Driven Crazy by Shipping...
I just don't know what to do. I am trying to open an online store but everywhere I turn I keep running into problems.
We sell frozen dog food so we our shipments can only be in transit for two days. We use UPS to ship boxes up to forty pounds each. Shipments in excess of 40 lbs go into multiple boxes.
Currently my store is hosted with ProStores (The Dinner Bowl). But they can not mix live and flat rates.
Since ProStores can't mix rates I am going to have to move to another managed host. I was planning to go with Volusion but today (minutes before I was going to sign) I realized that Volusions can not divide my sales into 40 lb containers. Since that is the case orders greater than 150 lbs (a regular occurence) will not get shipping estimates. So I can not use them.
What I need is:
- Offer a flat rate for UPS Ground
- Limit visibility of UPS Ground to people that are within two day delivery range
- Mix flat rate with live UPS estimates
- Incorporate box size (24"x24"x24") for accurate UPS estimates
- Divide total sale weight into 40 lb box multiples
- Would really like to use GoogleCheckout
I am really at a loss over this. I desperately need some advice on a reliable managed host. I want to go with a managed host because I am new to ecommerce, am not a very experienced programmer and do not have my own server.
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated. I am just at my wits end.
Curt
The Dinner Bowl