Oscommerce Shipping Overhaul and Various other changes

Oscommerce Shipping Overhaul and Various other changes is project number 141491 posted at GetAFreelancer.com. Click here to post your own project.

Status:	Closed (Selected Service Provider)
Selected Providers:	selected service provider oscexpert
Budget:	$300-1500
Created:	04/26/2007 at 20:00 EDT
Bidding Ends:	05/03/2007 at 20:00 EDT
Project Creator:	pastorjosh   Buyer Rating: (2 reviews)
Description:	I have been using the Multi-Vendor Shipping (MVS) contribution for my oscommerce site, but it is not a real good solution to my shipping needs. I have live products (plants and insects) on my site that must ship 2-day or next day (USPS or UPS) and have a $3.50 handling fee for an insulated box and heat pack. I have one category of plants that are drop shipped from the supplier in Florida($7.00 for the first item plus $1 for each additional plant). I have one product that must be shipped DHL ground. I have other goods ("dry goods") that I ship that can be shipped by any shipping method (USPS or UPS). I also have live frogs that I ship that must be shipped next day via UPS or USPS Express (Shipping weight of 6.0 LBS for UPS due to size or shipping weight of 3.0 LBS for USPS Express). Right now when someone checks out on my site if they order something from every category they get 5 shipping charges. Here is what I would like to happen with my shipping. -If someone orders any of the live goods I sell and "dry goods", I would like them to have the option of shipping the items separate (live goods via 2-day or next day UPS or USPS w/ $3.50 handling fee and the other goods shipped however they want), or the option to have everything shipped together via 2-day or next day UPS or USPS w/ the $3.50 handling fee. In large and/or heavy orders it is cheaper to ship them separate, but most of the time it is cheaper for me to send their whole order in one box. I'd like to give them the option to choose. I would like to give my customer the option of shipping live products via UPS ground if they are within a 2 day transit time via UPS. -If someone orders the product that must be shipped DHL ground, I would like the shipping module to combine that product and any "dry goods" into one shipment via DHL ground. Live goods would have to ship separate (unless again the DHL ground shipment is a 2 day transit from my zip code). -The plants drop shipped from Florida have a flat rate of $7.00 for the first item plus $1 for each additional plant. This shipping charge can't be combined with any other shipment. -If someone orders a live frog and other items, I would like to offer them the option to have everything sent in one shipment via UPS next day or USPS next day or have the other goods shipped separate. It would be nice also if there was a way for the system to check and see if USPS next day was guaranteed for next day service as USPS does not guarantee that to every zip code. In addition to the shipping overhaul, I would like the following tweaks: -Update cart when someone clicks “check-out” - Customers are adding items to their cart and then they will update the quantities and click “check-out”. This does not save the changes to quantities they entered. -Infobox – I would like the ability to add infoboxes, delete them, rearrange them, etc. -Paypal fix – So when people pay with paypal it saves the order when they leave the site (so it doesn't require them to return to my site for my site to record the order). -Order invoice emails include email address and phone number of customer (take off billing address) -Install paypal Websites pro -Be able to edit “ship to” addresses in the admin -Estimated delivery date figured based on noon EST cutoff for UPS -Add “2-3 days” next to priority mail during checkout -Be able to change the sort order of products -Be able to create an order in the admin for orders called in I DO NOT WANT SOMEONE WORKING ON MY LIVE STORE!!! PROGRAMMER MUST PRODUCE MY STORE WITH CHANGES EITHER ON THEIR SERVER OR ON MY HOSTING ACCOUNT SO I CAN RUN TESTS BEFORE THEY COPY THE STORE OVER MY CURRENT STORE. YOU CAN BID ON JUST THE SHIPPING OVERHAUL OR ON THE SHIPPING OVERHAUL AND OTHER TWEAKS. Feel free to ask questions.
Job Type:	PHP Website Design
Database:	MySQL
Operating system:	MS Windows
Bid count:	15
Average bid:	$ 1073