Re: How to ship Internationally

I too have been wrestling with this problem for days and
have finally
got it partially working, albeit not ideally.

Firstly, as I understand it, flat rate shipping is just that
-- the
same flat rate for everywhere -- so you can't have different
'flat'
rates for different locations.

I eventually found that the line:

<input type="hidden"
name="checkout-flow-support.merchant-checkout-
flow-support.shipping-methods.flat-rate-shipping.shipping-
restrictions.allowed-areas.world-area"/>

does indeed allow international purchases, but only if I
don't also
specify any other shipping details at all. And I mean not
even the
standard html ones like:

<input type="hidden"
name="ship_method_name_1"
value="xxx"/>

So, to show shipping in the checkout, I had to pass my
shipping rate
as if it was a normal item being purchased.

Fortunately I know the shipping rate before I pass anything
to Google
Checkout. Otherwise this solution may not work for you, but
I hope it
points you in the right direction.

I'd be very interested to hear if you come up with a better
solution.


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Me again.

I've been playing about with my code and it turns out that
my solution
allows international purchases not because of the line:

<input type="hidden"
name="checkout-flow-support.merchant-checkout-
flow-support.shipping-methods.flat-rate-shipping.shipping-
restrictions.allowed-areas.world-area"/>

but simply because I am passing no shipping details.

It seems that the above line of code makes absolutely no
difference!

I give up! I've already spent waaaay too long wrestling with
Google's
badly documented, poorly supported and vastly
over-complicated API, so
I intend to calculate the shipping at my end and then pass
it as if it
was an item being purchased.

Good luck in your quest for a solution, but don't expect any
help from
Google.


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