Estimating shipping costs in e-commerce site...

[Charlie]

Hi:

I'm working on an on line catalog. I'm far from this point, but just
thinking ahead. How do sites estimate the shipping charges?

Thanks,
Charlie

[Curt_C [MVP]]

most likely you can run it through a webservice that a hsipping company will
have to provide. Look on ebay, some of the auctions have a "calc shipping"
link that takes you to a site, follow it down the trail :}
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Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Charlie@CBFC" <ch*****@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Hi:

I'm working on an on line catalog. I'm far from this point, but just
thinking ahead. How do sites estimate the shipping charges?

Thanks,
Charlie

[clintonG]

Scour the UPS and other shipping company websites. I know
for a fact that UPS provides an API.

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"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote in message
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most likely you can run it through a webservice that a hsipping company will have to provide. Look on ebay, some of the auctions have a "calc shipping" link that takes you to a site, follow it down the trail :}
--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Charlie@CBFC" <ch*****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ep**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi:

I'm working on an on line catalog. I'm far from this point, but just thinking ahead. How do sites estimate the shipping charges?

Thanks,
Charlie