Help with Shipping Please

[mblann]

I'm trying to setup some rules for shipping and am not quite clear how to do this.

My customer would like to setup shipping as follows:
(this is just an example, pricing would be different)

First, I need a minimum shipping.
Any orders $10 or less...add $4.00 shipping
orders between $10 and $20....add $6.00 shipping
orders between $20 and $30....add $8.00 shipping....

you get the idea.

My question is first...how exactly do I setup this?....do each have the same priority?
Also, the other day, they had an order from Japan, which didn't even come close to correctly figuring shipping cost.

Any help would be great.

If it helps to know, they sell fishing lures....so the packages are very light...only a few ounces most of the time, unless they buy the 100 pack.
This is why we were goning to try the above rules.

Thanks,

Mark

[Jamie]

Hi Mark,

If at all possible, I would highly suggest using either UPS or USPS real time rates, or both combined. That would be the most accurate method.

If you do go with shipping rules, make sure you think of the priorities correctly, as they are confusing. The larger priority number takes precedence. 3 overrides 2, 2 overrides 1, etc...Also, there is no "between" operator, unfortunately.

For your example you could accomplish it with these rules:

When Order Total is > $0, shipping is $4 (priority 1)
When Order Total is > $10, shipping is $6 (priority 2)
When Order Total is > $20, shipping is $8 (priority 3)

Now, if you think about this, all orders are over $0, so if you didn't consider the priorities, the first rule would always apply. Because we have the priorities in place, it doesn't work that way. If the amount was $15, the applicable rule with the greatest priority is the second one (priority 2).

Hope that makes sense!

Thanks,
Jamie

[mblann]

Thanks for the reply, I'll try this and see if it works for them.

Again, Thanks!