Fixed product handling charge regardless of quantity?

[AbleMods]

My client just wants to charge an extra $3.50 for special packaging if a certain product is purchased. But they don't care how many the shopper buys, they only want to charge $ 3.50.

The product handling charge seems to work based on quantity. If a shopper buys a quantity of 3 of that product, the handling charge is multiplied by 3.

Is there any way to assess a 'flat rate' handling fee for specific products which ignores the quantity being purchased?

I couldn't find a way to do it without customization but thought I'd ask here for any other ideas.

[Katie]

Well, you probably won't like my answer, but you can assign the product to it's own warehouse and then add the handling fee as a shipping method for that warehouse only.

Just so you know, we are discussing ideas on how to improve the shipping feature so you can accomplish things like this without creating a separate shipment.

Here is a link to the feature request - https://ablecommerce.uservoice.com/foru ... ping-metho

One idea that we had was to create Shipping Groups. So, you can create different shipping groups (e.g. a group of compatible shipping methods) based on a warehouse. Then the merchant could select only applicable shipping groups for the product. We're still trying to figure out a way to handle the problem and are looking for feedback if you have any ideas. Of course, maintaining backwards compatibility is a must.

If Kits were more flexible and allowed you to add a set Quantity of some item, then that would work too.

Thanks
Katie

[AbleMods]

yea that's not going help unfortunately since it would generate additional shipments and shipping charges.

I'll add some thoughts to the uservoice entry.