jaywebguy

Ok, I had to sign up to put in my two bits. I look up shipping cost based on weight of the product. In the admin section of our site, the manager specifies the average package weight, then when figuring shipping the number of packages is broken out by the total weight divided by the set average weight. I think right now we have it set to 40 lbs, so if the total order was 50lbs, we would pass to ups two packages for the shipping quote, 1 at 40lbs, the other at 10lbs. This has worked out well. About once a year we query from our world ship program (ups) what our average package weight was, then adjust the weight in the admin section. We also added a field in the product admin area for a additional freight charge (doesn't show up for the customers), its used for bulky items, that would require additional charges from ups. There are many ways to handle the shipping though, but trying to calculate the size of the box, is a pretty lofty goal. Good luck Jason