How to calculate postage AND packing

Hi all

If anyone has any experience of calculating postage and packing for Royal Mail standard and recorded delivery, please could you let yourself be known to me.

Basically the priority for the Uk is thickness - under 25mm is one price, thicker packages over 25mm is a different charge. The next priority is weight. However, I need to take into account the thickness of the actual envelope/packaging and its weight as this makes a big difference.


Please could someone offer any insight as my brain is close to exploding.

Many thanks in advance.

OK Let me put it another way - the shipping weight range is pretty straightforward and I have manual shipping modules for both under 25mm and over 25mm height.

My actual question is how can I get the shipping module to incorporate the flat fee and weight for the postage based on quantity?

Please advise.

Could more than one shipping calculation be added at the checkout? For example delivering 3 items equals a flat fee of say 21p and a thickness of 5mm and a 200g package going to Belgium will cost 1.56?

I need it calculable per unit rather than by volume. eg 3 books, 5 books, etc.

Is there a straightforward way of chargin say a flat fee, then 11p per 20g until 600g, 10p per 20g until 1kg etc?

Sorry but this is confusing. I did scout through your website for a good old-fashioned support documentation, but so far nothing.

Oh dear, I think I shall stick to the assumption that I've currently got. I do need the volume field for the UK to measure the thickness of the final package.

Can the volume field just be one measure (eg height 25mm in this case) or does it have to be in mm³, etc

Ok. Concentrating on the Uk delivery. We would like to use more than one option (for exmaple, Standard Delivery, Next day etc) where the uk-based client can choose an option at the checkout. Can this be achieved using your shipping methods?

Hmm Units are going to be a problem. I couldn just have one option for 1-4 units and 1 for 5+ units, but the thickness is vital as Royal Mail charges more packages over 25mm.

The books vary in thickness. Please help I am confused!!!!!

debharrison wrote:

Hmm Units are going to be a problem. I couldn just have one option for 1-4 units and 1 for 5+ units, but the thickness is vital as Royal Mail charges more packages over 25mm.

The books vary in thickness. Please help I am confused!!!!!

Hi

I have had some thought over this and really its either use the min and max volume field as units (eg 1,2,3) or use the min and max volume field as dimensions (eg length, height and width)

Am I correct?

Thank you Nicolas (certainly for your patience ), that makes things a lot clearer.

Is it possible that a third parameter would be made available in any future releases of Hikashop, or would this just confuse matters?

Hi Nicolas

Could you please confirm:

Hikashop can allow for both the weight and volume (height, width, length) to affect the postage of an order?

Also you can use 1 of the measurements in volume as criteria for the postage? For example, if I only need the height of an order to affect the postage - which is the case with UK shipping, which is not the same as US - I can use the height part and put 1 in width and length?

Thanks

That now works thank you.