Re: eCommerce Questions

2007-06-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
3. Shipping Cost: I know there was an API for USPS but I can not find it.. (yes I hit Google). Does anyone have an API such as that or know of a services/place I can get one? I just put out my updated USPS API tool for ColdFusion as an entry in the CFUnited open source contest, you might find it

eCommerce Questions

2007-06-26 Thread Adkins, Randy
I have built shopping carts in the past for software and such but have never had to deal with shipping cost and adding taxes to the cost. So here are my two questions: 1. Tax Question: If a customer in South Carolina purchases an item from a vendor in Florida, what tax rate should be applied?

Re: eCommerce Questions

2007-06-26 Thread Max Hamby
Randy, In a nutshell, if the business maintains a location (office, store, branch store, P.O. box for incorporation, etc.) in the same state as the customer, tax should be applied and collected by the business. If not, it is the responsibility of the customer to determine the amount of tax owed on