Here are the settings in my cart related to Shipping:
Shipping settings on System > Settings > Checkout page:
Use Shipping Session: OFF
Shipping and Tax Estimate: OFF
On all 7 of my Product pages:
Requires Shipping: ON
Ship Product Individually: OFF
Free Shipping: OFF
Fixed Shipping Price: 0.00 *
*I changed the "Fixed Shipping Price" on all my t-shirt product pages to $0.00 because the $6 shipping was being added for EACH and EVERY t-shirt ordered when I tested it, and it doesn't look like AbanteCart is set up for the very common shipping policy of $x.xx for the first item, plus $x.xx for each additional item. You should really add this as soon as possible.
I also don't see a way of setting one flat rate for one cost for shipping all products together that are in the same order. This is very common, too, and should also be added as soon as possible.
Extensions:
"Flat Rate" was set to $6.00. I just changed it to $0.00, and turned it off.
"Per Item" was also set to $6.00. I just changed it to $0.00, and turned it off also.
1 - If possible, what setting(s) should I use to be able to charge $6.00 shipping for the first t-shirt ordered, then $2.00 for each additional t-shirt ordered on the same order?
2 - If #1 isn't possible, what setting(s) should I use to be able to charge ONLY $6.00 shipping PER ORDER, for everything ordered?
Thank you
PS: If neither one of these very common forms of charging for shipping are possible with AbanteCart as it is now, I very strongly recommend that you add both of them as soon as possible, and that you promote these two types of shipping on the Features page of your website, with very good SEO keywords. My guess is that A LOT of people don't use AbanteCart because these two types of charging for shipping aren't available. When I realized that I might not be able to do this with my AbanteCart store & shopping cart, I checked several of the other Open Source, free shopping carts. Amazingly, I couldn't find one that advertises that these are some of the features. I only found these methods of charging for shipping with many of the paid shopping carts. It's so important to me, and quite possibly many other sellers, that I would consider paying for a store and cart to have them. I'm saying this from my experience in direct mail and internet business all my life, and as general manager of a high quality manufacturing company in Southern California for 16 years. We offered BOTH methods of charging for shipping to our dealers and retail customers for different products.