Variants and Shipping calculation

dpr1016 · Post by **dpr1016** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:54 am

Is there a way to modify the dimensions of a variant (l, w, h)? The problem we are having is that we are using "size" as a variant for certain products and we are using UPS as a shipping gateway. Certain shipping methods (namely next-day and 2nd-day air) seem to be using dimensional weight to determine rates and therefore it is not calculating the proper shipping rate for variants that are larger or smaller than the initail product.

jmestep · Post by **jmestep** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:25 pm

UPS keeps making their dim weight smaller and that was affecting our ground shipments also. We just added weight to the products to compensate and it really only affected customers using other than ground because we had free shipping on orders over $99. Maybe you can do something like that.

AbleMods · Post by **AbleMods** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:46 pm

Variants do not support product dimensions per variant - each variant shares the main product dimensions.

Without customization, Kits would be your better choice.

Post by **Logan Rhodehamel** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:06 pm

jmestep wrote:UPS keeps making their dim weight smaller and that was affecting our ground shipments also. We just added weight to the products to compensate and it really only affected customers using other than ground because we had free shipping on orders over $99. Maybe you can do something like that.

Yes, this is the only way I can think of. You can set the weight for a variant. If you can determine the weight used to calculate shipping (probably their online calculator would help with this), you can set the weight in this way.