Very happy to see this update, and know that you're still committed to the Hivelist project!
Looking forward to checking out new features and finally getting my store populated. Went a bit sideways for a while... in part trying to configure shipping approaches for physical items.
Have you considered implementing or partnering with a program like "Pirate Ship" for shipment of merchants physical goods? It offers shipping rates competitive with the bulk rates of Amazon, eBay and the likes.
Yeah, I have looked into it, but with the multivendor setup it wouldn’t work unless we housed and fulfilled everything. Our print on demand vendors have their own shipping rates that are automatically calculated. It would be up to you as a store owner to handle your own shipping rates so you could use Pirate ship to calculate your rates and charge accordingly.