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Add an option for cartonization for products which are pre-packaged but can also be cartonized
Right now you can select "Exclude from Cartonization" and "Ship in own Packaging" for items which have their own packaging. We have a number of products which are in the 5-20 lb range which are pre-packaged, so they ship in their own packaging by default, but they are cartonizable. For example, we have one box wich contains a pair of 5 lb weight plates, which weighs about 11 lbs, and is 8" x 8" x 2". The optimal way for us to ship them depends on what else is on the shipment. If they are the only cartonizable item on the shipment, then they should ship in their own packaging and be excluded from cartonization (no point in putting a single packaged box inside another one to ship it). If there are two cartonizable items on the order, then they should be cartonized to save on the shipping cost. Right now the way we manage this is we make virtual boxes with extremely strict weight and dims limits, so that the virtual box will only fit the specified product if it's by itself, but if there are multiple cartonizable items on an order, it will get cartonized. It's a lot of admin work. I'd love to have the option to have these in-between items be specified as "Ship in own packaging = true" and "Exclude from Cartonization = false" OR have another checkbox like "Exclude from Cartonization if only cartonizable item on the shipment". Then if there is only one cartonizable item on the shipment, items specified in this manner would ship in their own packaging. If there is more than one, they would get cartonized with the other cartonizable items. This is a bit of a niche case but I assume would be helpful for other merchants with the same kind of setup as us. We'd be happy to pay for dev time on this, assuming it's not too much. Please advise, thank you!
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