posted on May 22, 2006 01:58:06 PM
I am interested in offering calculated shipping with a handling markup for each of my auctions.
I have indicated under calculated shipping a fixed markup and a combined markup of all items (so that I charge a handling fee on each auction).
I would also like to offer a shipping discount (a percentage off) when multiple auctions are won. I have indicated this discount in Other Shipping Settings and have also enabled my shopping cart.
Since I am offering a shipping discount on additional won auctions,what should I choose under Calculate combined shipping based on:
Total weight of all items (e.g., to ship in one package)
Individual item weights (e.g., to ship separately)
I think I need individual items weights, since I am discounting a set percentage and don't want anything else combined. Is this correct? Will this work with calculated & combined shipping, or is there something else I need to do?
If you are going to do calculated shipping, then the discounts are not taken into account. (outside of offering to calculate it based on the total weight, which would be cheaper than calculating based on the individual item weight.)
Only fixed shipping costs will use the 'cost when combined' fields for providing a discount on orders.
