Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Stuart9  | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2022 04:15 | | Subject: | Re: How much does your pet mean to you? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 11:15 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
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I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
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I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
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That sounds very complicated. Not saying you should do the same, but here's
some food for thought: I don't offer any options. I have put all of my 10-or-so
shipping methods into the same group.
Maybe by introducing some of that philosophy into your system you can straighten
things out a bit. Sometimes good service means not "annoying" a buyer with optionss
- they are not as familiar with postal services as you are, so you're in
a fair position to make some of the decisions on their behalf. It's often
not rocket science what buyers want, they usually just want their order in a
decent timeframe at a good price. I would at most offer one rudimentary choice
between very fast expensive shipping and slow cheap shipping if this really is
a meaningful preference that buyers can have.
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You are almost right. I aim to charge the less shipping fees than possible. For
example, if I don't propose the "Oversize" method (more than 2cm height but
less than 5cm), shipping Hulk (see below) will cost is almost 260% higher (CHF
7.00 for a parcel and CHF 2.65 for an oversized).
By having this "complicated" set of methods, I can charge the lowest shipping
cost to my customers. But it's quite annoying to me to define all these methods,
and I'm not away from mistakes.
By enabling shipping options, I can clearly reduce the amount of methods and
let the buyer choose some options, like being delivered on Saturday.
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
|
I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
|
I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
|
That sounds very complicated. Not saying you should do the same, but here's
some food for thought: I don't offer any options. I have put all of my 10-or-so
shipping methods into the same group.
Maybe by introducing some of that philosophy into your system you can straighten
things out a bit. Sometimes good service means not "annoying" a buyer with optionss
- they are not as familiar with postal services as you are, so you're in
a fair position to make some of the decisions on their behalf. It's often
not rocket science what buyers want, they usually just want their order in a
decent timeframe at a good price. I would at most offer one rudimentary choice
between very fast expensive shipping and slow cheap shipping if this really is
a meaningful preference that buyers can have.
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| Author: | VJBricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2022 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Allow to add shipment options | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, VJBricks writes:
| | Hi,
It would be great the have the ability to set shipment options. In Switzerland,
Swiss Post can deliver parcels on Saturday. This implies an additional fee that
a buyer should choose at checkout.
For now, the only way to do this is to define a new dedicated shipment method
with the fee incorporated to the shipment prices. The buyer would have a new
option, beside the other methods, only to receive its parcel on saturday.
In my vision, a seller will set an option with a description and additional fees.
The buyer will have a checkbox to enable the option.
Thanks in advance for your read and I wish you a happy new year.
Regards,
Jey
|
I see what you mean, but how many shipping methods do you currently have? You
could consider to just, as you say, add separate shipping methods for them. I
don't think it would clutter the customer's interface too much if you
make sure that all the shipping methods that are not relevant are hidden (e.g.
by placing them into the same group so only the cheapest one is displayed, or
by making their specifications mutually exclusive).
|
I just finish to configure the new methods and this is an abstract of what I've
done :
- Group 1 : Economic shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 2 : Priority shipment (small bubble mailer, oversized small bubble mailer,
big bubble mailer, parcel)
- Group 3a : Priority shipment for parcel that can be delivered on Saturdays
- Group 3b : Priority shipment with tracking, for all kind of bubble mailer of
group 2
- Group 4 : Priority shipment with tracking and insurance, for all kind of bubble
mailer of groupe 2
I've setup all this various methods to have constraints on the packaging.
The Swiss Post allow so much options and I tried to apply those options to reduce
the shipping cost.
With options, the buyer would, firstly, choose between Economic and Priority.
And then, if it choose Priority, he will chose the options, like it is able to
do with the tracking and/or insurance.
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