How to add package weight to product weights

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10 years 2 months ago #169004

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.2

Hi, this is a question not a problem!

I want to update my manual shipping prices. I want to give each product a weight but then I want to add a "package weight" to the total order. To try to explain better here is an example:

Product A = 600g
Product B = 1000g
Packaging = 500g

1. customer buys ProductA so shipping weight = Product weight of 600g + packaging weight of 500g = 1.1kg in total
2. customer buys a multiple of ProductA x 3 so shipping weight = (600g x 3) + 500g = 2.3kg
3. customer buys ProductA + ProductB so shipping weight = (600g + 1000g) + 500g = 2.1kg

The packaging weight does not change even when I order more products.

If I set each product weight to be the actual weight plus the packaging then example 1. above would be correct at 1.1kg but examples 2 & 3 above would be wrong:
2. would become (600+500)x3 = 3.3kg
3. would become (600+500)+(1000+500)=2.6kg

Is this explanation clear? Do you know what I mean? Is it possible to do this?

Thanks
Niamh

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10 years 2 months ago #169043

Hi,

I suppose that you have already configured several shipping methods with weight restrictions. For example something like that:
from 0 to 2kg => €10 of shipping
from 2 to 4 kg => €15 of shipping
...etc...

So instead of adding a fixed weight to the total weight of the cart (for which there is no option in HikaShop), you could do the reverse and reduce the weight restriction of your shipping methods by that fixed weight, like that:
from 0 to 1.5kg => €10 of shipping
from 1.5 to 3.5 kg => €15 of shipping
...etc...

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10 years 2 months ago #169125

Yes Nicolas, I do have all the different weight restrictions, and your method looks like it will work very nicely!
Thank you, it's great to have somebody more experienced to see all the possibilities :)

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