Shipping Cost Calculation in the WordPress Shopping Cart
Simple Shipping Options
Option 1. Flat Shipping Charge Per Item
If you just want to use flat shipping cost for each item then just put ‘0′ in the ‘Base Shipping Cost’ option and specify the individual shipping cost in the trigger text (shortcode) for each product and you are done. For example, the following shortcode will place a button for a product that charges $2.00 for shipping.
[wp_cart:Test Product:price:10.00:shipping:2.00:end]
Option 2. Flat/Fixed Shipping Charge Per Checkout (no matter how many items in the cart)
If you just want to use a fixed shipping cost for the cart no matter how many items are in the cart then you can achieve this by specifying this fixed amount in the base shipping cost. Remember, the base shipping cost is only added to the cart if a product in the cart has individual shipping value specified (this way if a customer buys digital product he doesn’t get charged any shipping). Use an individual shipping value of “0.001″ for your physical items which won’t increase the shipping cost but will trigger the base shipping cost to be added as a fixed shipping rate. For example, use the following shortcode:
[wp_cart:Test Product:price:10.00:shipping:0.001:end]
Giving Shipping Discounts
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