[Pete Johnston]

The custom table option for shipping is supposed to:

"Customize shipping costs based on the number of items, total weight, or cart price."

But it only really allows pricing based on subtotal or on weight. What gives?

(I realize that a per item charge is possible, but that doesn't help if you need to vary the per-item charge based on how many items are ordered.)

[Kess]

Per item charge actually means that shipping costs can be set based on the number of items in cart.

The ability to vary the per-item cost shipping depending on the number of items in cart is not yet supported in Ecwid, unfortunately. But you can post this idea at http://ideas.ecwid.com/.

[Julie Daubenspeck]

Why is it advertised as being available but not yet available?

[Maya]

Originally Posted by Julie Daubenspeck

Why is it advertised as being available but not yet available?

I'm sorry for any probable inconvenience.

You are totally right that our current wording of "Custom table" shipping cost calculation is not quite right. "Custom table" shipping calculation method allows to set shipping cost depending on order's weight or order's total only. However, it allows to take into consideration number of item, that have been added to the cart, for the shipping cost calculation.

"Shipping costs based on the number of items" now means that ability to add per item charge during shipping cost calculation. I have already informed our engineers about this error in the wording and they will change it as soon as possible. Thank you for pointing on this problem.

[eBoutiques]

Hello Maya,

Thank you for the note. Just a clarification on what you mentioned:

""Shipping costs based on the number of items" now means that ability to add per item charge during shipping cost calculation."

Would like to follow up on the shipping cost settings. Is there already a per item cost + each additional item cost. I.e. every first item is say: $ 3 for shipping and $ 2 for handling for total of $ 5. Each additional item is + $ 2 for handling / shipping, for a total cost of 2 items: $ 5 + $ 2 = $ 7. ... 3 items would be $ 7 + $ 2 = 9... etc. Kind of savings in combined shipping.

Could not find how to configure it.

Thank you in advance.

[Maya]

It is pretty easy, actually.

In order to setup shipping cost calculation as you described you should:
1. Go to Ecwid control panel -> System Settings -> Shipping and click "New Shipping zone" button.
2. Choose the zone for which this shipping method should be applied
3. Choose "Custom table" in "How to calculate shipping" block and proceed to the next step
4. Choose "Table based on" value (Subtotal or Weight - parameter that will be used for setting ranges)
5. Choose "Range, subtotal, weight" in "Rate base on" selectbox
6. Enter weight/subtotal range for your shipping method and set $3 in "per order" field and $2 in "per item" field. Leave 0 in other ones.
7. Set delivery speed and shipping method name that will be shown to the custom
8. Save changes.

Once you do this, shipping cost will be calculated as $3 + $2 x number_of_items_in_cart.

If you have any questions, please, feel free to ask.