Help - does anyone know how postage costs for additional items is calculated?
I currently send my scarves wrapped in a cellophane bag in a poly bag envelope but want to add the option of having them gift wrapped in a box. My smaller scarves currently ship as large letter size and larger ones slip into the small parcel bracket, I send them first class signed for and charge £2.50 and £4.50 respectively.
If I add a gift box both will have to go small parcel at £4.50.
So my question is this. If I list my smaller scarves with a postage of £2.50 and £2 for additional items and the larger ones at £4.50 and £0 for additional items and then list the boxes with a postal rate of £0 will this come out at £4.50 for both if ordered with a box?
My problem then comes if someone orders a box on its own - if I put a postal rate of £2.50 with £0 for additional items on the box listing will that result in the following
small scarf alone £2.50
large scarf alone £4.50
small scarf with box £4.50
large scarf with box £4.50
box alone £2.50
Trying to get my head round it all! Thanks in advance.
It will pick up the highest postage rate as the main cost and the additional rate of all other items added to the order.
So, in your example:
small scarf £2.50
2 small scarves £2.50 + £2
large scarf £4.50
2 large scarves £4.50 + £0
large scarf + small scarf = £4.50 + £2 (the small scarf is the additional item, so it adds the additional cost)
If the box is £0:
small scarf + box = £2.50 + £0 (the box is the additional item)
large scarf + box = £4.50 + £0 (the box is the additional item)
If you put the box at £2.50 with £0 for additional items:
small scarf + box = either £2.50 + £0 or it could be £2.50 + £2 (depends which item is picked up as the main cost as they are both £2.50)
large scarf + box = £4.50 + £0 (the box is the additional item)
I’m not sure it’s possible to get the result you want, but I’ll think about it!
I think the only way would be to set the box up as £2.50 with £2 additional. Then it will charge £2.50 for the box on its own, or it will add £2 as an additional item. The only one that wouldn’t work would be the large scarf with a box, as that would be £4.50 + £2 = £6.50
Perhaps you could refund the extra cost if you think that’s too much.
Thanks - think I understand how it works now, If I understand than it would work if I charged
small scarf £2.45 additional items £2
large scarf £4.50 additional items £0
box £2.50 additional items £0
or have I misunderstood again?!
I would lose 5p on the small scarf (think I can handle that!) and if a large scarf and small scarf were bought together it would be £6.50 but then like you said I could refund excess postage - it is impossible to think of all combinations!
I think for the sake of neatness you could still charge £2.50 for the small scarf shipping, I think if the main postage charge for both items is the same it will charge that plus the higher of the 2 additional item charges.
Think its almost sorted - could you clarify please @folksycontent - if postage costs on 2 items are the same does it then charge the higher of the additional item costs
hope you got it sorted x