User Guide

Chapter 160

Calculating and Displaying Shipping Cost

There are numerous methods for calculating shipping costs in eStore Builder. For

this tutorial, we will use the simplest method and calculate shipping cost based on

a ﬂat rate of $5 per item. Other options include shipping costs based on weight

and on total purchase. There is also a UPS server-side interaction with eStore that

provides shipping options and corresponding costs.

Please refer to the DrumNotes for more details on these alternative

shipping methods.

To set up shipping functionality:

Select the ShippingText text box. Type $[Shipping] in it

2 Shift-select the following elements as referenced by name given in

Attributes Sheet:

 ShippingText (on page)

 ShoppingCartObject (in Basement)

3 Right click and choose Possible Interactions. In the eStore Shipping category,

double click the interaction::

Replace [token] in ShippingText with [ﬂat-rate] shipping based on total

quantity from ShoppingCartObject

4 Set the parameters according to the following table, then click OK.

Parameter Description Set to:

Ship Rate Per Item The numeric value of the shipping

charge for each item.

Token Exact case-sensitive text that will

be replaced by the shipping value

[Shipping]