Wait for quotation shipping method

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We have some shipping destinations where we need to get a quote from our courier before we know what shipping will cost. In these instances we would like to offer the option for the customer to manually add an amount for shipping once we have given them a cost.

There are earlier forum posts on this topic and one thread mentions a "Wait for quotation" shipping method, however this was about four years ago. I can't find a "wait for quotation" shipping method, does it still exist, if so where do I find it?

Many thanks,

Ian

Ok, I think I understand that, it means the customer has to place the order without knowing what the shipping costs are going to be - that might meet some resistance but we'll give it a try.

Thank you.

Ian

Nicolas,

Can can you avoid that the system is showing a shipping cost.
I would like to have something like 'Shipping cost will be defined' instead of a value or a 'free delivery' message.

My usecase is slightly different.
I would like to control the show/dont show shipping cost depending on the zone.
Example for customers for France there is a clear defined shipping cost.
On the other hand for shipments to Korea for the same products we want to be able to get a quotation for the shipment, and provide that to our customer. (We will do that as you proposed by using the ‘collect at delivery’ payment method for that country/zone.)

Sorry to come back on this.
Forgot to mention that i have zones for which we want to caclulate the shipping cost (kroatia) and other zones (belgium) the shipping is free.

Building further on your proposal i will change the “free shipping” into “”, so it does not appear.
For the zones which are realy free i will Change the shipping name to for example: Belgium- free shipping.
For Korea it might look like Korea-Shipping cost will be defined on pro forma.