taith Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 not much of a coding issue i'm having... i'm building a shopping cart program and having some issues with the shipping charges, just wondering if theres anyone out there that can give me a few pointers? perhaps a base charge then a $/lb?... now... i know its vague if i use approximates, but its atleast somewhere to start... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo_lolly Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 shipping can be done a number of ways with a shopping cart. the best way, in my opinion, would be to integrate every way within the shopping cart. weight, shipping company (UPS, FedEx), delivery time (next day, 3 day ground), area (zip code, country). does that help? let me know if you want some more advice... i've worked with 100 shopping carts. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 ya... i got that much already... but in my mind, theres no way of getting say... fedex's charges for sending a package from here to anywhere... any numbers i come up with, will still vary from their real charges... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo_lolly Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 that's not true, every shipping company will have a chart publicly available to compare prices. just use the chart's algorithms for each company and integrate them with your shopping cart. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 well... i looked for hours, couldnt find one... could you pass(post,pm,email) a link? or an example maybe? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo_lolly Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 google: 'ups+shipping+chart' http://www.newskete.com/UPS_CHRT.asp google: 'fedex+shipping+chart' http://www.oempcworld.com/customer_service/shipping_table.htm come on, bro... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 aah thanks! i was lookin for "shipping comparison rates" mybad... thought they'd make a page with more then one company... lol... aparently not Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo_lolly Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 the second link i provided has both UPS and FedEx prices. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/46879-shipping/#findComment-228756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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