Multiple Quantity Orders of Same Item – Flat Rate Shipping Cost Adjustments

  • Resolved heavyfurniture

    (@heavyfurniture)


    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there,

    In going through some tests I noticed that when I add more than one of the same item I am adding to my cart, the flat rate shipping cost that I set up stays the same.

    In other words, if I order one it is $100. And if I order 3 of the same it remains $100. Which will be a problem for us because the items that we need to pay shipping for are heavy.

    Is there a way to set the plugin/shipping settings so that the flat rate that is charged for a single item multiplies to reflect additional units/quantities of the same product added to the cart?

    Or do I need to purchase an add on/extension? If so, which one?

    Thank you,

    Heavy Furniture

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/woocommerce/

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  • Caleb Burks

    (@icaleb)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    You can do this by multipling the flat rate cost with the [qty] shortcode. More information on how to use flat rate shortcodes here: https://woothemes.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/#libraries-and-tools

    Thread Starter heavyfurniture

    (@heavyfurniture)

    Thank you, Caleb. I looked at the link then used your response to search for an explanation on how to implement it.

    The article was helpful in so much as providing the short code I need but I don’t know where to implement it. Speaking of the section here – https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/#examples

    I tried to insert it into the Flat rate shipping fields via the new Shipping Zones method (not using the legacy methods) and it did not take.

    The short code I entered was: 75 + ( 75 * [qty] )

    So, for a flat rate shipping of 75 per item, I want to charge an additional 75 based on the qty in the cart.

    If you have the time and knowledge, was wondering if the short code I am using is right? And if I am applying the short code in the right place? Meaning – the text field where one sets the cost of Flat Rate Shipping in the current WooCommerce dashboard.

    Thread Starter heavyfurniture

    (@heavyfurniture)

    Hi Caleb,

    Ends up I was entering the code in the right place but needed to add it to both Shipping Zones flat rate amounts for it to filter/take.

    I also needed to adjust the code just a little for my purposes since I want to charge the full flat rate per item based on quantity. And have tiers as well.

    The code that made it work for me was:

    Base flat rate amount: 0 + ( 75 * [qty] )
    Additional tier 1: 0 + ( 25.00 * [qty] )
    Additional tier 2: 0 + ( 50.00 * [qty] )

    After adding the shortcode to both my Rest of USA and New York shipping zones, things worked right as rain.

    Golden.

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