Shipping according to the maximum weight of a package

Hi Roberto,

thanks for your words, really ??

I’m not sure if I understood well: you’ve shipping rates in a 1.5kg range of total weight?

0 up to 1.5kg => (let’s say 5$+5$= 10$, typically first range are expensive than others)
1.5 to 3kg => 15$
3 to 4.5kg => 20$
…etc

then, 3 x 1kg coffee = 3kg = 20$

…or each coffe fits on 1.5kg, so 3 kg coffee => 3 x 10$ = 30$

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In any case, you can set a rule for every range. But maybe there is so much ranges. In this case, Fish and Ships Pro has math expressions. You can set something like:

result = ceil(weight / 1.5) * 5$ + 5$
(grouped / ungrouped producs will produce the two cases: 20$ / 30$)

Kind regards,
Carles Martin
wp-centrics support team

Thanks for your reply.

I think I did not explain the situation well.

It is not about setting prices by ranges. My products are shipped in packages that have a fixed price for every 1.5 kilograms. It does not matter if the client fills in those 1.5 or not.

If a customer buys 6 packages of coffee of 1 kilogram each, we will have to charge him for 6 packages (even if they have 0.5 kilograms left for each package).

Is there any way that the PRO version of this wonderful plugin can help me calculate these types of shipments?

thanks

Hi Roberto, ok!

So any product it’s a package? Then free version is enough for what you need.

1. Set “Group by” option to none (any product is a package)

2. Add an unique rule: WHERE WEIGHT MIN >= 0, MAX <= 1.5KG, Price (whatever) * quantity

…if you have products that weight more than 1.5kg, put a second rule to cover it, because if neither cart products fulfill the rule, the shipping method will not be available, and if you have a 1kg + another weight product on cart, only the light will set the shipping rate, and the weight one will be sent for free.

Thanks again for your words,
Carles.

Thanks for your reply.

I feel a bit embarrassed to insist on my question. I really understand how this plugin works and I have configured very complex rules for more than 5 shipping classes. They work perfectly.

I will put a real example so that you can better understand the situation:

A customer has bought: Coffee (1kg), Sauce (0.3kg), Tomatoes (0.1kg), Olive oil (1kg), Shoes (0.4kg), Salad (0.1 kg), Tuna (0.8kg).

This purchase should be organized by packages between 0 and 1.5 kg as follows:

A package from 0 to 1.5kg – € 10
– Coffee (1kg)
– Sauce (0.3kg)
– Salad (0.1 kg)

Other pack from 0 to 1.5kg – € 10
– Olive oil (1kg)
– Shoes (0.4kg)

Other pack from 0 to 1.5kg – € 10
– Tuna (0.8kg)

Subtotal 3 packages of € 10.
Total € 30

We cannot set “Group by” option to none because then €10 would be charged for each product weighing less than 1.5.

We cannot set rates from 0 to 1.5, from 1.5 to 3.0, from 4.5 to 6, because in situations such as 6 packages of coffee of 1kg each, we would need 6 packages and not 4 (as it would be if we do it for these rates)…

I am really impressed with this plugin and I would like to know if in its pro version I could access some way to configure these shipments.

Hi Roberto! Now I understand what you need, thanks for your example…

Just now we’re working to add a bin packing algorithm to Fish and Ships Pro. Please, don’t close this thread, I will back here when we have implemented it.

Meanwhile, if you want to test a beta (in about 1 week) please contact us through our website: https://www.wp-centrics.com/contact-support/

Kind regards,
Carles