Hi,
I am looking to work with AC on a project that the standard shipping system is not likely to be suitable. I am not aware of a Shipping plugin or solution that offers a more comprehensive solution to AC.
(1) Products will leave from 1 location, that could be one of several carriers (postal service, UPS, Fedex, TNT, DHL)
(2) Certain products cannot be sent via certain carriers
(3) Certain products will cost more via a carrier due to packing.
(4) Carts may contain several products that have different shipping costs or carries and the most expensive will always override the others.
(5) UK based store that needs to work with Postcodes (not that different really from Zips/States)
(6) AC has Warehouses option, but this is a basic implementation I think when it comes to combining or overriding warehouses/carriers?
(7) Instead of making some custom code changes to shipping/warehouse etc, that necessarily will be low level. Would it be easier to create a custom shipping provider ( http://wiki.ablecommerce.com/index.php/ ... ng_Carrier and viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6651)
(7.1) In such a situation the admin would build the data that feeds the option/rates potentially from a pricing/options matrix....
Any general pointers would be greatly appreciated i.e. do not touch Integrating_A_Shipping_Carrier its hard work etc
Cheers