Downloadable and Shipping Products
Brandon Steiger:
I have read a lot in this forum that it appears that there is a limitation that you cannot have a shop that serves both downloadable products and shipping products. (well I know there are some alternations to make this happen).
However it doesn't appear that the proper logic is being used. For example, my clients wants to the UPS shipping module. So is there a way to do the following:
If the product weight is 0 and "downloadable product" is checked to skip the shipping method in the checkout process, and allow the person to purchase. Since we are use the UPS module when it sees the zero weight it will not let the customer continue.
Soren -- I know you are probably taxed with work but what type of donation or wishlist item would make it worth it to fix this issue. Currently we need to use checkout process standard (in the global configurations).
Thank you,
Brandon
scotta:
There is a work around that I have done to have both downloadable and standard products. Setup you standard shipping rates but do not set the minimum weight to 0, set it to 0.01.
Then setup another shipper "Net Download" for example with the min and max weights set to 0. The customer will still have to go through the shipping part of checkout but will only see the $0 choice of "Net Download"
Not elegant but it does work.
Scott
Brandon Steiger:
Quote from: scotta on April 12, 2005, 21:25:21 PM
There is a work around that I have done to have both downloadable and standard products. Setup you standard shipping rates but do not set the minimum weight to 0, set it to 0.01.
Then setup another shipper "Net Download" for example with the min and max weights set to 0. The customer will still have to go through the shipping part of checkout but will only see the $0 choice of "Net Download"
I appreciate your answer, however since the client has requested that he used the UPS Shipping module that is not an option at all.
The UPS Shipping Module connects directly to UPS to figure shipping rates and allows for the end users to choose various shipping methods include overnight, 2 day, 3 day, or ground (for example). I have no way to go around this unless there is some progamming on the front end.
Brandon
crash777:
Quote from: Brandon Steiger on April 12, 2005, 23:23:58 PM
Quote from: scotta on April 12, 2005, 21:25:21 PM
There is a work around that I have done to have both downloadable and standard products. Setup you standard shipping rates but do not set the minimum weight to 0, set it to 0.01.
Then setup another shipper "Net Download" for example with the min and max weights set to 0. The customer will still have to go through the shipping part of checkout but will only see the $0 choice of "Net Download"
I appreciate your answer, however since the client has requested that he used the UPS Shipping module that is not an option at all.
The UPS Shipping Module connects directly to UPS to figure shipping rates and allows for the end users to choose various shipping methods include overnight, 2 day, 3 day, or ground (for example). I have no way to go around this unless there is some progamming on the front end.
Brandon
I made a tutorial for this purpose. http://mambo-phpshop.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=71&topic=9277.0
Keep in mind that if you choose downloadable products and set the weight to ZERO you have to have a corresponding shipping module for that zero weight ("No shipping required 0 min, 0.1 max). If the customer orders that product, he won't even be able to use UPS. If you have other products that need to be shipped through UPS, make sure they all have a weight that is greater that 0.1 and make sure the shipping method is UPS and the minimum weight is greater that 0.1.
Hope that helps.
Brandon Steiger:
Quote from: crash777 on April 13, 2005, 04:37:52 AM
I made a tutorial for this purpose. index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=71&topic=9277.0
Keep in mind that if you choose downloadable products and set the weight to ZERO you have to have a corresponding shipping module for that zero weight ("No shipping required 0 min, 0.1 max). If the customer orders that product, he won't even be able to use UPS. If you have other products that need to be shipped through UPS, make sure they all have a weight that is greater that 0.1 and make sure the shipping method is UPS and the minimum weight is greater that 0.1.
Thank you for the tutorial - however it appears that you manually put in the shipping rates for UPS. My client wants to use the automated UPS Shipping module where their is a web service that connects to UPS and calculates the shipping method and sends back the figures.
I definitely agree this method would be easier in the long run. I am going to talk with my client again today and see if I can't get them to change and allow me to use this method.
Out of curiosity, can I set up a shipping method that is like this:
UPS Group Weight: 1.0 - 5.0 lbs Price: $5.00
UPS Overnight Weight: 1.0 - 5.0 lbs Price: $10.00
Would it then give the user two options to choose from since the product falls within in the weight of two shipping methods?
Brandon
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