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Programming Forum and web based access to our favorite programming groups.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
Post Follow-up to this message"Tim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12aa01c4e623$25e75d20$a401280a@phx.gbl... > 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
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