Re: International Orders
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18430
interpreted = N
texte = That would be even easier than weight. the subtotal is already calculated. You just need to have a formula for each shipping region (shipcost/subtotal) in a table and do lookups based upon ship to country. You also need a way of assigning each country to a region.Sandy>There is just one other thing I failed to mention, we do not have the >weight of the package entered into our database. Ideally we would like to >base it on the total dollar amount for the order. Is this possible? > >Jeff > >Sandra L. Pitner wrote: > >> >We are accepting international orders on our web site where we sell >> >sporting goods. We take quite a few international orders, but we have >> >to single out these orders because we cannot apply proper international >> >shipping and handling rates to these orders on the fly (like we do for >> >US domestic orders). We pull these orders out, calculate shipping >> >charges, then contact the customer with an adjusted total for them to >> >approve. If they approve, we tack on the total (manually) and process >> >the order. >> > >> >There has got to be a better way. Has anyone out there come up with a >> >WebCat solution to this problem? >> > >> >Thanks! >> >Jeff Grady >> > >> > >> >> Look at www.musicianstore.com. We charge by weight of package. We >> divided up world into regions that share shipping charges/weight. We >> also give choice of slow boat, air or express. It works pretty well, we >> get lots of international orders. The caveat is the shipping time. >> Customs can hold onto packages for a while. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Sandy > > > >
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That would be even easier than weight. the subtotal is already calculated. You just need to have a formula for each shipping region (shipcost/subtotal) in a table and do lookups based upon ship to country. You also need a way of assigning each country to a region.Sandy>There is just one other thing I failed to mention, we do not have the >weight of the package entered into our database. Ideally we would like to >base it on the total dollar amount for the order. Is this possible? > >Jeff > >Sandra L. Pitner wrote: > >> >We are accepting international orders on our web site where we sell >> >sporting goods. We take quite a few international orders, but we have >> >to single out these orders because we cannot apply proper international >> >shipping and handling rates to these orders on the fly (like we do for >> >US domestic orders). We pull these orders out, calculate shipping >> >charges, then contact the customer with an adjusted total for them to >> >approve. If they approve, we tack on the total (manually) and process >> >the order. >> > >> >There has got to be a better way. Has anyone out there come up with a >> >WebCat solution to this problem? >> > >> >Thanks! >> >Jeff Grady >> > >> > >> >> Look at www.musicianstore.com. We charge by weight of package. We >> divided up world into regions that share shipping charges/weight. We >> also give choice of slow boat, air or express. It works pretty well, we >> get lots of international orders. The caveat is the shipping time. >> Customs can hold onto packages for a while. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Sandy > > > >
Sandra L. Pitner
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