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| | | Author: | cosmicray  | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2021 14:02 | | Subject: | Shipping Reflector | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| It would be massively awesome if BrickLink could implement a shipping test tool
for sellers, that would function as follows ...
Seller would build a list of test cases using pseudo destinations (minimum country
and postal code, possibly address as well)
Each destination would have a list of items the seller has on offer (or alternately
N-random items of a given type, like 6 parts and/or 3 sets).
The reflector would run on demand, in batch (like Notifications are run), then
email a report back to the seller telling them if shipping could be calculated
for each test case, and which methods were applicable and costs calculated.
thank you, Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | ck.brick.lego | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2021 04:59 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping Reflector | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| It is a very ideal, but practical issues include:
(1) volumetric weight v.s. actual weight; size limitation (e.g. small parcels
L+W+D max. 90cm)
(2) base weight (different orders might have different packaging needs)
(3) Postal service availability (if available, there are different services at
different rates)
In fact to set shipping, BrickLink system already has the above rules but sellers
have to look at their country's rules as for how to set up the right cost.
Otherwise, we will need to use the manual quote function.
In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
| | It would be massively awesome if BrickLink could implement a shipping test tool
for sellers, that would function as follows ...
Seller would build a list of test cases using pseudo destinations (minimum country
and postal code, possibly address as well)
Each destination would have a list of items the seller has on offer (or alternately
N-random items of a given type, like 6 parts and/or 3 sets).
The reflector would run on demand, in batch (like Notifications are run), then
email a report back to the seller telling them if shipping could be calculated
for each test case, and which methods were applicable and costs calculated.
thank you, Nita Rae
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