Online Store Shipping Methods Examples
ASP Online Store Shopping Cart supports numerous shipping routines. Do not worry about these details, we will set up your shipping options. We just wanted to show what kind of options and features we can offer for your Online Store.
Two tables are involved. The Shop Configuration and the shipmethods tables. The Shop Configuration specifies what type of shipping calculation you want and the shipmethods tables may have the actual data values.
ASP Online Store can be set-up in two ways:
- The customer can select the shipping method
- The customer has no choice
It is possible to mix one of the standard shipping methods and any number of special shipping methods. For example you can use FedEX, USPS and UPS in the same shop but with only one standard other shipping method such as Lookup.
Built-In Shipping Calculations
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ASP Online Store supports different types of shipping calculations and can easily be modified to support just about any calculations you need. The shipping calculations are controlled by the ASP Online Store configuration value xshippingcalc. The following values can be used.
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Lookup
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Customer selects shipping method but the amount is fixed regardless of what is being ordered. This is the default.
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Fixed
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No shipping selection box is displayed and customer has no choice over shipping methods. Shipping price is one fixed price regardless of what is ordered.
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PriceRange
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Shipping is calculated by the total price of products ordered and selection made by customer
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WeightRange
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Shipping is calculated by weight of products and selection made by customer
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Weight
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Weight * Quantity * amount . Customer selects shipping method which determines the amount multiplier
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Quantity
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Quantity * amount . Customer selects shipping method which determines the amount multiplier
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Other
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This is used for shipping routines where a special shipping file is to be used. These are supplied either as free add-ons or as special customizations. Examples include: UPS, FedEx Australia Post, USPS and Canada Post.
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Product
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The actual shipping cost is in the product record. By default the weight field is used
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QuantityRange
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Difference prices based on quantity purchased
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Simply add your shipping names and prices to the shipmethods table. The shipmethods table can be edited from the "Edit Shipping" admin page. The shipping methods are then displayed on the shopcustomer.ASP Online Store page and the customer selects the shipping method to be used from the list. Fields that need to be set in shipmethods table. If the smprice field is 0 or empty, the shipping is consider to be free:
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shipmethod
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smprice
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Express
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$4.00
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Normal
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$2.00
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Airmail
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$9.00
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Download
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$0.00
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This would create 4 selectable shipping methods on the shopcustomer.ASP Online Store page, the shipping cost is determined by the smprice field.
For this you need to change two lines to ASP Online Store Configuration.
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xshippingcalc
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Fixed
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xfixedshippingmethod
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US Postal Service
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xFixedshippingcost
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3.00
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If you do not want the normal shipping methods form to display, set the following.
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xshippingdatabaserecords
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No
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xshippingform
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No will stop shipping form from being display
Yes will display the shipping form but customer cannot select method since it is fixed.
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The xfixedshippingmethod is any words or method you pan to use.
Set the following value in Shop Configuration.
ASP Online Store will calculate the shipping price automatically by reading the shipmethods table. You need to update this table to reflect your shipping methods and costs.
For example the following values:
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shipmethod
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ShipBaseCost
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ShipExtraCost
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Airmail
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5.00
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2.00
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Standard
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3.95
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1.00
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ShipBaseCost is the amount that will be charged regardless of weight.
ShipExtra Cost is multiplied by weight and quantity
The total is the sum of these amounts.
If ShipBase cost is 0, then the base cost is SMPRICE
In shop configuration set
ASP Online Store will calculate the shipping price automatically by reading the shipmethods table. You need to update this table to reflect your shipping methods and costs. For example the following values
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shipmethod
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ShipBaseCost
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ShipExtraCost
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Express
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0
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$2.00
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ShipBaseCost is the amount that will be charged regardless of quantity.
ShipExtraCost is multiplied by items
The total is the sum of those amounts
| Calculating by Quantity Range |
Set the following value in Shop Configuration.
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xshippingcalc
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QuantityRange
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ASP Online Store will calculate the shipping price automatically by reading the shipmethods table. You need to update this table to reflect your shipping methods and costs. For example the following values
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shipmethod
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ShipBaseCost
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ShipExtraCost
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ShipOther1
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ShipOther2
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Express
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0
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$2.00
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0
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5
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Express
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5
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$4.00
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5
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10
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Express
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9
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$6.00
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10
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999
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Normal
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0
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1
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0
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5
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Normal
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2
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$2.00
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5
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10
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Normal
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3
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$3.00
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10
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999
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The customer will see two selections: Normal and Express.
ASP Online Store looks up the quantity by comparing values in the Shipother1 and shipother2 fields. When it finds the correct range, it uses that to calculate the cost. Notice all the shipmethods are the same.
ShipBaseCost is the amount that will be charged regardless of quantity.
ShipExtraCost is multiplied by items
The total is the sum of those amounts
| Calculating by Price Range |
In shop configuration set
The total cost of the order is compared against a range set in the shipmethods table. The lower limit for the price range is set by the Shipcost1 field and the high limit is set in the ShipCost2 field.
The price is whatever is in ShipBaseCost within that price range.
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shipmethod
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ShipBaseCost
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ShipCost1
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ShipCost2
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Express
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0
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0
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5
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Express
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5
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5
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10
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Express
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9
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10
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999
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| Calculating by Weight Range |
In shop configuration set
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xshippingcalc
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WeightRange
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The total weight of the products is compared against a range set in the shipmethods table.The ShipOther1 field contains the low limit and shipother2 is the high range limit. The price is whatever is in ShipBaseCost within that price range.
If there is an amount in ShipExtracost, it is added to the base cost using the following formula
The shipping routine subtracts the lowweight from the total products weight so please note that this shipping routine assumes that the base cost includes the shipping cost for a product which has a weight the same as the lowweight (shipother1).
Remainingweight=Totalweight-Loweight (shipother1)
extracost = RemainingWeight*ShipExtraCost
Total Shipping Cost = ShipBaseCost + ExtraCost
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shipmethod
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ShipBaseCost
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ShipExtraCost
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ShipOther1
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ShipOther2
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Express
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0
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$2.00
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0
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5
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Express
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5
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$4.00
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5
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10
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Express
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9
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$6.00
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10
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999
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In shop configuration set
Each product being purchased is read from the database to retrieve the shipping cost. The cost can be stored in any unused field in the products table.By default the weight field is used as the cost.
ASP Online Store supplies free add-ons for other shipping types. For those types specify “OTHER”. The routines names that handle these special shipping types are defined in the shipmethods table field “shiproutine”. Separate instructions come with these other shipping methods.
The others are available, as free add-ons, but do not form part of the official supported product. It is possible for example for UPS or FedEx to change their rules and we do not guarantee that ASP Online Store will support these changes. Any or all of these extra add-ons may require that you register with the appropriate companies. Most of the real time interfaces require the Microsoft XML DLL to be installed. This is normally on most modern Windows servers but may not be on your server.
- UPS Real-time
- UPS by Database Lookup
- Australia Post real-time
- Canada Post real-time
- FedEx database lookup
- USPS Real-time lookup
- Intershipper Real Time
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