ozpost shipping module

[RodG]

It's very hard to find definitive information about exactly how this works. I saw references to unsubscribed users using only static rates, but I don't understand whether this is something within Ozpost or whether I should set up my own tables.

The ozpost module has the ability to quote on a cost per item, a cost by weight or a flat rate basis. This is/was desined to enble quotes to be obtained if the servers were unavailable for any reason. After the free trial period has ended the servers wil effectively be unavailable so only those static rates will show (unless you add another module)

As this thread is now 107 pages long I'd like to suggest a separate thread specifically about the Ozpost subscription issue opened with a clear explanation of what we get if we do or don't pay.

I suggest that the person making the suggestion might like to take up their own suggestion rather than leaving it to someone else.

OK back to my specific case. I'm still on 1.3.7, because it's all working OK and I don't have a lot of time to upgrade every time

Other than recently, upgrades only came around about once a year.
Recent upgrades have been due to the addition of more courier services for those times when items are outside the limits of what aust Post will accept.

and make sure that my little tweaks still work etc etc.

You must be thinking of a different module :-)

I thought I'd install the new ozpost module to see if there was more info about the licensing, but instead got the "node missing line 108" error that another user with 1.3.7 has also reported. Rod's advice to him was to upgrade to 1.3.9.

Very good advice I might add.

I started to upgrade zencart

You don't need to upgrade zencart in order to use the ozpost module. It has been confirmed to work with all versions of zen 1.3.7 up to the latestest 1.3.9e

but then realised that my shop is mainly for music downloads, and I send out max 5 CDs a month, usually less. It's definitely not worth me paying for fully functional ozpost

Yet I'm still happy to answer your questions.

The problem for me is not so much zencart version 1.3.7 as the ozpost module.

I beg to differ.... your zen 1.3.7 is an exploit waiting to happen.
All the shipping module will do is cause you to rethink your shipping methods and what is important to you.

I guess I can easily set "per item" shipping based on zone as it's pretty easy to calculate the cost of sending a single CD, but that does make it less likely people will buy in bulk.

As I say, you need to decide what it important to you. If this change means you will lose $5.00per month in bulk sales, then perhaps the subscription fee isn't so bad after all?

Or I could set up table based shipping and enter tables based on Aust Post rates. Anyone already done this?

That'll probably work, and someone probably has already done it.. There is also a resurrected 'Aust Post' module in the add-ons section that may be all you require.

Is this what ozpost will offer by default if I don't pay,

No. The expired ozpost module will not supply table rates, you need a different module for that,

so I don't need to set it up, just upgrade my zencart version?

You need to upgrade your zencart version because of security issues not because of anything to do with ozpost.

Cheers
Rod