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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by dheera on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:46PM (#23708221)
You could GeoIP the user's IP address and display an initial tax + shipping estimate.
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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by nickip on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:52PM (#23708275)
Tax isn't always only region based. You also need to account for Vat Tax which has a bunch of conditions around it too that you can't assume.
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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by dheera on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:58PM (#23709478)
Include the statistical average tax in the price, and then up it or down it slightly at check out like a tax return. The user will be happy that the advertised price is a good estimate of the final price. Same for shipping.
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