Advanced Shipping by Rules for VirtueMart
Version
2.4 (last update on Apr 1, 2013)
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GPLv2 or later
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Date Added
22 January 2013
Very complex shipping cost structures can be easily implemented as one shipping method by describing each by a simple rule with conditions. Shipping costs can be depending on:
-) Total amount of the order (with or without taxes)
-) Total weight of the order
-) Number of articles or different products in the order
-) Volume or minimal and maximal extensions of the products
-) Postal code of the delivery address
-) Coupon code
Each rule is described as a simple line of text with an easy structure (semicolons separate the parts of the rule). Some simple examples are
Name=Free Shipping; 100<=Amount; 0
Name=Domestic Small; Articles<5; Amount<100; Shipping=1.50
Name=Domestic Standard; Amount<100; Shipping=3.50
This set of rules describes three shipping costs: Orders of 100€ and more are free, otherwise orders with less than five articles have shipping costs of 1.5€, all others 3.50€.
Some more advanced rules for quite strange shipping cost structures are:
Name=Weight-dependent Shipping Cost; 10<Amount<50; Amount<100; Shipping=4*Weight
Name=3€ base + 1€/article; Shipping=3+1*Articles
Name=Average Weight below 1kg; weight/Articles<1; Shipping=5+10/Articles*Weight
Name=Free Shipping; 100<=Amount; 0
All terms can contain arbitrary mathematical expressions of the standard operators (+, -, *, /, % and ^) as well as arbitrarily nested parentheses. The conditions can also include any comparison operator (<, <=, !=, ==, >=, >) and the OR operator.
The shipping cost can be given either with or without taxes included.
By adding a check for the coupon code in the rule, one can even create coupons that set a particular shipping cost. E.g.
Name=Free Shipping with Coupon; Coupon=="FREE_SHIPPING"; Shipping=0
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