International Shipping

All I need it to do is if it is in the trains set catagory do not allow free shipping and follow all other shipping rules.

Do all the Trains use the same master_categories_id in the products table?

No They are separated By gauge.

Is there anything in the products table that is the same such as all the manufacturers_id are the same ... or how many different master_categories_id values are involved here?

My Master catagories are:
O gauge
S Gauge
Large Gauge
HO Gauge
STD Gauge
DVD's
Gift certificates

6 master ID's
no dup ID's in Sub Categories

These are my main categories there are some subcatagories that are the same such as Manufacturers, but if I could use trains sets as a main catagory and make the shipping not free and follow the shipping rules in place that would solve my problem.

You might need to add a new field for these Products that disallow the Free Shipping ...

I think you would have too many different ones to try to track manually in the code for this ...

That way there would be a unique field that could be tested for when it comes to what's in the cart ...

Ok I get what your saying but I really have no clue where to start I have been fooling with this for over 4 months I have gotten this far and this is my last hurdle.

I figured I would get more attention with the new thread since this is really not an international shipping problem.

I need some help

If you are not a coder, you may wish to post in the Commercial Help Wanted to have a new field added to your products table that can be used to mark products that need to be excluded from the Free Shipping method ...

Where would I start I said i know php I am just not fluent in it.

1. I add a field to my product db table

2. I expect I would add some code to create a radio button and the new field in my db. what file would I modify

3. Th have cart check this this field a diable free shipping.

If you were to do a search in the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... in the bottom input box for:
products_is_call

and select Admin from the dropdown and click SEARCH ...

you would see the bulk of where you need to make changes for a new field in the Admin ...

NOTE: Language file changes can be done in:
/admin/includes/languages/english/extra_definitions

to keep them separate from default files ...

Once you have the new field, something like:
products_not_free_shipping

being able to be added from the Admin, you can now use this field to count how many Products are in the Cart that are not allowed to be free shipping and use this to disable the Free shipping method ...

I am wanting to set up shipping so that US orders above a certain level are free. Then I need a flat rate for international orders. And I need upgraded (3 day, 2 day, next day) shipping for US orders as well. Would this mod accommodate that? Thanks!

So you want:

1 UPS to always run

2 On US customers, when the order is >= $XXX.XX you want an Free Shipping Option ... in addition to the UPS that is always on ...

3 International Orders only see a Flat Rate shipping charge ...

is this correct?

If so, you create a Zone Definition for everyone you consider to be the United States ...

NOTE: All Zones means All States plus DC plus US Islands plus US Territories plus Armed Forces

Install UPS shipping module and add your US Zone Definition to it ...

Install Free Shipping Options freeoptions and add your US Zone Definition to it and configure the Total >= XXX.XX

Next, create a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World ...

Then, install the Flat Rate flat shipping module and add this Zone to it and set the Flat Rate amount to you XXX.XX value for International orders ...

This should get the right shipping running for the right shipping zone at the right time for the right amount with the Free Shipping Option when it should appear ... :smile:

Awrighty, will give it a go! Thanks :) Amy

Ajeh:

So you want:

1 UPS to always run

2 On US customers, when the order is >= $XXX.XX you want an Free Shipping Option ... in addition to the UPS that is always on ...

3 International Orders only see a Flat Rate shipping charge ...

is this correct?

If so, you create a Zone Definition for everyone you consider to be the United States ...

NOTE: All Zones means All States plus DC plus US Islands plus US Territories plus Armed Forces

Install UPS shipping module and add your US Zone Definition to it ...

Install Free Shipping Options freeoptions and add your US Zone Definition to it and configure the Total >= XXX.XX

Next, create a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World ...

Then, install the Flat Rate flat shipping module and add this Zone to it and set the Flat Rate amount to you XXX.XX value for International orders ...

This should get the right shipping running for the right shipping zone at the right time for the right amount with the Free Shipping Option when it should appear ... :smile:

Ajeh:

You have the right idea ...

You should be using the Free Shipping Options freeoptions Shipping Module and have the Zone set to the US ...

Note: you will need to make that Zone to use it

For the per item, use the Per Item shipping and again you do need to make a Zone for all the countries except the US ...

Check that when you make the Zone, you are also adding the details to the Zone Definition ...

Example:
In Zone Definitions you would insert a Zone called something like: US Shipping

Providing you truely mean the entire US which includes the territories, islands, US forces, etc. you can add in the Details the Country United States and the Zone All Zones ...

For the rest of the world ... you need to add everything except the US ... which is rather a pain ... :cry:

Depending on how good you are with phpMyAdmin ... you could export the zones and build an import for everything and just delete the United States zone_country_id 223

I am trying to set free shipping for Singapore(where my shop is based) & per item count shipping for international (I chose some countries that I will ship to).
So, for the domestic free shipping for all items, how do i go about? set it in free shipping options or freeshipper? If by free shipping options, how do i set the value? as my items will be free shipping for all the domestic order no matter how much they purchase. It stated there, 0 value will make the module not working? Could someone shed some lights on this? Thanks.
I add on Singapore as one of the zones, because I don't find it inside. And I set the zone definition as DOMESTIC, with SG inside the details. Am i doing it right?

And now for international orders, I have to set up one zone definitions called INTERNATIONAL, with all of the COUNTRIES I wanna ship to in the details? or all the ZONES?

Thank you :-)

Instead, use the Free Shipping Options freeoptions and set the Total to >= 0 and keep everything else blank ...

Set the Zone to Singapore ...

Next, create a Zone for the Rest of the World ... and add that to Item Rate ...

NOTE: you may be able to find a post with the Rest of the World except for the US on it ... that you can install then add the US and remove Singapore ...

NOTE: FREE SHIPPING! freeshipper is designed differently than how you are trying to use it and will not work as it is for what you are trying to do ...

Ajeh:

Instead, use the Free Shipping Options freeoptions and set the Total to >= 0 and keep everything else blank ...

Set the Zone to Singapore ...

Next, create a Zone for the Rest of the World ... and add that to Item Rate ...

NOTE: you may be able to find a post with the Rest of the World except for the US on it ... that you can install then add the US and remove Singapore ...

NOTE: FREE SHIPPING! freeshipper is designed differently than how you are trying to use it and will not work as it is for what you are trying to do ...

I did all of the above. But when I tried my checkout in the online catalog, it says sorry we are not shipping to your region. How about the order total_shipping? should i set this too? and how should i set it? allow free shipping?

What i done wrong? :-(

I got it now, it was my fault, I set the admin/configuration/shipping packaging/Order free shipping 0 weight status I put yes...

Now all is working well, Thank u so much!

Thanks for the update that it was a setting for the 0 weight means Free Shipping in the Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ... causing the problem for you ... :smile:

Is there anyway to use this option of the zones to block users from NON US zones from buying from a certain category? Most of my categories are digital downloads but a couple require shipping of items. I am loosing money due to Paypal fees because I have to refund the NON US orders since customers cannot READ that I do not ship outside of the US. Any ideas?

The best solution would be to add a new field to the products table such as:
products_usonly

and add that field to the files in the Admin so that you can edit the setting ...

Then, you can test for that field based on what is in the order and the shipping address and prevent the checkout from working when the shipping address in not the US and Products are in the cart that can only go to the US ...

This would also allow you to mark the Products in the listings and product _info page as US Shipping Only based on this flag to alert Customers of this limitation ...

While it is not difficult to write it is time consuming to write this ...