This screen displays the specific of an Arrival Date:
Arrival Date |
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Arrival Date: | Enter the Arrival Date that all available Shipping Methods will be checked
against to see if they can deliver by this date. TIP: To create an "At Once" Arrival Date, set this value to "0/0/0000". To create a "Christmas" Arrival Date, set this value to 12/25/XXXX or 25/12/XXXX (depending on your date format), where XXXX is the current year. |
Or allow Customer to enter this Arrival Date during checkout |
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Display Custom Field: | Check this box if you want to allow all Customers to enter their own
Requested Arrival Date on the Shipping and Arrival Page. TIP: You should only have one Arrival Date enabled as a Display Custom Field. |
Latest Allowed Arrival Date: | Enter a date for this field if you want to set the latest custom Arrival Date that a Customer is allowed to enter. You might want to use this feature if you want to prevent a Customer from selecting a date that is too far into the future, because product and/or shipping costs might be different at that point in time. |
Arrival Date Code for Order Reporting |
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Arrival Date Code: | Enter the code that will be saved and exported with the Order data if this
Arrival Date is selected by the Customer. For example: "XMAS". |
Order Preview Page Display Options |
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Arrival Date Name: | Enter the selection name displayed to the Customer on the Shipping and
Arrival Page. For example: "Christmas Day". |
Arrival Date Description: | Enter the description of this Arrival Date that will be displayed to the
Customer on the Shipping and Arrival Page. For example: "We guarantee your gift will arrive by Christmas Day." |
Sort Order: | Enter the number that will be used to determine the display order of all
enabled Arrival Dates displayed on the Shipping and Arrival Page. For example: "1" would be displayed before "2". |
Arrival Date Availability |
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Start Date: | The first date that this Arrival Date option is displayed to Customers on the Shipping and Arrival Page. This Arrival Date option will become available at 12:00 AM on the date that is entered here. |
End Date: | The last date that this Arrival Date option is displayed to Customers on the Shipping Address & Arrival Page. This Arrival Date option will no longer be available at the "End of Day Time" (see Site Settings) on the date that is entered here. |
Status Override: | Whether this Arrival Date is enabled (displayed to the Customer) or not. The Status overrides the Start and End Dates. |
Selected by Default: | When the Shipping and Arrival Page is displayed to the Customer, this Arrival Date will be selected by default. There should only be one Arrival Date that has this set. If you want to "confirm" that the Customer actively selects an Arrival Date, don't set this option for any Arrival Dates on your Website. |
Shipping Cut-offs |
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Shipping Cut-offs are generally used around holidays when you want to
guarantee delivery before the holiday as long as Customers submit their Order by
a certain date and time. Shipping Cut-offs override the Preparation Time for
Products, transit values for Shipping Methods, and Transit Adjustment Days for
Countries for a specific Arrival Date and Shipping Method. For example, if you want to allow your Customers to select Standard shipping for Christmas delivery until Dec 20 2014 at 3:00 PM, then you should create a Shipping Cut-off for the Christmas Arrival Date where the Shipping Method is set to Standard and the Cut-off Date & Time is 12/20/2014 3:00 PM (adjust the order of the month and day based on your date format). You can also create Shipping Cut-offs for other Shipping Methods (e.g. Express, Next Day). |
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Shipping Method: | The Shipping Method that this Shipping Cut-off applies to. |
Cut-off Date & Time: | The date and time that the selected Shipping Method will be available until for this Arrival Date. |
IMPORTANT: You should only have one "At Once" Arrival Date ("0/0/0000") enabled at any time on your website. Also, you should only have one Arrival Date using the "Display Custom Field" enabled at any time on your website.