SOLVED: Trying to do modified per product shipping

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.1
-- Joomla version -- : 3.4.8

I am trying to charge $3.99 for the first item, then $2.00 per item for each additional.

Getting the $3.99 for the first product is simple enough, that works fine. The problem is with multiple items.

When I set up for multiple items and I use price per product, it charges the $3.99 base price and $2.00 for each product. So for 2 products I want to charge $5.99, but the system is charging $7.99.

Is there a way to do this?

Hi,

When you set the default value in the plugin configuration, it is the price which will be use for the shipping per item.
An item is a product in the cart ; so it is related to the quantity in the cart.

You need to configure the configuration in the product and change the values to use a fixed fee instead of a variable fee (related to the quantity).

Regards,

I don't think I explained this very well. I'm not using the plugin, I don't have any values configured there. I am only using manual shipping configuration. Here is how I have it configured now:


I have another shipping method configured for 1 item that only charges $3.99 shipping. I want to charge $3.99 for the first item, then $2.00 for each additional item in the cart. Here is how it is working now -

1 item - $3.99
2 item - $7.99 (3.99 + 2x 2.00)
3 item - $9.99 (3.99 + 3x 2.00)

Here is how I want it to work
1 item - $3.99
2 item - $5.99 (3.99 + 1x 2.00)
3 item - $7.99 (3.99 + 2x 2.00)

I definitely DO NOT want to add shipping prices to the items themselves. So basically this is the formula:

Shipping - $3.99 + ((items in cart -1) x 2.00)

Does that makes sense and can it be done?

Hi,

Don't worry, I understood correctly the first time.
So my answer is still the exact same.

I definitely DO NOT want to add shipping prices to the items themselves

You might not want to ; but that is the only available solution.

Regards,

Ok, I misunderstood what you meant, but I still can't get it to work.

I got the plugin enabled so that I can set the pricing in the product itself. The results are the same as what I had before though. It still charges the correct price for 1 item, but it still charges $2 for the first item on any quantity 2 or higher.

I don't think I understand what you mean by switching to a fixed fee. If I set a fixed fee, then it's not increasing the shipping price when we add items to the cart.

Ok, after pulling my hair out I found the solution and it charges exactly what I want for every quantity. The solution is so simple.

I disabled the per product plugin, no need to set the price in each product, which is good because there are a lot of products.

In the shipping configuration I changed the price to $1.99 and the price per product to $2.00 with no minimums. Now the first product is $3.99 and each successive item is an additional $2.00.

The end result is the same, I just had to adjust the formula to fit the way Hikashop calculates the shipping.

Thanks!