Multiple Shipping Methods / Options

[ElijahD]

Hi

i would like to offer my customers when checking out what type of shipping service they would like

i would like to have the option where they can choose
Regular
Registered
or Express Postage all with different prices

is that possible?

Thankyou
Elijah

[kuroi]

Yes. If you enable several shipping modules or use a shipping module that includes several options, customers will be shown all those that apply to the contents of their cart and where they want it shipped in the shipping estimator and checkout.

[ElijahD]

Can i just clone the per weight unit module as at the moment i am charging per item shipping?

Can someone help me clone it because i do not know how to?

[Ajeh]

How do you want the charges to be made?

If the different prices are based on Item count then clone Item Rate item shipping module ...

If the different prices are based on Weight then there are several modules, Per Unit perweightunit being one of them ...

If the different prices are based on a Flat Rate, then colone the Flat Rate flat shipping module ...

A search on:
clone flat
clone item

would give you the basic idea of how to do this ...

[ElijahD]

Each product would be differently priced i use the per weight unit module but i have it set to where i can price each item for individual shipping

[Ajeh]

Let's say you need 3 different methods of shipping and each product needed its own shipping cost ...

If a products_weight was set to 2.25 ...

Regular unit rate 1 would be $2.25 shipping
Registered unit rate 1.25 would be $2.81 shipping
Express Postage unit rate 2 would be $4.50 shipping


So using the Per Unit perweightunit shipping module would manage this if you set the products_weight for all of the Regular shipping charges ...

Then clone the Per Unit perweightunit for the other 2 shipping methods and set the Unit Rate to change the prices ...

The concept of cloning a shipping module can be found by searching on:
clone flat
clone item

I am not sure if there is one written up specifically on:
clone perweightunit

but the concept is the same ...

[ElijahD]

Thankyou Ajeh but is there already a shipping module that can do this? I mean is there already a module that can give you shipping options?

[Ajeh]

I don't know what method you want to use if you had only one of the choices ...

Shipping is usually based on:

Flat Rate
Item Count
Total (Price)
Weight

It is hard to say what might work for you but cloning a shipping module that works for you only takes a few minutes ...

I am thinking that the Per Unit perweightunit would work for you and just change the language file ...

Clone it, and change the language file ...

Clone it, and change the language file ...

Did you try a search on:
clone item
clone flat

to see how cloning is done?

[ElijahD]

I was looking at the Aust Post Improved Shipping Module bu tcan you use that for per item shipping?
Or do you have to use that module as a calculated by weight module?

[Ajeh]

I have never looked at the code ... most likely that is weight based ...

If you look in the code, you might be able to read how it is managing things but I would suspect that it is weight based ...