Shipping to Multiple Addresses

Serious eCommerce platform that has the option to ship product to multiple

[NNventures]

I am looking for an Serious eCommerce platform that has the option to ship product to multiple addresses in one checkout.

[podfan]

Magento support it, if you can stand its complicated workflow

[jwolthuis]

... ship product to multiple addresses in one checkout.

I can think of four good reasons *not* to do this:

(a) Non-delivery chargebacks would affect all shipments, tied to the one common credit card charge.

(b) Fraud magnet: Ship the cheap widget to a safe local address, and the expensive one to the fraudster.

(c) Mixed destination countries: How to offer shipping options when one address is local, and another address is in another country.

(d) Sales tax reporting. Although not difficult to calculate, it could turn into an accounting nightmare.

And a final thought:
What's the advantage of doing this, over simply checking out again for a different ship-to address?

[enigma1]

Usually you never find a cart that matches the exact requirements. You will need to customize. And what you're asking is straight forward, most open source carts like osCommerce would be able to handle it with some mods, there is an osC contribution with this since 2004.

[piatkow]

If you are targetting the Christmas gift market and want people to send your widgets to all their friends and relations in one easy transaction then I can understand the requirement. If that isn't your niche then take jwolthius's advice.

Mixed destination countries:

You would have to restrict shipments to one country.

Sales tax reporting.

Only if you are in a country where Value Added/Sales taxes are set by local government. Not likely to be a problem in Europe where these taxes are normally set nationally.

[jwolthuis]

You would have to restrict shipments to one country.

Doesn't avoid the problem. Within the same country, multiple shipping classes might need to be used. I might want UPS Ground to my mom in Arizona, but USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate to my cousin in Hawaii.

Only if you are in a country where Value Added/Sales taxes are set by local government.

In the US, sales taxes are charged based on the location of the end-user, and the tax for my mom's shipment to Arizona would be different than the tax for my cousin's shipment to Hawaii. The tax calculation is easy. The documentation and accounting requirements might be troublesome. Can any well-known accounting software keep track of two sales tax amounts in a single order?