Newbie Question

 

Someone may have an idea about how to use BTO to pull this off, but I have an idea about how this could be handled with custom code.

 

Have a look at these categories:

 

This store (also selling sausage and other perishable products) needed to enforce some minimum purchase quantity rules due to the packaging that they use.  They also required enforcement of specific rules concerning what shipping methods would be available to the shopper (based on zip code) so that overnight shipment would be guaranteed.  All of this, of course, was custom code.

 

Something similar could happen for your situation.  If you can detail out the rules that indicate how the ice weight is to be factored into the process, what service charge is added to the shipping fees, and how we determine which products that applies to, we can certainly implement a solution.

 

Feel free to e-mail me directly to discuss.

 

To add a bit of complexity to this, 1 cooler will hold a capacity of 35.2 lbs of perishible product (not counting the 30 lbs for the dry ice and cooler itself). We set the Maximum Weight Per Package in the Shipping Settings to this value of 35.2, so it knows that it will ship in more than one package if this weight is exceeded; however, the $19.95 handling fee should be added per package, so the customization should dynamically add this handling fee based on the number of packages -- not as a one-time fee after the fact in the total as it now does (regardless of number of packages).

 

Ideally, we (the client) would like to be able to set/edit these handling fee amounts in the Product Cart admin, rather than them be hard-coded. If it is easier and more cost-effective to hard code them, I would like to be able to adjust them in the code.

 

Let me know if this is enough information to prepare an estimate and time frame. Thanks!