This screen displays a Shipping Method's options and fees.
Shipping Method Code for Order Reporting |
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Code: | Enter the value that will be saved and exported with the Order data if this
Shipping Method is used. For example: "AIR" |
Shipping Method Page Display Options |
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Display Name: | Enter the Name of this Shipping Method that is displayed to the Customer on
the Shipping Methods Page. For example: "FEDEX Overnight". |
Display Message: | Enter This is the text information for this Shipping Method that is displayed
to the Customer on the Shipping Methods Page. For example: "Overnight delivery will arrival by 10am the next business day." |
Shipping Method Charges |
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Base Rate: | This monetary value is the starting rate for the Shipping Method. It is not affected by Product quantities. |
Primary Weight Rate: | This monetary value is multiplied by each Quantity of each Product's Primary
Weigh Points for the recipient. For example: If you wanted to charge $12.00 ship a certain product via this Shipping Method, you would set the Product's Primary Points to 1200 and set this value to 1. If you don't want the rate to apply to the first quantity of the first item in the cart for each recipient, then check "Don't apply to first item". The rate will then only be applied to subsequent items for each recipient. The first item is the Product that the customer added to their cart first for each recipient. This option allows you to create flat rate shipping charges for the first product to each recipient regardless of the product's weight points. Uncheck this option if you want the rate to apply to all quantities of all items. |
Secondary Weight Rate: | This monetary value is multiplied by each Quantity of each Product's
Secondary Weigh Points for the recipient. TIP: Use the Secondary Weigh Rate for any Products that need a different Weight Rate for a different Shipping Zone. If you don't want the rate to apply to the first quantity of the first item in the cart for each recipient, then check "Don't apply to first item". The rate will then only be applied to subsequent items for each recipient. The first item is the Product that the customer added to their cart first for each recipient. This option allows you to create flat rate shipping charges for the first product to each recipient regardless of the product's weight points. Uncheck this option if you want the rate to apply to all quantities of all items. |
Item Rate: | This monetary value is multiplied by each Quantity of all Products for the
recipient. TIP: Use the Item Rate when a flat shipping rate must be applied to all quantities, regardless of the Product. If you don't want the rate to apply to the first quantity of the first item in the cart for each recipient, then check "Don't apply to first item". The rate will then only be applied to subsequent items for each recipient. The first item is the Product that the customer added to their cart first for each recipient. This option allows you to create flat rate shipping charges for the first product to each recipient regardless of the product's weight points. Uncheck this option if you want the rate to apply to all quantities of all items. |
Destination Delivery Options |
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Allow Street Address: | Check this box if this Shipping Method can deliver to a Street Address. NOTE: A Street Address is determined by checking the first character in the Address Line 1 of the recipient's shipping address. If the first character is numeric, it is considered a Street Address, like "1234 Main Street". |
Allow PO Box: | Check this box if this Shipping Method can deliver to a Post Office
Box. NOTE: A Post Office Box is determined by checking the first character in the Address Line 1 of the recipient's shipping address. If the first character is non-numeric, it is considered a PO Box, like "P.O. Box 1234". |
Available Destinations |
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Allowed Zones: | Select the Shipping Zones that this Shipping Method can deliver too. |
Disallowed Zones: | Select the Shipping Zones that this Shipping Method cannot deliver too. |
Transit Details for Shipping Method |
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Base Transit Days: | Enter the expected number of calendar days that it should take for the
carrier to deliver the Products to the recipient using this Shipping
Method. This value and the rest of the transit values are ignored if Shipping Cut-offs are configured for an Arrival Date. Shipping Cut-offs override Preparation Time for Products, transit values for Shipping Methods, and Transit Adjustment Days for Countries. |
Adjust Transit for Country: | Check this box to add the Transit Days for the recipient's Country to the Base Transit Days. |
Transit on Sunday: | Check this box if the carrier of this Shipping Method typically continues to move shipments on Sunday. |
Transit on Saturday: | Check this box if the carrier of this Shipping Method typically continues to move shipments on Saturday. |
Excluded Transit Dates: | Enter any specific future calendar dates that the carrier of this Shipping Method does not move shipments (during labor holidays, Christmas, etc., each year). |
Shipping Method Availability |
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Start Time: | Enter the date and time that this Shipping Method is available
(enabled). TIP: Start Time is great when you want to offer you Customers new shipping options automatically when you get too close to an popular arrival date (like a holiday or event) for other Shipping Methods to guarantee delivery in time. |
End Time: | Enter the date and time that this Shipping Method is no longer available
(disabled). TIP: The End Time is great when you want to offer you Customers new shipping options automatically when you get too close to an popular arrival date (like a holiday or event) for other Shipping Methods to guarantee delivery in time. |
Status: | Enabled makes this Shipping Method
available. Disabled makes this Shipping Method unavailable. |
Available on: | This specifies which days of the week this Shipping Method may be selected.
The Cut-off time will disable the Shipping Method at the specified time on that
day. You may leave the Cut-off time blank if you want the Shipping Method to be
available all day. NOTE: The Cut-off time is based on the web server's time. |
NOTE: The Transit-related fields above are only required if you are using the Arrival
Date feature. In that case, these values are compared against the Requested
Arrival Date selected by the Customer to determine if this Shipping Method should be
displayed to the Customer.
TIP: If you only create one Shipping Method, the Customer will not be prompted to select a Shipping Methods. However, if only one Shipping Method is available that matches the Product to the Destination, the Customer will still be prompted to select the only option they have.
TIP: You may need to divide up your Shipping Methods into new, smaller Shipping Methods to accommodate more complex shipping fee structures.
If there are multiple Shipping Methods for the Customer to choose from, then the Customer will be required to click to select the Shipping Method that he/she wants (i.e. no Shipping Method will be selected by default). However, if there is only one available Shipping Method, then that Shipping Method will be selected by default. If there are no available Shipping Methods then an error message will be displayed on the Shipping Methods Page. So it's a good idea to at least create one Shipping Method that covers all your Shipping Zones if that is the appropriate solution for you.