RE: Calculating Shipping charges...
Thanks to all who responded to this. I think I will use this as my solution and work on a "phase II" using actual carrier charges. I appreciate everyone who has helped me. Brian Yager President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group http://www.nacfug.com Sr. Systems Analyst Sverdrup/CIC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (256) 842-8342 -Original Message- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:38 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Calculating Shipping charges... One option that our customers seem to like is a tiered shipping model based upon price. It lets them define ranges on subtotal's and the price for shipping for that range as a percentage of the subtotal or a flat amount. I'm not sure why they like it so much, but it's easy to implement, and gives them a bit more control than integrating with the shippers. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 10:35:38 AM, you wrote: YBTCS> I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to YBTCS> calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the YBTCS> shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the YBTCS> shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to YBTCS> calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I YBTCS> appreciate any and all help on this. __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Calculating Shipping charges...
Thanks to all who responded to this. I think I will use this as my solution and work on a "phase II" using actual carrier charges. I appreciate everyone who has helped me. Brian Yager President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group http://www.nacfug.com Sr. Systems Analyst Sverdrup/CIC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (256) 842-8342 -Original Message- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:38 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Calculating Shipping charges... One option that our customers seem to like is a tiered shipping model based upon price. It lets them define ranges on subtotal's and the price for shipping for that range as a percentage of the subtotal or a flat amount. I'm not sure why they like it so much, but it's easy to implement, and gives them a bit more control than integrating with the shippers. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 10:35:38 AM, you wrote: YBTCS> I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to YBTCS> calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the YBTCS> shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the YBTCS> shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to YBTCS> calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I YBTCS> appreciate any and all help on this. __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Calculating Shipping charges...
You could maintain rate and distance tables for the various shippers and size and weight info for your products -- or do it the easy way: 1) set a minimum for each type of shipment (Overnight, 2nd day, etc), 2) calculate additional cost based on item price and/or number of items -- whatever makes sense 3) optionally set a threshold where shipping is free HTH Dick On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 07:35 AM, Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup wrote: > I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to > how to > calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is > doing the > shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner > of the > shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are > ways to > calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. > I > appreciate any and all help on this. > > Thanks, > > Brian Yager > President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group > http://www.nacfug.com > Sr. Systems Analyst > Sverdrup/CIC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (256) 842-8342 > > __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Calculating Shipping charges...
One option that our customers seem to like is a tiered shipping model based upon price. It lets them define ranges on subtotal's and the price for shipping for that range as a percentage of the subtotal or a flat amount. I'm not sure why they like it so much, but it's easy to implement, and gives them a bit more control than integrating with the shippers. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 10:35:38 AM, you wrote: YBTCS> I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to YBTCS> calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the YBTCS> shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the YBTCS> shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to YBTCS> calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I YBTCS> appreciate any and all help on this. __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Calculating Shipping charges...
Find out what the shipping charges/criteria are and write a function. Then call the function. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup wrote: > I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to > calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the > shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the > shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to > calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I > appreciate any and all help on this. > > Thanks, > > Brian Yager > President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group > http://www.nacfug.com > Sr. Systems Analyst > Sverdrup/CIC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (256) 842-8342 > > __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Calculating Shipping charges...
We've used the CFINTERSHIPPER tag from Michael Sheldon before. The Intershipper service is a supports UPS, FedEx, US Postal Service, Airborne, Bax Global, DHL, Emery, and Airnet.. The service seemed to be down quite a bit during the three years we used it, but it was nice. We could let the customers see all the options and choose the one they wanted. Check out http://www.intershipper.com and download the tags there. Dave - Original Message - From: "Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: Calculating Shipping charges... > I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to > calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the > shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the > shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to > calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I > appreciate any and all help on this. > > Thanks, > > Brian Yager > President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group > http://www.nacfug.com > Sr. Systems Analyst > Sverdrup/CIC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (256) 842-8342 > > __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Calculating Shipping charges...
I know that UPS bases shipping charges on shipping type (overnight, ground, etc), destination (in the US based on zip), weight, whether the destination is commercial or residential, and box size. Generally, if the box is not defined as oversize, you can ignore it. So, if you know the zips of the sender and reciever, wieght, and how you want to send it, you can calc the UPS rate. http://wwwapps.ups.com/servlet/QCCServlet?iso_language=en&iso_country=US lets you do it online, and I think there's a web service for it as well. I'd guess the other services are similar. --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software : -Original Message- : From: Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:36 AM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: Calculating Shipping charges... : : : I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as : to how to : calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be : "Who is doing the : shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the : owner of the : shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to : calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I : appreciate any and all help on this. : : Thanks, : : Brian Yager : President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group : http://www.nacfug.com : Sr. Systems Analyst : Sverdrup/CIC : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : (256) 842-8342 : : __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Calculating Shipping charges...
There are many ways to create shipping modules and methods for calculating shipping. Take a look at a few different shopping cart programs and see how they are implementing shipping. SiteDirector has a pretty robust amont of choices in our v2.0 and even more in v3.0... We came up with various ways from what various customers were looking for. I think at this point (v3.0) we have covered almost all the bases. Best is to look around at what everyone else is doing. Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign - Original Message - From: "Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:35 AM Subject: Calculating Shipping charges... > I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to > calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the > shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the > shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to > calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I > appreciate any and all help on this. > > Thanks, > > Brian Yager > President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group > http://www.nacfug.com > Sr. Systems Analyst > Sverdrup/CIC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (256) 842-8342 > > __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Calculating Shipping charges...
Check these links out. http://www.ec.ups.com/ecommerce/solutions/c1.html#tools https://www.fedex.com/solutions/go/Overview?link=4#shipping http://164.109.64.180/front2.asp <--- usps -Original Message- From: Yager, Brian T Contractor/Sverdrup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:36 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Calculating Shipping charges... I'm developing a shopping cart. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to calculate shipping? I know the first question is going to be "Who is doing the shipping?". The answer to that is "I don't know". Whoever the owner of the shopping cart wants. It could be UPS, Fed Ex, USPS...If there are ways to calculate all of these (based on some criteria), I would love to know. I appreciate any and all help on this. Thanks, Brian Yager President - North AL Cold Fusion Users Group http://www.nacfug.com Sr. Systems Analyst Sverdrup/CIC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (256) 842-8342 __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
