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Originally posted by speedy007h
[B]Gargoyle: thank you!
What I don't understand is what other steps I need to take on the store owner's side. I mean, once the rates are calculated, if the customer selects that and proceeds to the checkout, he is given the total including tax and shipping and he can make the payment. I gues then the store owner gets an email about the purchase that was made.
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Does the store owner also get an email from UPS with a link to print out the shipping label or something? How exactly would this work? Since there are multiple options within the USPS shipping, how is the store owner notified of which method the customer has selected?
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Cant speak for USPS, because we havent done that. But with UPS and Canada Post mods we have setup, viewing the order in the control panel will show you which shipping option the customer chose. You can then follow your arrangement with USPS for pickup of the parcel and ultimate delivery. They should have the shipping label ready when they come to pick up the parcel(s) - there should also be an option to go online and print out the shipping label (though you will need their application and default printing labels if its anything like Canada Post) and place the request for parcel(s) pickup. You can also print off the packing slip from osCommerce in order to label your boxes properly until the courier arrives with the "formal" pslips
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Also, the store owner might be interested in restricting flat rate shipping for certain items and calculating shipping for other items. If I set the flat rate shipping option to true, it gives both flat rate and USPS calculated shipping rates. But the customer is able to choose which one to use.
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Yes, this is how it works
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How can we enforce that for particular items, there should be a particular type of shipping charge? or is this even possible at all?
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Many complexities involved with this. What if a customer ordered 3 products (2 which were theoretically marked for flat rate and 1 marked for standard USPS quote), which shipping method would you want displayed? Would you want it to default to USPS if the order total was greater then $x if there were mixed products (flat rate vs USPS) or would you want the flat rate applied to the products marked as such and an additional shipping charge for the other items (probably not advisable since the shipping totals would end up being too expensive for most consumers)
The short answer is - this is possible, but its a custom mod. I would recommend you search the oscommerce site to see if anyone has developed anything like this (though Im pretty sure I havent seen anything like this done)
Hope this helps
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