I need to add a shipping surcharge for USA

Store Builder Questions
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Hi,



Due to the new security measures the US has put in, we are being charged an extra $9.00 per shipment for security checks (not to mention 48 hr delays!)



Any ideas on how to add a $9.00 surcharge for orders sent to USA?



I don’t use localizations.



I have real-time shipping methods setup (Australia Post) but it seems when you use real-time shipping you can’t then add cost/item/weight dependencies on a location basis?



If i use manual shipping it gives me the option to add dependencies by location but then i can’t use the real-time shipping calculations.



Other thoughts I had to get around it:


  1. I make a new product “Security Surcharge” $9.00 and then make it a required product but again I don’t know how to limit it to customers from a certain country.


  2. Surcharge on payment methods, but again can’t condition it to US only.



    I don’t want to use localizations which would help here because unless it somehow detects where a user is from (it doesn’t) it causes more hassles than benefits (for my situation)



    Thanks for any suggestions
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Are you using realtime or manual shipping methods. If manual, just edit the Shipping charges for the USA location and add your $9.00 to the “If products total $0.00” element. This will add your $9.00 to all orders where the amount is greater than zero.



If realtime, there is no standard way to do it. You can make a mod int the shipping calculation code to add your $9.00 if $order_data[‘s_country’] == ‘US’. But it would be a manual change.

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thanks for the quick reply.



Yes i use realtime shipping so will have to look at doing a mod…



i am happy to have a hack around if pointed in the right direction :slight_smile:



if you are able to point me in the right direction that would be great

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The hook


fn_set_hook('apply_cart_shipping_rates', $cart, $cart_products, $auth, $shipping_rates);


is called from fn_apply_cart_shipping_rates() in core/fn.cart.php.



So you should be able to setup a hook to trap the shipping calculation and then make whatever adjustments you need in there. You probably want to adjust $cart[‘shipping_cost’] in your hook. Make sure to declare the parameter in your hook to be pass by reference, not by value.

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thanks will give it a go