Christopher Short Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I am looking for a way to require certain items to be shipped via one carrier, while others can have a choice. Is there a way to do this? I sell hobby rocket motors online and certain motors can ship via usps(cheaper) while larger ones have to ship fedex ground. If I could set it up to force the shipping method if any larger motor is picked, it would make shipping hassle free on the customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I'm actually working on that -- slowly. As well as an "assigning" of customers against allowed payment and shipping modules -- slowly. So, there is a way to do this. It's a combination of the techniques where products can be assigned to coupons, and pricing and tax rates can be assigned to customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Short Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Cool. I'll watch for it on here then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Actually, when finished, it will be posted at the third-party forum at www.cubecartforums.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Short Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Actually, when finished, it will be posted at the third-party forum at www.cubecartforums.org. Any idea of the "slowly" timeframe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 None at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 You may be able to force which one you want for shipping by making specific choices by type of package. I was able to keep the Post Card and Letter choices from showing up in USPS by choosing non-machinable in the USPS module. What weight or item value specifically is your cutoff point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Short Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 You may be able to force which one you want for shipping by making specific choices by type of package. I was able to keep the Post Card and Letter choices from showing up in USPS by choosing non-machinable in the USPS module. What weight or item value specifically is your cutoff point? It isn;t either. It is based on the motor sizes. We have rocket motors from 18mm diameter through 98mm diameter. In estes for example, all of the A,B,C,D motors can ship USPS, but the E motors have to go Fedex. Then in Aerotech, The D,E,G and some H motors can go USPS, but the F and rest of the H plus I-N motors have to go Fedex. I also need to have the USPS shippable motors go Parcel Post, while Parachutes and kits ect go Priority Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Just to be clear: "Certain items must be shipped Fedex Ground. All others can ship USPS. I want to force the shipping method to Fedex Ground if any of these certain items is in the basket." So we need a way to simply flag an item as being "Special Shipping Required". Then add code to the shipping functions to look for that flag and lock out all other shipping choices. Flagging an item can be done with either of two third-party mods: * http://www.cubecartforums.org/index.php?showtopic=17088 (free) * http://www.cubecartforums.org/index.php?showtopic=16373 (more flexible) I'll start looking at the shipping code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Short Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Just to be clear: "Certain items must be shipped Fedex Ground. All others can ship USPS. I want to force the shipping method to Fedex Ground if any of these certain items is in the basket." So we need a way to simply flag an item as being "Special Shipping Required". Then add code to the shipping functions to look for that flag and lock out all other shipping choices. Flagging an item can be done with either of two third-party mods: * http://www.cubecartforums.org/index.php?showtopic=17088 (free) * http://www.cubecartforums.org/index.php?showtopic=16373 (more flexible) I'll start looking at the shipping code. Yep. If it is a rocket motor, it must be shipped USPS or Fedex, depending on the specific motor. The USPS ones can also go fedex, but not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Short Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 What about a way to make the customer select shipping method instead of having a default method selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 This solution to another problem might give you some ideas: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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