Shipping USA and International

I want to set up my cart to calculated shipping based on various cost of the sub total of the cart. I understand how to do the various shipping costs. However, how do you distinguish different amounts for USA shipping and for international shipping.

Thanks,

the selected shipping country is stored in a session named:
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country

on the shipping rules, set the triggers:
Session Variable "eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" Exists:

AND Based on Session Variable Value.


for US Shipping, Use:
if session variable "eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "=" to "US"

for international shipping use:
if session variable "eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "US"

The US and International are the same. Is that correct?

the difference is the comparison.

in the us rule the comparison is
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "=" to "US"

using the equals to operator

in the international rule the comparison is:
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "US"

using the Not Equals to operator.

I understand. Thanks for the quick reply.

Hi,

I understand the not equal to operator. If I need to add addtional country flat rate shipping could I use:

eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "US, CA, MX" (for example)


then new rules for each with appropriate triggers for the flat rates for US and CA and MX ?

Thank you!

johna1964

no, you would need to use :

triggers:
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "US"

OR
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "CA"

OR
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "!=" to "MX"

Hi Jason,

I am currently using the eCart Object originally set up through the wizard and only shipping in US only (I am trying to set up International)

The state text field is presently a required field. How do I get around this when other countries may not have an input state or perhaps it is not listed? What is the usual thing to do about this?

Also, when I set up the international shipping through the eCart Object step by step:

1. Open the cart page
2. Edit the eCart Object from the server behaviors panel
3. Shipping Tab

Do I edit the Shipping & Handling rule then add a new rule for International?

Do I need to do anything else to get this to work?

Also the MX and CA flat shipping is different, I would need to set up those as additional rules?

Thank you!

johna1964

you will need to add a new shipping rule for each region.


you will need separate shipping rules for MX and CA and separate shipping rules for international.

Hi Jason,

When I edit the shipping & handling rule, adding the following as you explained earlier in the thread:

the selected shipping country is stored in a session named:
eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country

on the shipping rules, set the triggers:
Session Variable "eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" Exists:

AND Based on Session Variable Value.


for US Shipping, Use:
if session variable "eCartCheckoutForm_shipping_country" has a value "=" to "US"

I am receiving the error message that is uploaded as a screen shot. Also,the shipping amount is missing from the confirm.php and the html code is showing in the special instruction text area that was properly viewable before trying to add the international shipping rules.

What else do I need to do to make this work?

Thank you!

johna1964