Shipping component

Anyone know of any good shipping components for adding to
a custom built shopping cart. Or if you develop a
shipping piece, is it best to ship by weight or by item
meaning that each item will cost X amount to ship.

Thanks

"Tim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of any good shipping components for adding to
> a custom built shopping cart. Or if you develop a
> shipping piece, is it best to ship by weight or by item
> meaning that each item will cost X amount to ship.
>
> Thanks

Hi Tim

I calculate both weight & volume and ship the cheapest way.
I calculate number of items in box / box qty and round up to full box
I get selected freight carrier and do a lookup against zip code and min
charge plus charge per kilo and then add freight insurance.
I also allowed for a global variable to increase freight by a percent if
needed.

Don Grover