The platform discussed in this article can be found here:
https://www.openbazaar.org/
Components
This request relates directly to the item's shipping section of the listing page inside of the OpenBazaar desktop client.
Proposal
Inside of the listing options, a seller needs to have the ability to calculate prices automatically based on the weight, size, and package dimensions on the item for sale. Once those entries are inserted, you can then query the buyer's address and automatically get an accurate price on shipping for all of the selected and supported shipping services (FedEx, USPS, UPS, etc).
As this has already been implemented with other popular online sales platforms, it is possible to pull this information from the shipping carriers automatically.
Mockups / Examples
Here's what a potential shipping calculator could look like:
Benefits
There are innumerable benefits to implementing this, including:
- Removing the need to manually verify and calculate shipping prices through external online shipping calculators.
- Faster and more efficient listing workflow for sellers.
- Overall improvement to the Desktop client that will mainstream more users to want to use OpenBazaar.
- Huge vendor sites like eBay, Amazon, and more already have this feature implemented, so by meeting their standards, it will be easier for OpenBazaar to rise above them.
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