V8 and shipping

[Chuckie]

August 21st

Hiya, how are actinic handling the way the post office will charge for post office from 21st of august.

i look forward to seeing the update on how actinic will handle the postage for
if parcel x weighs 1kg it can be sent by first class post because the value is under 28 quid

if parcel y weighs 1kg it will be sent by special delivery because the value is over 28 pound

if parcel z weights 4 kg but can be either under or over 28 pound in value it will get sent by carrier.

at present this can not be acheived in actinic and look forward to seeing it soon

[bentleybloke]

I don't think the August GPO changes will have much consequence for Actinic users other than editing the shipping tables from 1st class to the new packet prices. Realistically you can't fit all that much of saleable value into an A4 envelope (max 25mm) to use the large letter rate. Also, there is a silver lining; the new 2nd class packet rate has a higher top weight limit of 1kg. At present the limit of 750g is 2.12, from August, 750g-1000g is going to be 2.12.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/c...iptopleftpromo

I agree that it would be very useful to be able to limit the shipping method by value.

Another important addition would be to limit shipping method by product too. For example (not a lot of people know this) the international GPO small parcel weight limit is 2kg, except for printed papers (i.e. books) which has a limit of 5kg. So if you're selling books you should be able to offer GPO small parcel for books weighing more than 2kg. The new product classification feature in V8 (see ISBN variable example in startup guide) seems like a logical method of determining such things!

Limiting shipping by product would also be very useful if you're selling solvents, chemicals or aerosols which some couriers wouldn't accept and certainly can't be exported.

However, volumetric shipping cost calculation should be right at the top of the list along with A LARGER WINDOW FOR ENTERING/EDITING SHIPPING VALUES!

[jen@absolute]

Free Shipping

Hello from the US.....I see all kinds of questions and requests for shipping changes for the UK, but I am in the US. We ship a little differently here. Our shipping is based on total order amount. I have never made a purchase from a US store that the shipping is based on weight alone. Shipping structure here is based on total order amount and if an item is unusually heavy or large you get a surcharge in addition.

I have made the request, and have seen that others have also, to make it possible to have certain products with FREE shipping and to have free shipping on total orders.

FREE SHIPPING ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS: Examples are memberships to a club or similar and magazine subscriptions. There is no shipping charged on these types of items, yet they can be purchased. Currently, we have no choice but to adjust the order after it has been placed, which causes total confusion for our customers when they see shipping charged and they thought it would be free.

FREE SHIPPING ON TOTAL ORDERS: This is used as a promotional tool, like a sale. Example: "Free Shipping for the Month of December".

I see this has not been addressed in V8 and from the looks of it, this specifically may not be getting addressed in the maintenance release.
I am thinking that having the ability when entering a new product into the catalog to check the type of shipping like "Standard" or "Free" would keep this from getting too complicated.

It seems that the US is an untapped market for Actinic. MANY potential customers, this should be a priority on their list of things to do.

SO I am putting my official request again here:
Make it possible to assign free shipping to individual products and total orders.

Thanks for hearing me out.

Jennifer

[Bruce]

Thanks for this Jen, I will pass this on to the development team.

Kind regards,

[jen@absolute]

Thanks!

Thank you Bruce.

Jen

[KevWal]

I agree that it would be very useful to be able to limit the shipping method by value.

Just another vote to add "limit the shipping method by value" to allow for the insurance options the carriers give us please

Thanks
Kev

[Darren B]

Kev i want stuff added but i have a fear the revisit might not be soon, unfortunately shipping was a big update last time, a bit like discounts the time before.

I hope improvements will be made but i think something else will get revamped. fingers crossed

D