how to apply flat rate shipping to all products

hi all, i'm a new user to opencart and loving it so far, great product!

however, i have been trying to figure out for the longest time how to add a flat shipping rate to all products (existing as well) for any order. I would like the option that if somebody signs up to sell products in their own store on the site and they do not add a shipping cost, the flat shipping rate by default will be used if they haven't.

basically i want to add a flat shipping rate right across the board for everything no matter what. a lot of users have already added products but the flat shipping rate isn't being applied, infact, no shipping rate is being applied.

i am on 1.5.2.1

thanks for any help to steer me on the right track!

You could use Product-Based Shipping to do this, although it's probably not ideal if you have hundreds of different products with different shipping costs. You'd also have to create a rate for each product when it's created.

If you're having other people submit products to your site, you probably want to use one of the product data fields for this. If it's a per-item cost (for example, $5 for each Product A, $10 for each Product B, etc.) then you can use the weight field and charge a cost using Weight-Based Shipping. You would set up a bracket like this:

From: 0, To: 99999, Charge: 0.01, Per (lb): 0.01

However, if it's a flat rate *per product* (such as $5 for Product A no matter how many of them are in the cart) then you'll need to use something else. You may need to have something custom-coded for you, in which case you should try posting in the "Commercial Support" forum.