I cant figure out how the shipping works. I have multiple products and some cost WAY more to ship than others to ship. Also, if I only list 1 item for sale, can I get rid of the drop down menu that shows 1-10?

Standard shipping for most items on my site is between 3.99-6.99. I sale a few items that are $50-$75 per item, to ship. I need to know how to do this so my customer doesnt pay $6.99 for an item that costs me $70

If you use the stock level this will stop them from being able to buy more than the amount you have put in the stock level for that product.

Lets say i have product 1 and i have 3 to sell but when a member gets to the checkout they see they have the oprion to add upto 10.
So they choose 5 but the stockleve will only let them buy the 3 as thats all there is in stock.

Hope this helps you understand how the stocklevel works.

As for the shipping costs the best way would be to do something like this.

delivery Locations say we put
UK

Then in the options you have sub level and add
UK North enter in the info you want.
UK South enter in the info you want.

Then when a user goes to the checkout they choose where they are and you get the shipping costs added to the products.

so if the shipping was setup something like this
Zone Name | B-Weight | B-Fare | E-Weight | E-Fare
UK SOUTH 2 4.00 3 8.00

Shipping will = $12.00 if the product weight is 5

so I cant setup where a product that costs $75 to ship and the others that only cost $6 are billed accordingly? Way too confusing trying to figure out how this system you have in place is, if my customer selects the wrong options he pays only $6 for a $75 item to ship.

I think I have figured it out, now i need to find shipping info for all states/countries.

Cool, can you explain it to me? What's to stop the customer from choosing the wrong shipping zone and not getting charged correctly? Is there a way to calculate shipping based on the shipping location so that the system chooses the correct shipping methods to choose from?


In other words, If I have different zones set up. One for each US state and each US state has a specific charge. How does the system know to only show shipping options for their state?

The user on checkout will choose there state that they live in then the system will get the shipping costs for that state and adds this to the total price.

If a user chooses the wrong state then they might not get there product as it would not be going to the right place.

I'm thinking... you would deny that invoice which would show up in their 'my account' details.

in the notes above, I see this - NEW!! Since version 1.0.6 supports Auto Shipping calculation.

What does this mean? I am having to go and figure out shipping rates to all states/countries and that is a pain in the rear.

Yes you will have to put in the shipping costs to begin with but then when a use chooses a state it will charge them from the state they have entered.

Viewing/Printing invoices:
- I copied my own logo to the /microcart/pdf/images/ directory and called it logo.gif
- I added logo.gif to the general options
- my logo doesn't show up

- Is there a way to change the background pattern on the invoice - I'd like a plain white background?

Thanks