[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Create a mixed system of shipping? ## - **[bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile")** - [![bigfoot's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot) Less More - Posts: 254 - Thank you received: 2 - - 10 years 10 months ago [\#225212](#225212) by [bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile") Replied by *[bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile")* on topic *[Create a mixed system of shipping?](/forum/28-shipping-methods/881033-create-a-mixed-system-of-shipping?start=20#225212 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.4.5 Our site sells mostly beeswax candles (lighter) and honey (heavier). I have seen sites that have a minimum flat rate shipping charge such as $7.95 and free ship over $150. (I already have the free ship at $150) Is there any way to go to a flat rate system with a surcharge if heavier items are added. Such as if someone orders candles (just fine for the flat rate) and they also order heavy jars of honey on the same order. Or a combination of ups and a flat rate. Maybe I would check something on the product page to let the system know if it is a flat rate or ups/usps item. ?? IDEA - Would it work it I put all candles at zero weight and added the $7.95 in as a minimum charge and left weight on the heavier items? Would the system work like this?")* I made a copy of one of my products and changed the warehouse to a brand new one I created, with a brand new ups shipping module and started to gradually change parts of it to see what was going wrong. It worked just perfect at first - I deleted the variants it had and it still worked fine. Everything was ok until I created a new characteristic and added 1 variant. Then the UPS plugin would not show again - even deleting the variariant/characteristic did not make it come back - I am back where I started ![:(](/media/kunena/emoticons/22.png ":(") On other thing - I wonder if I have a joomla problem. I just sent this message to my friends at OSTraining.com: *"I have some problems on my site that may be connected. For quite a while I noticed that I could not use the "Joomla Update" - I would always get some kind of error message regarding getting the update file - but I could always update by downloading the update file and installing it (latest 3.4.![8)](/media/kunena/emoticons/9.png "8)") Also, in Akeeba Backup, I could always backup the site just fine, but when I tried to go back to a previous version by running the backup on a backup file - I had an ajax error - could not read the file. That worried me somewhat that I did not have a backup, but I recently took the backup file and installed it in a subfolder - so it still works. Now I am running into a problem in Hikashop about ups shipping not showing up correctly and a light went on and I am wondering if they could all be connected. I have been working unsuccessfully with hikashop and we cannot seem to fix that problem so far and have not contacted Akeeba yet. I am wondering if I have sdome kind of Joomla problem?"* ([ www.ostraining.com/support-forum/joomla-...kup-update-hikashop/](https://www.ostraining.com/support-forum/joomla-support/problem-with-backup-update-hikashop/)) Does this make you think of anything? 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I have seen sites that have a minimum flat rate shipping charge such as $7.95 and free ship over $150. (I already have the free ship at $150) Is there any way to go to a flat rate system with a surcharge if heavier items are added. Such as if someone orders candles (just fine for the flat rate) and they also order heavy jars of honey on the same order. Or a combination of ups and a flat rate. Maybe I would check something on the product page to let the system know if it is a flat rate or ups/usps item. ?? IDEA - Would it work it I put all candles at zero weight and added the $7.95 in as a minimum charge and left weight on the heavier items? Would the system work like this?")* Hello, > I deleted the variants it had and it still worked fine. Everything was ok until I created a new characteristic and added 1 variant. Then the UPS plugin would not show again - even deleting the variariant/characteristic did not make it come back - I am back where I started ![:(](/media/kunena/emoticons/22.png ":(") Can you show me how you configured your Product and its variants through some screenshots so that we can have more information about it ? I don't think that your "Joomla Update" and UPS issue are connected, the UPS problem is only coming from the way UPS read and send your product/variant data to the UPS platform. Also, note that using the "Group package" option will probably be a good idea regarding your pricing issue. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI4LXNoaXBwaW5nLW1ldGhvZHMvODgxMDMzLWNyZWF0ZS1hLW1peGVkLXN5c3RlbS1vZi1zaGlwcGluZz9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile")** - [![bigfoot's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot) Less More - Posts: 254 - Thank you received: 2 - - 10 years 8 months ago [\#230569](#230569) by [bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile") Replied by *[bigfoot](/forum/user/7488-bigfoot "View bigfoot's Profile")* on topic *[Create a mixed system of shipping?](/forum/28-shipping-methods/881033-create-a-mixed-system-of-shipping?start=20#230569 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.4.5 Our site sells mostly beeswax candles (lighter) and honey (heavier). I have seen sites that have a minimum flat rate shipping charge such as $7.95 and free ship over $150. (I already have the free ship at $150) Is there any way to go to a flat rate system with a surcharge if heavier items are added. Such as if someone orders candles (just fine for the flat rate) and they also order heavy jars of honey on the same order. Or a combination of ups and a flat rate. Maybe I would check something on the product page to let the system know if it is a flat rate or ups/usps item. ?? IDEA - Would it work it I put all candles at zero weight and added the $7.95 in as a minimum charge and left weight on the heavier items? Would the system work like this?")* Thank you for your help in setting up this mixed system of shipping. Many bugs are worked out, and it is working fine but I still have a few questions. The image below is a screenshot of a sample order with: 1 - A free booklet item at the top that does not have any shipping method. 2 - Shipping area for a heavier item 3 - Shipping area for a standard flat rate shipping item 4 - The payment area The problem is the page looks very jumbled together and customers sometimes get confused. I made some red lines between the areas in the image, but is there is anyway to make some division show up in the checkup page. A heavy line, a large space, a box around the areas? Do you have any ideas. My code writing skills are very limited, but I do a lot of cut and paste and tweaking. [ ![checkout.jpg](/forum/attachment/29627) ](/forum/attachment/29627 "checkout.jpg") - [ ![checkout.jpg](/forum/attachment/29627) ](/forum/attachment/29627 "checkout.jpg") [ ](/forum/attachment/29627?download=1 "checkout.jpg") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI4LXNoaXBwaW5nLW1ldGhvZHMvODgxMDMzLWNyZWF0ZS1hLW1peGVkLXN5c3RlbS1vZi1zaGlwcGluZz9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 10 years 8 months ago [\#230642](#230642) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Create a mixed system of shipping?](/forum/28-shipping-methods/881033-create-a-mixed-system-of-shipping?start=20#230642 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.4.5 Our site sells mostly beeswax candles (lighter) and honey (heavier). I have seen sites that have a minimum flat rate shipping charge such as $7.95 and free ship over $150. (I already have the free ship at $150) Is there any way to go to a flat rate system with a surcharge if heavier items are added. Such as if someone orders candles (just fine for the flat rate) and they also order heavy jars of honey on the same order. Or a combination of ups and a flat rate. Maybe I would check something on the product page to let the system know if it is a flat rate or ups/usps item. ?? IDEA - Would it work it I put all candles at zero weight and added the $7.95 in as a minimum charge and left weight on the heavier items? Would the system work like this?")* Hello, The best solution will be to directly use some CSS code customization : [ www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...the-display.html#css](http://www.hikashop.com/support/support/documentation/153-customize-the-display.html#css) Or to directly edit the "Shipping" file of the "Checkout" view of your front-end template via "Hikashop->Display->Views". Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI4LXNoaXBwaW5nLW1ldGhvZHMvODgxMDMzLWNyZWF0ZS1hLW1peGVkLXN5c3RlbS1vZi1zaGlwcGluZz9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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