Flat Rate shipping for different customer groups?

Question

Is it possible to set a flat rate shipping method with two different prices for two different customer groups?

Googled around, but couldn't find one, and why isn't this as easy as one would imagine it be to setup?

Answer 1

You can create this option by copy Flatrate file core/Mage/Shipping/Model/Carrier/Flatrate.php in local code pool local/Mage/Shipping/Model/Carrier/Flatrate.php.

you need to modify code in collectRates function.

$result = Mage::getModel('shipping/rate_result');
if ($this->getConfigData('type') == 'O') { // per order
    $shippingPrice = $this->getConfigData('price');
} elseif ($this->getConfigData('type') == 'I') { // per item
    $shippingPrice = ($request->getPackageQty() * $this->getConfigData('price')) - ($this->getFreeBoxes() * $this->getConfigData('price'));
} else {
    $shippingPrice = false;
}

Replace the above code using the below code:

if(!Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn()){
    //not logged in
    $flatRatePrice = $this->getConfigData('price'); 
}else{
    // logged in
    $groupId = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomerGroupId();
    $group = Mage::getSingleton('customer/group')->load($groupId)->getData('customer_group_code');
    $group = strtolower($group);
    switch ($group) {
        case 'general': //Set price for different customer group
            $flatRatePrice = 10;    
            break;
        case 'retailer':
            $flatRatePrice = 20;    
            break;
        case 'wholesale':
            $flatRatePrice = 30;    
            break;
        default:
            $flatRatePrice = $this->getConfigData('price'); 
    } 
}

$result = Mage::getModel('shipping/rate_result');
if ($this->getConfigData('type') == 'O') { // per order
    $shippingPrice = $flatRatePrice;
} elseif ($this->getConfigData('type') == 'I') { // per item
    $shippingPrice = ($request->getPackageQty() * $flatRatePrice) - ($this->getFreeBoxes() * $flatRatePrice);
} else {
    $shippingPrice = false;
}