Ecommerce Online Store - Operations - Shipping
In the Shipping Manager you can select your shipping carrier and methods. Listed below are the shipping options for both the Standard and Pro E-Commerce cart.
Standard E-Commerce Shipping
The Standard cart can display only one shipping carrier at checkout.
Specify Your Shipping Origin
For rates to return correctly, you must specify your shipping origin. If you have a real-time carrier selected, your methods will display below.
You can also specify a global handling charge for all your shipping orders and determine whether you wish the shipping and handling charges to be combined on your customer displays as they checkout.
Edit Your USPS Shipping Methods
With the Standard cart you can edit the USPS shipping methods and create new rules for reach method. Click Edit to open a set of options for the selected method.
Each shipping method is made up of rules that you can create, edit, and delete as necessary. For example, you could create a shipping method that honors free shipping from 0 to 10 lbs, charges as normal for 11 to 30 lbs, and charges and additional markup for anything over 30 lbs. Each of those rules are created separately for your shipping method.
How to Create a New Rule
1. Specify the minimum and maximum weight limits for your new rule.
2. If you wish to have a markup for your shipping rule, specify whether the markup dollar or percentage based, and then add the markup in the subsequent field. This markup is automatically added into the shipping rates displayed at checkout.
3. If you wish your rule to honor Free shipping for any products that have the free shipping designation, select the "Honors Free Shipping" checkbox.
4. Once you are satisfied with your rule, click the Add Shipping Rule button.
5. Once you've finished adding your rules to your shipping method, click the Save button at the top.
6. To return to the Shipping Manager, click the Return button at the bottom.
Free Shipping
For Free shipping to correctly register for your customers on checkout, you must complete these two steps:
1. Select the "Eligible for Free Shipping" checkbox for the products you wish to have free shipping. This option is located in Inventory > Products > Edit Products under the Advanced tab.
2. Create a shipping method that includes a rule with the "Honors Free Shipping" checkbox selected.
Pro E-Commerce Shipping
In the Pro cart, you can offer your customers multiple shipping options, including your own custom shipping options that you create. You can also create your own custom shipping label that will appear on your customer's display during checkout, assign a global handling charge, and specify whether that charge combined with shipping on customer displays.
Specify Your Shipping Origin
For rates to return correctly, you must specify your shipping origin. If you have a real-time carrier selected, your methods will display below.
How to Enable a Shipping Carrier
1. Register with the carrier (if you are going to use FedEx or UPS). You can register with either of the carriers by clicking on the register link (highlighted above) which will take you to their respective sites.
2. Click in the checkbox under Enabled to make one or more shipping carriers active on your site.
3. Use the blue up and down arrows to change the order in which the carriers will display to your customers in the shipping options list.
Custom Shipping
With the Pro cart, you have the ability to create completely custom shipping methods that you can offer to your customers.