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Old 06-24-2012, 10:15 PM   #5
hhmoore
I'm not a fan of shopping carts for live animals, but there are pros and cons.

Some things to consider.
- Are you using a flat rate shipping? I know that a page can be set up so that it calculates shipping based on zipcode...but I'm not sure how much trouble it is to make it smart enough to increase box size when needed. That is an issue if you sell various sized animals or the buyer makes a multi-animal purchase.
- Are you going to accept offers, or stick firmly to your advertised price. If you have people contacting you with offers, and are making sales that way; you will have to expend more effort to update your cart.
- Same basic idea concerning multi-animal discounts.
I had something else in mind, but seem to have lost it for the moment...and I'm heading out the door so I can't wrestle with it.