Shipping has me confused.

[bikiniduck]

So, I recently installed the latest stock version of oscmax. Using the regular USPS addon that comes with it, I get the standard error when I try to ship something internationally:
An error occured with the USPS shipping calculations.
If you prefer to use USPS as your shipping method, please contact the store owner.

However it works just fine for US addresses. Am I missing something obvious as to how/why international doesnt work?

International shipping always complicates everything. I simply hate dealing with international orders, but thats where all the money is at right now. If it was just US only shipping, a $12 flat rate box covers everything I could possibly ship.

Is there a way to set up two "table rate" addons? One for US, one for international? If so, how would I go about doing that?

Anyways, thanks for all the help.
--Martin--

[nostradamus]

did you add countries and zones to your shipping module?

if the module don't knows the country exists it cant calculate the shipping fee

[bikiniduck]

Yes, all the obvious things have been tried. I am on the production server, and the usps.php file has all the countries in it. Zip code and store address are in the shipping section of the config area.

It is literally a fresh install of the latest 3.0.3 version from osCMax Power e-commerce software - osCMax - osCommerce Maximized

Thats why I am not sure why its not working. It should work right out of the box, shouldnt it?

And does anyone know or have any suggestions/ideas about a way to set up two "table rate" addons? One for US, one for international? That way I dont also have to rely on USPS servers to be running

Thanks,
--Martin--

[jpf]

Sorry but there is no version 3.0.3. We are at v2.0 RC3

If you want to use the TABLE rate shipping module - and need more than ONE. Easy - Copy the table.php in both shipping and all the languages and rename them to what you want. Say int_table.php. Then edit the ALL the NEW files as follows:

Find/replace all (case sensitive):
_TABLE_
with say:
_INT_TABLE_

Edit in the language directories BOTH the table.php and int_table.php files to be more suitable....

Done!

[bikiniduck]

Well, on the page it says 2.0.0-RC 3-0-3

I'll go try that with the tables right now. Is there anything I need to mess around with in the mysql too?

[bikiniduck]

I just found a contrib that did exactly what you mentioned.
osCommerce Community Add-Ons

And it works, there is a 2nd table rate there now.

The only thing I'm still hung up on is how to differentiate the two so one is international only. When I go to the "shipping zone" part of the table rate, the only options I get are "-none-". Exactly how do I create a zone thats either US only, or International only?

Thanks,

[jpf]

That contrib - I think does the same thing....

The only thing I'm still hung up on is how to differentiate the two so one is international only.

Edit the description in the files in the language directories....As I have stated...

Edit in the language directories BOTH the table.php and int_table.php files to be more suitable....

[bikiniduck]

The only thing in those language files is this:

define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE2_TEXT_TITLE', 'Extra Table Rate');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE2_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'Extra Table Rate');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE2_TEXT_WAY', 'Best way');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE2_TEXT_WEIGHT', 'Weight');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE2_TEXT_AMOUNT', 'Amount');

Now, what I was talking about was that if the shipping address is in the US, only table1 shows up on the shipping checkout page. If international, only table2. The only way I can think of doing that is using the zone restriction in the module. While that works great for individual states, there is no option for multiple ones, like a country.

I think thats where the miscommunication is. Are you talking about both tables showing up at checkout, one labeled US, one "all others", and then having the customer click on the correct one for their zone? That could also work.

[jpf]

yes that is what you have to do anyway. As well as you can change the text

Extra table rate -> International Table rate
Best way - > International shipping charge

[bikiniduck]

Yeah, thats what I ended up doing in the end, and its worked out ok. The only problem is that I expect my international customers to be a little annoyed that they pay $53 for something their american counterparts pay $11 for. But oh well.