New mod coming soon - shipping exclusions manager

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Today we launched a v4 store (actually, this was a major upgrade of a v3.11 store) in which many custom mods were migrated or introduced.  Among them is a new tool that we will consider refining and expanding if there is sufficient demand.

Over time we have seen requests for a means by which one could exclude free shipping if the ship-to address is AK or HI, exclude Fedex Ground when ship-to is Canada, and in this case our client needed the ability to exclude certain shipping methods when the order contained a particular product class (live plants).

Combining our historical perspective of past requests along with the immediate requirement, we created a tool that allows the merchant to define (on a state or country basis) the shipping methods that will be excluded from such specified orders.  We believe that this tool will have general interest among PC merchants.

The result looks like this:
http://www.greybearddesign.com/ProductCart/shipping-exclusions-manager/screenshots.html

Before we spend time expanding this tool's functionality, we would like to measure interest in this module by receiving your comments about how (within your enterprise) you might be able to use such a tool - and what changes you might like to see.  

Of course, if you wish to e-mail us directly with your comments and let us know of your intent to order the tool - such will be even greater motivation for our continued efforts.

Release date is not entirely certain at the moment as I'd like to see the tool used in production for a few weeks, along with gathering input as to other features that might be desired. But we'd certainly like to get it released in the next month or so, largely depending upon response to this post.

Looking forward to comments.

Edited by Greg Dinger - 22-December-2009 at 8:53pm

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Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New mod coming soon - shipping exclusions manager Posted: 22-December-2009 at 8:49pm
	Today we launched a v4 store (actually, this was a major upgrade of a v3.11 store) in which many custom mods were migrated or introduced. Among them is a new tool that we will consider refining and expanding if there is sufficient demand. Over time we have seen requests for a means by which one could exclude free shipping if the ship-to address is AK or HI, exclude Fedex Ground when ship-to is Canada, and in this case our client needed the ability to exclude certain shipping methods when the order contained a particular product class (live plants). Combining our historical perspective of past requests along with the immediate requirement, we created a tool that allows the merchant to define (on a state or country basis) the shipping methods that will be excluded from such specified orders. We believe that this tool will have general interest among PC merchants. The result looks like this: http://www.greybearddesign.com/ProductCart/shipping-exclusions-manager/screenshots.html Before we spend time expanding this tool's functionality, we would like to measure interest in this module by receiving your comments about how (within your enterprise) you might be able to use such a tool - and what changes you might like to see. Of course, if you wish to e-mail us directly with your comments and let us know of your intent to order the tool - such will be even greater motivation for our continued efforts. Release date is not entirely certain at the moment as I'd like to see the tool used in production for a few weeks, along with gathering input as to other features that might be desired. But we'd certainly like to get it released in the next month or so, largely depending upon response to this post. Looking forward to comments. Edited by Greg Dinger - 22-December-2009 at 8:53pm

katharina Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote katharina Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-December-2009 at 9:02pm
	Good idea, but better would be the exclusion of shipping certain products to certain countries or states. For example we have an electronic item that has only been warranted by the maker for the USA and Canada. Not mentioning the Voltage thing. We like to exclude it from any other country. So far we have put it into the text on the page, but constantly find customers outside of the USA and Canada ordering it. We then have to cancel the order and refund them, simply because customers do not read! States restriction would also be useful. Off my head there are restriction in California, permitting the sale of certain wood items or even party decorations like beads to name a few. These rules to not apply to other states, just California. I'm sure there a plenty of other state rules that prevent the sale of xyz items.
	Katharina ***************** www.GermanPlaza.com *****************

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-December-2009 at 9:16pm
	What you ask for largely exists in the store where we built this mod , but I didn't mention it because it is not the primary focus of the work we performed, and actually it is entirely separate from the shipping exclusions mod. The site is Cindy's www.tastefulgarden.com and she is prohibited from sending live plants to California. We added a flag to the category record (and the admin) where she may indicate that certain categories contain only live plants. That could just as easily have been a flag at the product level - but for her requirement this represented less data entry. At checkout, if such items are present on the order, we simply stop them when they get to the ship-to address block in onepagecheckout.asp. Changing this "we can't ship this to you" functionality to observe some other business rules would not at all be a stretch.

blackey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11-November-2008 Location: Livermore, CA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote blackey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23-December-2009 at 12:12am
	Greg, We would sign up for that one. Does a bit more than the mod I did and is much cleaner. Bill

razor150 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29-May-2008 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote razor150 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14-January-2010 at 5:12pm
	This would be a great mod for the company I work for if it included excluding shipping options of certain items. We don't exclude to many shipping options to areas, but some of our items can't be shipped legally using certain shipping types or shipped internationally. To be able to exclude shipping options if certain items are in the cart would be a boon.

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14-January-2010 at 5:19pm
	What you are asking for would be a custom modification of your store which may or may not be done in conjunction with this mod. For example, it is not legal to ship live plants to California. If you try to place an order in www.tastefulgarden.com with a CA address, including live plants, an error message will prevent that from proceeding. This work involved setting a flag that identifies the live plant produts, then alterations to the checkout. E-mail me directly if you need this built into your site.