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... Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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... Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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? Quote Link to comment 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... Quote Link to comment 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 Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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