Advanced Shipping Configuration

Overview

For simple shipping configuration, you may choose real-time shipping, product based shipping and several other store wide shipping methods. There are over 9 other ways to configure shipping that do not require using Advanced Shipping Configuration.

Use this screen to configure the advanced Fixed shipping Look-up table data for computing shipping. Fixed shipping lookup tables allows you to define ranges and present shipping options based on those ranges.

Navigation

To navigate, from the main menu of the Order Management, Click on Store Administration>>Configure Shipping from the Order Management Main menu.

Commands

Step 1: Define a Shipping Range

• To define new or modify existing shipping ranges, from the Configure Shipping Main Menu, select Ranges at the top sub menu. or press the button Ranges in the Add or Change Drop Down Boxes.
• This will present the Shipping Ranges menu shown above. All the currently defined ranges are present, specify or change the Low Weight Range values or the High Weight Range values that you want to change and press the Modify button to change all of the displayed ranges at once.
• Press the delete button next to any range to delete that particular range you no longer need.
• Click Add a New Range to add a blank new shipping range to be modified. Then change the low weight range and high weight value to what you want and press the Modify button. When your done, click on shipping options at the top sub menu. As you change or add new ranges, they will show up in the drop down boxes on the Shipping Options Main Menu.

Step 2: Define a Shipping Charge

• To define new or modify existing shipping charges, from the Configure Shipping Main Menu, select Charges at the top right sub menu, or press the button shipping charges in the Add or Change Drop Down Boxes.
• This will present the Shipping Charges menu shown above. All the currently defined charges are present, specify or change the values for Type, Service, Description and Cost and press the Modify button to change all of the displayed charge values at once.
• Press the delete button next to any charge to delete that particular charge you no longer need
• Click Add a New Shipping Charge to add a blank new shipping charge to be modified. Then specify or change the values for Type, Service, Description and Cost and press the Modify button for the new option. When your done, click on shipping options at the top sub menu. As you change or add new shipping charges, they will show up in the drop down boxes on the Shipping Options Main Menu.

Step 3: Define the Shipping Option

Shipping Options are simply entries in the shipping table where you match specific range (weight, volume, size, etc.) linked to a specific cost/method of shipping option that you defined above for a a specific destination. Each of these particular linkages will make up one shipping option. If, and only if, your customers order meets all of these particular requirements, you customer will be presented with this shipping option as a choice. If you don't see a shipping option, usually its because one or more criteria you have established is not exactly met. You may set-up multiple overlapping shipping options to present your customer with more than one shipping choice. You must set up an option for every single possible range or circumstance when using fixed shipping. However, it is possible to setup a very large encompassing range so that no more than one or possible two or three options are required. Basically, the complexity of your shipping will dictate the complexity and number of shipping options that are required.

• On the main, shipping options menu, all of the currently defined ranges, destinations and charges are located within the drop down boxes. Each line represents a single shipping option. You may have as many shipping options as you want.
• Click Add a New Shipping Option to add a blank new shipping option to be modified.
• Select the appropriate shipping range from the drop down, the appropriate shipping destination form the drop down, and the appropriate shipping charge. If you don't see the shipping range or shipping charge that you need than follow the procedure at the top of this chapter to define it.
• When the drop downs all show the correct values for each particular option, press the modify button to save the changes.