Maybe www.goship.com would help....?
Steve
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Subject: Re: shipping costs
> 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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> > > >
> > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hey CF people,</FONT>
> > > > </P>
> > > >
> > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>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?</FONT></P>
> > > >
> > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Shawn Regan</FONT>
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