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soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
10 years ago
3,304 posts
ok so im setting uyp foxycart figuring out a payment solution
i see many have monthly charges plus a per transaction fee there were too many to look at but stripe looked the best i think

questions
1 the transaction fee if i set it to 99% payout for standard 97% for featured that 2.9% comes out of that99% or 97 does it reduce my already low 1%
question 2 would stripe be the best option
and 3 what if u dont have a 1 shipping feee fits all
like u cant do 1 proce per product cause it varies from zip code to zip code country to country
ir u do flat rate so anything under 5 products is 1 price or anything under a total cost of 30 is 1 price




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soaringeagle
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updated by @soaringeagle: 02/19/15 09:17:14AM
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
soaringeagle:
ok so im setting uyp foxycart figuring out a payment solution
i see many have monthly charges plus a per transaction fee there were too many to look at but stripe looked the best i think

questions
1 the transaction fee if i set it to 99% payout for standard 97% for featured that 2.9% comes out of that99% or 97 does it reduce my already low 1%

It comes out BEFORE any percentages are applied, so your 1% is AFTER fees.

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question 2 would stripe be the best option

I'm a big fan of Stripe - we use them here on Jamroom.net

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and 3 what if u dont have a 1 shipping feee fits all
like u cant do 1 proce per product cause it varies from zip code to zip code country to country
ir u do flat rate so anything under 5 products is 1 price or anything under a total cost of 30 is 1 price

Jamroom does not handle multiple shipping fees for you, as that requires some sort of API level integration with various shipping companies (which we've never done and likely won't be doing) - you're going to need to manually work it out at sale time, or have some type of "flat fee" for shipping (which is what I would recommend).

Hope this helps!


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soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
10 years ago
3,304 posts
ok cool thnx


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soaringeagle
head dreadhead at dreadlocks site
glider pilot student and member/volunteer coordinator with freedoms wings international soaring for people with disabilities
Clay Gordon
Clay Gordon
@claygordon
10 years ago
744 posts
I had this problem with another shopping cart.

One thing that cart allowed me to do was to reduce the price of items (as long as the final capture amount is below the auth amount there's never an issue).

SO ... if FoxyCart allows you to revise prices after the auth is made, you can always reduce the shipping cost. I did this. I set a price that covered 90% of situations and refunded shipping overages when they occurred - if they were more than a buck or so. I took the hit when I underestimated the shipping costs. In the long run, it balanced out any my customers were always happy to get an email from me saying that I was going to be charging them less than they thought for their order.
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
10 years ago
3,304 posts
problem is 1 of my biggest supporter that actauly pays like 80% if my server fees voluntarily doubling what shed paid for advertising on the old site.. she has to use bulk rate as that was the only option that worked out for her but i will suggest this as an option that makes sence

the bulk rates also killing her international orders since it only is efficient if u buy 5 or 6 at a time like a years supply and spend like 80 dollars instead of 10


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soaringeagle
head dreadhead at dreadlocks site
glider pilot student and member/volunteer coordinator with freedoms wings international soaring for people with disabilities

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