best way to handle shipping fees

[squareone]

Hi all:

 

I am stumped on how to properly handle this.

 

I am a drop shipper. I have set my shipping fees according to weight. The first weight group has a stiff shipping fee whereas the next groups have a much smaller "add-on product" fee. So it may be $10 to ship one hat, but only $13 to ship 2 hats etc. So far so good.

 

Here is the rub! I am a drop shipper. So if a customer orders a hat from supplier A and then a shirt from supplier B I have a problem. Prestashop doesn't distinguish between suppliers in the order (ASFAIK), but in reality actually have 2 separate orders, 1 to each supplier, but I am only charging an add-on shipping fee for the shirt instead of the stiff shipping fee (which is what the drop shipper will charge me).

 

Is there a solution for this?

[Cabaskrilla]

Hi all:

 

I am stumped on how to properly handle this.

 

I am a drop shipper. I have set my shipping fees according to weight. The first weight group has a stiff shipping fee whereas the next groups have a much smaller "add-on product" fee. So it may be $10 to ship one hat, but only $13 to ship 2 hats etc. So far so good.

 

Here is the rub! I am a drop shipper. So if a customer orders a hat from supplier A and then a shirt from supplier B I have a problem. Prestashop doesn't distinguish between suppliers in the order (ASFAIK), but in reality actually have 2 separate orders, 1 to each supplier, but I am only charging an add-on shipping fee for the shirt instead of the stiff shipping fee (which is what the drop shipper will charge me).

 

Is there a solution for this?

 

Did you figure out a solution for this? I have the same business model, and just switched to prestashop. Thanks!

[squareone]

Nope.  I never did come up with a solution.  I worked around it by incorporating the shipping into my prices and then offering free shipping.