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by unclewoja » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:40 pm
Hi,
I'm starting an online store and this mod will solve a few problems I had encountered. However, the items that I sell are quite bulky and available in multiple sizes. There are also quite a few hundred different products taking into consideration all the size and material options.
When shipping, the products' cubic weight always exceeds its dead weight. Ergo, if I create a product for the smallest size, add the weights and dimensions to that, and then someone buys the biggest size, while I can add the extra weight, I can't add the extra size, so the freight will be under-estimated. Adjusting the weight to match the cubic weight isn't a viable option for a number of reasons:
Example. I have a product that weighs 12 kg. This is below the standard 25kg weight limit to allow the product to be handled without any additional lifting equipment. However, it has dimensions of 100cm x 65cm x 35cm, giving it a cubic weight of 56.875 kg.
1. It will cause my freight carrier to add additional charges for special delivery trucks to deal with the "weight", as 56kg would require tail-lift delivery trucks or require a fork lift (or similar) at the destination
2. It misrepresents information to the customer.
Can this extensions have different dimensions associated with each option?
I'm also looking at using ExcelPort for bulk product updating. Do you know if the additional data in the options would be exported in a full product export to be edited in excel?
