Custom Shipping Method

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Find this feature

From the Main Menu of your Site Manager, click Shipping (in the Sales column), select Custom, and then click Apply.

 

 

Introduction

Custom allows you to create tables which determine how much to charge for shipping in certain ranges.  It also allows you to specify shipping charges based on a percentage of your customer’s order, or a flat rate.

 

Examples:  An order between $0.01 and $20 costs $5 to ship, between $20.01 and $50 costs $10.

 

After you select Custom and Apply Shipping Configuration, you can access Shipping Rate Table and Shipper Table.

 

 

Shipping Rate Table

You can create as many shipping rate tables as you need.

Create one for each shipping situation you want to charge different amounts for:  same-state shipping, local states, distant states, out of country, etc.

To add a new table, enter the name in the Add New Shipping Rate Table box, and then click Apply.

 

Delete table

To remove a shipping rate table, click Delete next to the table you wish to remove.

 

Rename table

To rename a table, enter a new name in the Name column, and then click Update.

 

Add and edit shipping rates

Once you have created a table, you can add shipping rates to it.  Click Edit next to a shipping table you wish to edit.

 

The Min Order and Max Order describe the order range, and Shipping Amt determines how much to charge for orders in that range.

 

To change these details, change the Min Order, Max Order, or Shipping Amt, and then click Update on the same row.

 

To remove a row, click Delete on that row.

 

To enter a new rate which charges $10 shipping for all orders between $.01 and $10, enter:

Minimum order amount:  1

Maximum order amount:  10

Shipping amount:  3

Click Apply to save each order range and shipping amount.

 

 

Shipper Table

Setting up the Shipping Rate Table defines what you want to charge for shipping, but does not make these amounts available to your shoppers.  To configure the shipping rates for your shoppers, we use Shipper Table.

 

Use the Add Shipper Definition area to specify what table or rates apply to shipping options for your shoppers.

1.    Enter a name in the Shipper name box.

2.    Select a Shipping calculation method.

a.    To use a table (created with Shipper Table), select Use Shipping Rate Table and choose the table from the menu.

b.    To charge a percentage of the order amount, select Apply ___% to Order Amount and enter a percentage to charge.

c.    To charge a flat rate for shipping, select Use flat rate of $____ and enter an amount to charge.

3.    Click Apply.

 

Change existing definitions

To change a shipper definition you already created, change the options in the Existing Definitions area, and then click Apply.