John,
We are building shipping tables for one of our national distributor's sites,
but some smaller retailers don't want to spend the money to build those
tables into their sites. I've looked at AbleCommerce but didn't notice the
Able Shipper tag. I'll check it out.....thanks.
Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: John Fix 3rd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: shipping costs
> Laura,
>
> Since UPS only changes their rates once per year, you could always
implement
> a "local" rate lookup on your own rate data. Our Able Commerce
storefronts
> use a tag they created called Able Shipper. It consults rate charts on
our
> own web server and avoids the UPS site bottleneck. I don't know if they
> make this tag available as a stand-alone, but they might
> (www.ablecommerce.com).
>
> John
> www.cornells.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cold Fusion Newsgroup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: shipping costs
>
>
> Shane,
>
> We initially thought it was general internet traffic too, but this occured
> more than 50% of the time over a 2 week period and not always at peak
> internet times. That's when we contacted UPS. They now have these
> extensive "on-line" tools based on java, etc., that are just too time
> consuming to implement -- but, hey, they're free :)
>
> We're now trying to steer our customers to a standard shipping price as
> opposed to individually calculating shipping per order. Not all are happy
> with this, tho', so we are searching for alternatives.
>
> Laura
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shane Witbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:50 PM
> Subject: RE: shipping costs
>
>
> > I experienced the same timeout. Possible it was an internet connectivity
> > issue rather than too much traffic at UPS? I did a tracert on the
problem
> > and tracked it to Concentric.net today. Just a thought.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:05 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: shipping costs
> >
> >
> > Nice, so they create an API and document it but they don't want folks
> using
> > it? I thought too much traffic was a good thing! Hummmmm.
> >
> > FYI, I am trying to wrap a revamp of that tag, new CF_UPS tag does
pricing
> > and a lot more (tracking, comparisons of shipping options, etc).
> >
> > --- Ben
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cold Fusion Newsgroup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: shipping costs
> >
> >
> > We have experienced the CF_UPSPrice tag timing out when contacting the
UPS
> > site recently, especially in the early afternoon East Coast time. This
> > produces a shipping price of $0.00. When discussing this with UPS, they
> > strongly suggest NOT using this tag. It is sending too much traffic to
> > their servers.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Shawn Regan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:23 PM
> > Subject: shipping costs
> >
> >
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> > > Hey CF people,
> > >
> > > I want to find out what people are doing to calculate shipping costs.
> Are
> > > most people setting a global shipping price, or are they pulling the
> > prices
> > > from the shipping service and getting a price back based on location?
> > >
> > > Shawn Regan
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> > > <BODY>
> > >
> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey CF people,</FONT>
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> > >
> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I want to find out what people are doing to
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> =
> > > shipping costs. Are most people setting a global shipping price, or
are
> =
> > > they pulling the prices from the shipping service and getting a price
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> > >
> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Shawn Regan</FONT>
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