AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

Is there a way for Able's shipping estimator to calculate multiple packages. I thought clicking ship separately would make it so if they ordered 2 it would be 2 boxes.

I am looking to make a good shipment estimator for number of packages, package size, and weight.

I am trying to find a way to accomplish correct shipping quote for one of my products.
1 Wheelset
Shipping from Zip 14814 to 90210 Using Published UPS Rates

Ground shipping $14.98
2 boxes at 8lbs total. (23x23x5 and 23x23x6)

If i quote ground as 1 box at 8lbs its $9.15 with no sizes entered. (but the box would be to big so i would have to enter the size)
If i enter in 23x23x12 as if i used 1 larger box.
Its $28.77

2nd Day air $118.48 1 box at 23x23x12
If i ship it as 2 boxes its $131.78

So for ground its best not to hit the over size of 5,184 cubic inches or they start charging dim
For air its doing to be charged dim for both small box or big box, so its cheaper to do one big box.


This is going to take quite a bit of coding to get my shipping quotes correct, But with out it shipping could be off $20 to $40.

I have customers who buy 6 products and they might ship in 2 to 12 boxes depending on the product.

The wheels that are one product are actually kits so that might help with them taking up 2 boxes.

I am going to need to have my developer work on this, Has anyone done shipping quotes with more then 1 package.

kastnerd wrote:I have customers who buy 6 products and they might ship in 2 to 12 boxes depending on the product.

The wheels that are one product are actually kits so that might help with them taking up 2 boxes.

I am going to need to have my developer work on this, Has anyone done shipping quotes with more then 1 package.

I have a product called Shipping Rate Rule Providers,

http://structured-solutions.net/Product ... LEPROV-BV5

So far it is only available for another e-commerce package. If it were available for AbleCommerce, would you consider it a viable solution?

It calculates shipping rates using rules that you define using a point-and-click interface. The rules are divided into 2 categories: packaging rules and shipping cost rules (they can be applied in either order). For example, you might have a packaging rule that creates 2 packages for the SKU that is a kit. Then a shipping cost rule that calculates UPS Ground separately for each package and presents the sum to the customer.

I have found that the Ship Separately function does work for the UPS estimator, however, it does not separate the packages on the backend of admin nor when a CSV file is generated via DataPort.

Has anyone found a solution?

just for information

Marking a product 'ship separately' does NOT create a new shipment. This
should only calculate the shipping amounts separately and then add them into
the total shipping costs.

Multiple shipments can be created for two reasons:

- The order contains items from more than one warehouse. One shipment created
per warehouse.

- The customer has selected multiple addresses for different items in the
order. One shipment per address.

mazhar wrote:Multiple shipments can be created for two reasons:

- The order contains items from more than one warehouse. One shipment created
per warehouse.

So waterjoe could create a warehouse for each product that truly needs to ship separately. Each warehouse could have the same physical address, and AC would put the items in separate shipments.

But if someone ordered more 3 of the same SKU, sent to the same address, all 3 would be put in a single shipment. Is there any way to configure AbleCommerce to create 3 separate shipments in this case?

Just to add my 2 cents. I have products that ship in several boxes. One product ships in three sperate boxes, all from the same warehouse and to the same shipping address.

It would be nice if I could enter #of boxes, weight and size of each in the product admin. I would have much better shipping estimates.

kwikstand wrote:It would be nice if I could enter #of boxes, weight and size of each in the product admin. I would have much better shipping estimates.

Be sure to vote for this feature request,

viewtopic.php?f=45&t=8582&start=0&st=0& ... w=viewpoll

Im not sure if that feature covers what he wants.

kastnerd wrote:Im not sure if that feature covers what he wants.

I agree--not everything--but it is a start. And he could add another request for the missing bits.

kwikstand wrote:Just to add my 2 cents. I have products that ship in several boxes. One product ships in three sperate boxes, all from the same warehouse and to the same shipping address.

It would be nice if I could enter #of boxes, weight and size of each in the product admin. I would have much better shipping estimates.

Dose anyone know where to start with improving the shipping calculations?