Fixed Shipping
From AuctionBlox
Fixed Shipping Setup
- From you AuctionBlox menu select Utilities then Fixed Shipping Table
- Select one or multiple items to configure and click Edit
- You will be presented with the following:
- Domestic Shipping Cost – Shipping cost for the first of the item to ship
- Domestic Additional Shipping Cost – Cost for each additional of the item to ship
- Global Shipping Cost – Global shipping cost for the first of the item to ship
- Global Additional Shipping Cost – Cost for each additional of the item to ship
- Enable Fixed Shipping – Click Yes if you wish to enable Fixed Shipping for this item
- Enter shipping costs
- Click the ‘Confirm’ button when complete
Fixed Shipping Module
If you select the shipping option “Use shipping charges entered below (specified in listing)” in your AuctionBlox listing then the following options will be used.
Shipping specified in listing – By selecting this, the customer will always be charged the amount specified in the eBay listing.
Fixed shipping table – By selecting this option, the customer will be charged the amount specified in the Fixed Shipping section of AuctionBlox.
- If Fixed Shipping is not enabled for the item, or the shipping prices have not been set, then shipping is set to 0
Other enabled shipping modules – If you select this option the customer will be presented with shipping options from your other enabled osCommerce shipping modules.
If you select the shipping option “Shipping calculated during checkout (not specified in listing)” in your AuctionBlox listing then the following options will be used.
Fixed shipping table – By selecting this option, the customer will be charged the amount specified in the Fixed Shipping section of AuctionBlox.
- If Fixed Shipping is not enabled for the item, or the shipping prices have not been set, then shipping is set to 0
Other enabled shipping modules – If you select this option the customer will be presented with shipping options from your other enabled osCommerce shipping modules.
The following options will be used for orders that contain ONLY items purchased through your store (No eBay items)
Fixed shipping table – By selecting this option, the customer will be charged the amount specified in the Fixed Shipping section of AuctionBlox.
- If Fixed Shipping is not enabled for the item, or the shipping prices have not been set, then shipping is set to 0
Other enabled shipping modules – If you select this option the customer will be presented with shipping options from your other enabled osCommerce shipping modules.
When customers checkout from eBay and add additional items from your store, the following options will be used to calculate shipping charges
Fixed shipping table – By selecting this option, the customer will be charged the amount specified in the Fixed Shipping section of AuctionBlox for ALL items in the cart.
- If Fixed Shipping is not enabled for the item, or the shipping prices have not been set, then shipping is set to 0 for that item
Other enabled shipping modules – If you select this option the customer will be presented with shipping options from your other enabled osCommerce shipping modules.
Set this option to True if you wish to have Fixed Shipping be the ONLY shipping option available to your customers during checkout.
Use this option to discount TOTAL shipping by a set percentage.
Use this option to charge insurance for items over a certain price.
(Default = 0; Insurance is offered on all items)
Enter a Cost Multiple to charge additional insurance past the base amount.
Ie: With a cost multiple of 50, a $200 item is charge the base amount plus the additional amount 3 times.
The Base Insurance is the amount to charge for the first multiple, the Addl Insurance is charged for each additional multiple.
Ie: A $200 item with a Cost Multiple of 50 would charge
2.20 + 1.30 + 1.30 + 1.30 = 6.10
Shipping Upgrade #1 – ADDITIONAL cost of shipping to the Fixed Shipping amount to upgrade to Priority Shipping.
Shipping Upgrade #2 – ADDITIONAL cost of shipping to the Fixed Shipping amount to upgrade to Express Shipping.
Shipping Upgrade #3 – ADDITIONAL cost of shipping to the Fixed Shipping amount to upgrade to Overnight Shipping.
- Leave blank if you do not wish to offer one of more of the shipping upgrades.
- If an amount is entered, the upgrade will be active for Domestic AND Global shipments
How does Fixed Shipping calculate shipping costs?
The module takes the (Domestic or Global) “Shipping Cost” of the first item in the cart. Every other item’s shipping cost is taken from the “Additional Shipping Cost” of the items.
For instance, I have two items in my cart with the following shipping costs:
Item 1 – Shipping Cost: 4.95, Additional Shipping Cost: 2.50 Item 2 – Shipping Cost: 9.95, Additional Shipping Cost: 5.00
The module takes the 4.95 Shipping Cost from the first item, and the 5.00 Additional Shipping Cost from second item for a total shipping of 9.95
- If you offer a shipping discount, it is discounted from this (9.95) amount
- Any insurance is added AFTER the discount is applied so you are not discounting insurance costs
Be aware that if the items are added to the cart in reverse order, the shipping is calculated differently.
Item 1 – Shipping Cost: 9.95, Additional Shipping Cost: 5.00 Item 2 – Shipping Cost: 4.95, Additional Shipping Cost: 2.50
The module takes the 9.95 Shipping Cost from the first item, and the 2.50 Additional Shipping Cost from second item for a total shipping of 12.45
- If you offer a shipping discount, it is discounted from this (12.45) amount
- Any insurance is added AFTER the discount is applied so you are not discounting insurance costs
NOTE: Many users have expressed interest in changing the way the shipping is calculated. In a future version the module will take the most expensive Shipping Cost first, and then add the Additional Shipping Cost for the remaining items. Once this is implemented the above examples would both yield the same 12.45 shipping cost. This will allow for slightly higher shipping costs and allow users to maintain better control on their shipping expenses.
