by chernann » Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:23 pm
Kickstarter shipping option is not very configurable.
This is what project creators typically do:
1. Charge an inflated amount for shipping, i.e. the highest rate of all the destinations you'll ship to. Works ok if you only ship in the your own country/region, and if your offering is simple - i.e. it's one book, or one box, without a whole lot of optional/extra doodads.
2. Create a pledge level for each zone, with a different shipping rate. i.e. one rate for USA, one rate for Canada, one rate for Europe. This isn't very precise.
3. Have a table on the Kickstarter listing all the shipping to add to the pledge - as backers can "over" pledge for their rewards. We used to do this.
The problem with #2 is that some people forget to pledge for shipping so you'll have to get it from them after the campaign ends anyway - invariably you're going to need something like Backerkit to do this.
4. Collect shipping after the fact through an automated pledge tracking system, This is what we do now, through our own custom site. Not sure if Backerkit can be configured to handle shipping calculations by weight and destination but it can't hurt to ask.