User Guide

Merchandising 141
DrumNote_500: Handling Fees
This DrumNote demonstrates how to automatically add in special handling fees
based on shopping cart data. You define a threshold number that must be met
before the handling fee is activated.
In this example we define a $15 handling fee for orders that exceed 25 pounds.
You can also base the calculation on the shopping cart's total purchase or
total quantity.
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DrumNote_503: Variable Quantity Discounts
This DrumNote builds on the previous example for Quantity Discounts. It adds a
database-driven Discount Schedule that enables you to dynamically generate
discounts based on the number of items in the customer's shopping cart.
This example has a discount schedule that starts at 25 books and offers discounts
at 5%. If the customer buys more than 35 books then the discount increases
to 10%. This feature is complete user-defined and the data is referenced from
a database.
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DrumNote_500: Variable Handling Fees
This DrumNote builds on the previous example for Handling Fees. Each Fee can
be dynamically generated from a database cost calculator. This means that you can
base things like handling fees on the total weight of the items in the cart. This
allows you to charge much more accurate fees. Which is something that customers
will definitely appreciate.
This example illustrates how you can calculate a handling fee based on a look up
table in your database. On the Check Out page you can see the table used to look
up the weight of the cart and the handling fee that is assessed based on this weight.
The handling fee appears in the Summary Area of the Shopping Cart.
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