Shipping based on SKU - Magento CE 1.9.1.0

Question

I need a solution to a problem that I've been struggling with for some time now.

I need some sort of shipping rule that changes price dependent on the END of an SKU.

For example, if a SKU ended xxxx-TICK it would be charged at £5.00, where as a SKU ending in xxxx-PHYS would be charged at £10.00.

I've not come across any post or plugin that could solve this.

I'm open to all ideas!!

Answer 1

You can achieve this by modifying your carrier model class's collectRates() method. Here, in this method you can check if the quote item has a product whose SKU ends with either 'TICK' or 'PHYS' and set $shippingPrice with the respective value.

$quote = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote();

$cartItems = $quote->getAllVisibleItems();


foreach ($cartItems as $item) {
    $product = $item->getProduct();
    $sku = $product->getSku();

    //your logic to compare the sku
    //for example
    if('sku ends with TICK'){
        $shippingPrice += 5; 
    }

    if('sku ends with PHYS'){
        $shippingPrice += 10; 
    }
}

Hope this helps. If you have any doubts please feel free to ask me further. Thanks.