Shipping rule for two different prices based on number of items purchased?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
‎10-05-2020 02:54 PM
Hi all,
Not sure if this is doable, and it didn't look like it was from poking around, but I'm really hoping it is or, at the very least, that there's a workaround for me to trick the system into doing what I want.
I sell sports cards and am planning on opening another store on a different (non-TRS) account for lower-end cards that I could ship without tracking in a plain white envelope. To do this, I'd like to charge a small flat rate amount -- say, $1.00 -- to ship anywhere between 1 and 6 cards.
More than 6 cards and I'd like to charge a higher flat rate -- say, $3.75. That would cover any number of items more than 6, as I'm comfortable eating the cost for a large purchase, so purchase 7 cards or 700 cards, I'd like to charge $3.75. But, for 1-6 cards, I only want to charge $1.
Is there any way to set this rule up automatically so I don't have to constantly invoice? My current setup is $3.75 flat rate no matter what and the only time I have to manually invoice is if someone purchases something that's going priority or media mail along with a first class item. I want my customers to be able to have a seamless checkout experience and not sit around waiting for an invoice.
When I mentioned trick the system into it, I was also playing around with trying to figure out how to do something like, $1 for the first item and .50 for each additional, with a cap at $3.75, and then trying to figure out a way to basically discount the 50 cent additions for items 2 through 6. Essentially, 3 items would be $1 plus .50 plus .50, with a $1 discount. But I couldn't figure out how to automate that either.
All help and ideas are appreciated!
Re: Shipping rule for two different prices based on number of items purchased?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
‎10-06-2020 07:11 AM
You can put a cap on the amount at $3.75, and you can charge a $1 and the .50, but no way to keep it at a $1 for the first 6 items and then jump to $3.75, that I can see.
Re: Shipping rule for two different prices based on number of items purchased?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
‎10-06-2020 07:22 AM
I honestly don't know the most straight forward way to accomplish this- or if it's possible.
Ways to set up shipping rules-
1. Promotions Manager allows for tiered decreases, but not tiered increases. https://www.ebay.com/sh/mkt/promotionmanager/dashboard
You can set up a shipping promotion for purchases of 7+ cards to ship at a $3.75 flat rate. Alternately, you can set up an order discount promotion for a discount off every x items purchased.
2. Combined shipping rules. https://www.ebay.com/ship/prf
3. Shipping rate tables. https://www.ebay.com/ship/rt
