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4 years ago List of possible new shipping calculators we could use:
- free shipping only over a certain amount(order total, number of items, total weight)...should default to 0 or available to all orders (if set to 0, it would be the only shipment type?)
- cost per item
- cost per (unit of) weight
- table based by percentage of order total
As a note, we already have free shipping (always), flat rate (single cost for entire order) & table based (set $ amount per order total in ranges)
All our current shipping calculators either apply: a single cost to the entire order regardless of size/quantity (Flat), a single cost based on the total cost of the order (Table Based), a single cost based on the weight of the entire order (UPS/FedEx). And since we can only use one type of shipment per order (as with most ecommerce sites), when 'required/forced' shipping is used, it creates issues such as which shipment type/cost to use.
There is a need for at least one new calculator which allows the admin to assign a cost per item, either custom cost with each item, and/or simply a straight cost per item.
We also need some additional checking/enforcement of 'forced' shipping since you can set/force a shipping method/option, but it may conflict with other items ordered...and the cost/method applied to the order is simply the first/last item added to the cart. This doesn't necessarily mean we'll implement 'multi-shipping' methods (though the code is stemmed in), but may have to warn the customer (before and after selection) and not allow addition to the cart?