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Hi,

There doesn't seem to be a lot of doc on customising shipping or on the logic.

I am in Australia and need to use Australia Post to ship everywhere. I get heaps of international orders. They have provided me with some instructions to use their calculation tool and it seems that the best option would be via a http post. Other choses include asp, php, and cold fusion so that limits me to the http post option I think.

I send them in a http post - weight, no of parcels, lodge postcode, destination post code (Aust. only), country and type of service (express, normal etc.)

The result come back in this format:

charge=8.4
days=2
err_msg=OK

What I want to know is can I just create a custom logic to do this or would I have to set up my own SBW module? If SBW then where does the code for Fedex etc. live and do you think I could mod it to use the Aust. Post method?

I have the documentation from the company if anyone is interested. At the moment we are just getting back to people with a quote.

Thanks

Seth


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Seth

I found the following about Australian shipping.

REPOST:

Quote:

From: "peter_tresidder"
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 05:16:15 -0000
Subject: [AgoraCart] Re: Getting Shipping by Weight to work

Hi,
The following is an example of Australian freight rates I use.
The first example(Example A) on one cart is for goods shipped within
Australia in Australian $
The second example (Example B) on another cart is The Australian
Airmail rate for charging zone 4 for sending goods to the USA etc.
converted to US$ at 065 exchange rate
The weight is in grams as per Australian post rates.
The weights are added to your database in column 7 (excel or
similar spreadsheet)
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#Example (A)
# In this example Shipping Cost is based on the total order.
# turn on Custom shipping logic and (TURN OFF UPS!)
# the following in AUD for local Australian parcel postage shipping
plus $2.35 registration

@sc_shipping_logic = ( "|||0-250|5.35",
"|||251-500|6.35",
"|||501-1000|10.80",
"|||1001-2000|12.25",
"|||2001-3000|13.70",
"|||3001-4000|15.15",
"|||4001-5000|16.60",
"|||5001-6000|18.05",
"|||6001-|19.50", );
#
$shipping_price = &calculate_shipping($temp_total,
$total_quantity, $total_measured_quantity);
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#Example (B)
#This is worked out on Australian Post office airmail shipping rates
# to the USA and worldwide, you add the weights for each product to
the database in column no 7
# Code does not force exit, so handling charge will be added!
#The following is in USD at .65 exchange rate
@sc_shipping_logic = ( "|||0-250|4.55",
"|||251-500|7.80",
"|||501-750|11.05",
"|||751-1000|14.30",
"|||1001-1250|17.55",
"|||1251-1500|20.08",
"|||1501-1750|24.05",
"|||1751-2000|27.30",
"|||2001-2500|31.20",
"|||2501-3000|35.10",
"|||3001-3500|39.00",
"|||3501-4000|42.90",
"|||4001-4500|46.80",
"|||4501-5000|50.70",
"|||5001-5500|54.60",
"|||5501-6000|58.50",
"|||6001-|62.40", );
#
$shipping_price = &calculate_shipping($temp_total,
$total_quantity, $total_measured_quantity);

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--- In agora2@yahoogroups.com, "darenhawes" <daren@w...> wrote:
> Hi I am in Australia and need to know a code example that I can
> place into my shipping logic field.
>
> Please provide code that will allow me to do shipping based on
> weight.
>
> Thanks Daren
>
> PS I have looked in the other messages, but no one of them helps...