Shipping and Table Rates in Magento 2 - Ep07 Let's build series

[@DigitalstartupUk]

I was a little disappointed with the Table Rates shipping method, but it does the basics. If you have any questions on this let me know.

[@antonioserrano2932]

Please, could you mention some third-party extensions you usually use to manage table rates in Magento? Thx

[@The4Crawler]

Thanks for the video. I'm in the US using mainly USPS flat rate shipping methods. I may need to use the table rates based on weight+destination to capture the peculiarities of USPS postage for international shipping. Their slogan is "If it fits, it ships". But they have several weight limits on the various size packages you need to use for the various postage classes. And on top of that, the "If it fits" part limits how many items can fit into a given package. As a result, I need to use some "fudged" weights on certain items to either allow or preclude then being shipped together, as might be the case considering weight only. For example, they have a 4 pound weight limit on the smaller international flat rate packages, which have a rather small volume. I may have a product that weighs 1.9 pounds, on the weight only, 2 could ship for the small flat rate price. However, if 2 items won't fit in the package, then it needs to go in the larger box which holds more and up to 20 pounds, so I can fudge that item's weight to be 2.1 pounds and have a table rate for 4 - 20 pounds as well as 0 - 4 pounds. Have you seen any solutions available that account for things like "size" of an item as well as weight/price?

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Hi R Brown, I hope you're keeping well. We've also had to "fudge" weights in the past as well, due to some items qualifying for a parcel delivery (due to weight, price & location), but the dimensions meant that it could only be sent via an oversized pallet. With the day-job project that I'm working on at the moment, I'm hoping to eliminate any "fudging" by using an advanced Table Rate extension by Mageside (goo.gl/b1273y). I've tested so many solutions for this M2 project and this is the ONLY one that seems to tick all the boxes. You'll stumble across ShipperHQ during your search, but I would not recommend it. The extension might take you some time to get your head around and build your CSV with the rules, but it allows you to create rules based on Location vs Price vs Subtotal vs Quantity vs Shipping Group vs Customer Group vs Algorithm all at the same time. This solution is way too complicated for most businesses, but great for me. I'm not entirely sure what the best way is to utilise this solution for your project. But I plan to tag specific products under specific Shipping Groups that will allow me to assign the appropriate shipping methods to the customer at the checkout. I've not actually done this yet, but I'll be tackling it within the next few weeks. I hope this answer makes some sort of sense, and that it at least points you in the right direction to a decent solution.

[@The4Crawler]

Thanks for the reply and information. At least I'm not the only one having this same sort of issue. Funny thing is I've been in communication with Paypal on this as their shipping options in their API don't address this. They tell me "Oh, just use Magento, it'll do all that". So here I am and come to find out it's not that simple in Magento either.

[@KlaudiaKurzawska-k9m]

Can you set up magento so that if a client ads to chart products of two seperate types of attributes or rom two categories, then the shipping cost is doubled (because you have to send two seperate packages)? Or is there any other method that allows you to charge the custommer for the number of packages but not based on the number of items in the chart but the "type" of items?

[@williammadison2366]

How would you setup a table rate for shipping rates that would look at the product weight and add 1-2kg to it and calculate the shipping based on the new product weights of all items in the order vs destination?

[@manjubhargavi7901]

Hi grain you choose price vs destination ryt? Why you take sub order total? Why you can't calculate distance?

[@divyagupta7343]

i m having problem in applying table rate method in shipping methods. when i apply the admin page gives error as The file "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Temp/D:/xampp/tmp/php5F82.tmp" doesn't exist

[@DigitalstartupUk]

I've found a few references to similar errors. It looks like a xampp issue. Perhaps an incompatibility with running Magento2 or Composer? Sorry I can't help more. I've only developed on Linux OS such as Ubuntu or CentOS, because that's where my projects always end up.

[@antonioserrano2932]

If you are using XAMPP or WAMP, open your php.ini file and change the path of variable upload_tmp_dir = "C:/XAMPP/tmp" by "C:/Windows/Temp"

[@stevenwijngaarde1413]

Hi Craig, Since the table rates you've set up in this example have only two options wherever you order from, wouldn't it be the same if you'd set up the flat fee method for 4.99 and activate the free shipping method for minimum orders of 10 and above? And set: "Show Method if Not Applicable"? Just wondering if that would have the same effect.

[@DigitalstartupUk]

The example I gave was pretty simple to be fair, so that might work. I don't use it myself, as my needs require something much more powerful to accomodate for complex rules.

[@oksanabula8709]

Thank you !

[@a.aadhitya8952]

i forgot my username and password of Magento. How can I retrieve it.

[@DigitalstartupUk]

Hi Aadhitya. Funny enough, I recently recorded a video (2 ways to resolve this). It isn't going out until the 29th. However, I will publish my notes in advance for you (goo.gl/7LA9Ji). Hopefully they help.

[@a.aadhitya8952]

Thank u so much, bro...Got it via the second option.