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Christopher Short

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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