Hi, We've been using the PayPal shipping calculator to determine shipping based on weight. In the area where the rates are defined, there are a maximum of five ranges that can be configured. Since we need about 15 ranges (because our products vary greatly in weight from about 1 lb. to 350 lbs.) we'd like to disable the automatic calculations and send the total shipping amount as a variable along with the rest of the shopping cart variables that we are currently sending from our site to PayPal. This page https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/ipn/integration-guide/IPNandPDTVariables/ defines: mc_shipping = Total shipping amount associated with the transaction. So, our shopping cart form now looks like this: <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart" /> <input type="hidden" name="upload" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0" /> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="ouremail" /> <input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="oursite.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="return" value="oursite.comp" /> <input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Little Champ" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_number_1" value="178" />
<input type="hidden" name="weight_1" value="3.4" />
<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="49.95" />
<input type="hidden" name="quantity_1" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="mc_shipping" value="18" /> <input type="hidden" name="cbt" value="Please click here to finalize order" /> <a href="index.php?type=17">Continue Shopping</a>
<input class="submit_button" type="submit" id="checkout-button" name="checkout-button" value=" Checkout " /> </form> My understanding is that by sending the variable mc_shipping, the automatic calculations would not be used to determine the shipping amount, but the value of mc_shipping would be used instead. This is not working however. The automatic calculations are still being used, even after setting each of our shipping method calcualtors to Inactive, and selecting the radio button to "Use the shipping amount in my cart rather than the automatic calculator." How can we send the shipping amount with our cart?
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