Yes, this is a very good suggestion.

I would also love to have the ability to assign only specific shipping method per item.

We ship a lot of books and calendars via USPS Media Mail, but we can't inlcude this as an option for the cutomers or they would select it for every order even when it doesn't qualify to be shipped via Media Mail.

katharina wrote: It would be nice to have to an option to add additional packaging/shipping weight to each order automatically.  Most of the time 8 ounces for packaging allowance would help with the shipping cost calculation and reflect a more true shipping weight.  Adding weight to individual items does not work, unless they are large.

YES!!!!  Someone else with my problem..... <g>  We sell quite a few lightweight items, and adding weight to each one means grossly inflated shipping rates on orders with quite a few different items.  8 oz. would be a good average to add to each order!   I asked about this when we purchased the cart (our last cart, that didn't even BEGIN to compare to Product Cart, had this - we could set the amount in the control panel), and was told that there wasn't any demand for it, since most customers used flat-rate shipping or just added a handling fee to cover it.  I'd be delighted with just an option to add a flat number of ounces to all orders (it would cover the vast majority of ours), but would be ECSTATIC if we could assign different amounts based on the total weight of the order, since really heavy orders would generally use larger, heavier-weight boxes.

Please, ProductCart gurus, consider adding this feature in the next update.  :)  Thanks for listening!

Brenda Sievers, Oak Court Creations 

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I also agree with adding the packaging weight to an order.  I sell trophies, plaques, medals, promtional items, etc.  If I sell 1 medal, the package weight would be 1 lb.  Since I put a weight in for the medals, it is not figured in correctly. 

If I try to compensate, and make 1 medal = 9 oz. to take in account the packaging weight, then when the customer orders 10 medals, it will show 90 oz., when it reality this is about 1 lb.

You can see how important it is to add the weight of the packaging.

On a differerent note, I think having the size of the item sold is important also.  We are to pick a standard size box that we use for shipping, however, the cart does not know when the items would be too large for the box, and therefore require multiple boxes.  This again, causes errors in the shipping costs, since you might have to use 2 boxes, when the cart is only figuring 1 box.

Any responses to the above would be appreciated.

Don
Leading Edge Awards, Inc.