updated as they have recently changed.

[himmon]

Hello britainmark and to anyone else who maybe able to help.

I seem to have an issue with this plugin and not sure what else to check.
Basically I have a clean build of zc 1.5.4, I've installed your plugin as per your documentation, made changes to the site weight to change from lbs to Kg and configured the built in paypal express api settings.

I've enabled and configured two royal mail postage options, one for local and other international. I've added the weight to the products.
The problem I have is when I add item to shopping cart, it displays the correct estimated shipping at the bottom, I then click the paypal express quick checkout button which takes me to the paypal page with the item but the shipping cost isn't added to the item total, I even proceed to login to paypal and it still doesn't charge for shipping.

Here are my settings for Big Royal Mail.


Royal Mail special delivery® next day ver. 3.2.3

Royal Mail Rates Expiry Date
The Date the current Royal Mail postage rates expire.
Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
e.g. 2012-04-02 00:00:01 or 2012-04-02
It is not necessary to put in the time.
Set this to remind you to update the shipping costs.


Enable this shipping option
If you need to adjust your shipping rates, you can use this option to disable it in your shop, instead of re-installing

True
False

Hide Invalid Shipping
Hide this shipping service if it is not valid (either due to exceeding the maximum weight or the min & max order values).

True
False

Tax Class
Use the following tax class on the shipping fee.
--none-- Taxable Goods VAT VAT Exempt

Sort Order
Sort order of display.


Minimum Order Value
Minimum order value in £ GBP for this shipping option.
Set to 0 for no minimum order value.


Maximum Order Value
Maximum order value in £ GBP for this shipping option.
Set to -1 if there is no Maximum


Insurance rates
example: 200:1.2 means values less than or equal to £200 would cost £1.20. to insure. 100+:4.5 means that each additional £100 costs £4.50 to insure.
500:0,1000:1,2500:3

Handling Fee
The amount it costs you to package the items and get to the post office to get the items into specialdelivery®.


Shipping rates to GB & Northern Ireland
Example: 0.1:1.14 means weights less than or equal to 0.1 Kg would cost £1.14.
0.1:6.4, 0.5:7.15, 1:8.45, 2:11, 10:26.6, 20:41.2

If you have any ideas, would greatly appreciate it?

Many thanks to you and all.

[himmon]

Here's my paypal express settings too for reference.

Enable this Payment Module
True

Sort order of display.
0

Payment Zone
--none--

Express Checkout Shortcut Button
On

Set Order Status
Processing [2]

Set Unpaid Order Status
Pending [1]

Set Refund Order Status
Pending [1]

Express Checkout: Require Confirmed Address
No

Express Checkout: Select Cheapest Shipping Automatically
Yes

Express Checkout: Skip Payment Page
No

Express Checkout: Automatic Account Creation
Yes

Payment Action
Final Sale

Transaction Currency
Only GBP

Store Brand Name at PayPal
IBW

Allow eCheck?
Any

PayPal Page Style
Primary

API Signature -- Username
us_api1.****.com

API Signature -- Password
****************

API Signature -- Signature Code
****************

PayPal Mode
PayPal

Live or Sandbox
live

Debug Mode
Alerts Only

[brittainmark]

I cannot see your settings for next day special delivery. Here are mine.

Royal Mail special delivery® next day Rates. Weights in Kgs. Rates valid until 2016-03-27

Big Royal Mail Expiry Date
2016-03-27

Enable this shipping option
True

Hide Invalid Shipping
True

Tax Class
--none--

Sort Order
170

Minimum Order Value
10.00

Maximum Order Value
2500.00

Insurance rates
500:0,1000:1,2500:3

Handling Fee
1.00

Shipping rates to GB & Northern Ireland
0.1:6.45, 0.5:7.25, 1:8.55, 2:11, 10:26.6, 20:41.2

For Paypal I use express chackout and these are the settings. I have obscured the ones that are sensitive.

Enable this Payment Module
True

Sort order of display.
20

Payment Zone
--none--

Express Checkout Shortcut Button
On

Set Order Status
Processing [2]

Set Unpaid Order Status
Pending [1]

Set Refund Order Status
Pending [1]

Express Checkout: Require Confirmed Address
No

Express Checkout: Select Cheapest Shipping Automatically
No

Express Checkout: Skip Payment Page
No

Express Checkout: Automatic Account Creation
No

Payment Action
Final Sale

Transaction Currency
Only GBP

Store (Brand) Name at PayPal


Allow eCheck?
Any

PayPal Page Style
Primary

API Signature -- Username
*****************

API Signature -- Password
****************

API Signature -- Signature Code
****************

PayPal Mode
PayPal

Live or Sandbox
live

Debug Mode
Off

Hope this helps