This screen displays all Shipping Methods.
Shipping Methods define each shipping carrier and their methods of shipment, and the fees for each based on the available Shipping Zone for each Shipping Method.
For each Shipping Method, you can set Base Rate, Primary Weight Rate, Secondary Weight Rate and an Item Rate in order to determine the cost of shipping.
Shipping Methods are displayed on the Shipping Methods Page All available Shipping Methods that can deliver the Products to each destination are always displayed to the Customer starting with the least expensive first.
Base Transit Days is used in determining the number of transit days (calendar days) for that Shipping Method. If Adjust Transit is checked, then the Transit Adjust Days for the Country of the recipient will be added to the Base Transit Days of the Shipping Method.
If a Shipping Cut-off is configured for an Arrival Date, then the Preparation Time for Products, transit values for Shipping Methods, and Transit Adjustment Days for Countries are all ignored.
If Allow Street Address is checked then this Shipping Method may be available for a recipient with a street address. (This is determined by a shipping address entered by the Customer starting with a numeric character).
If Allow PO Box is checked then this Shipping Method may be available for a recipient with a PO box (shipping address entered starts with a non-numeric character).
You will also need to set the Allowed Zones that this Shipping Method can deliver too.
2) The Customer will enter the shipping address and select a Requested Arrival Date and press the "Continue" button.
If no Shipping Methods can be found that will guarantee arrival of the shipment by the Requested Arrival Date, the Shipping Address & Arrival Page will appear again with an error instructing theCustomer to change his/her Requested Arrival Date and press "Continue" again.
3) If at least one Shipping Method is found, the Customer will be sent to the Shipping Method Page for the recipient.
If there is a Product in the Cart that is not allowed to be shipped
to the recipient's Country or State, the Product Restriction Message is
displayed to the Customer on the Shipping Methods Page and the Customer
is required to remove the Product from the Cart in order to continue
with the checkout process.
the system will look for all Shipping Methods for the
recipient's address. the system will then refine the list
of Shipping Methods to only those that can get the Products to the
destination on or before the selected Requested Arrival Date.
4) If the Customer started the checkout process from a Shopping Cart Page, they will be directed to the Billing Information Page to enter their payment information and proceed to finalize their Order. If the Customer started the checkout process from an Express Order Page, they will be sent back to the Express Order Page to enter their payment information and proceed to finalize their Order.
It is important to understand how the system determines what Shipping Methods are available for each recipient during the checkout process. Here is the calculation, if there is no Shipping Cut-off for the Arrival Date:
Available Shipping Methods = Shipping Methods (ZONE MATCH): (longest
Product:PreparationTime) + SHIP:BaseTransitDays + (If SHIP:AdjTransit =
Y then CTRY:TransitAdjDays else 0) <= Days until Requested Arrival
Date (adjusted for End of Day Time).
If there is a Shipping Cut-off for the selected Arrival Date, then the system will look at the Cut-off Date & Time in order to determine if the Shipping Method should still be available.
If one or more Available Shipping Methods are found then the shipping charges for each will be calculated and displayed to the Customer as follows:NOTE: If no Shipping Methods can be found for the shipping address, an error message will be displayed on the Shipping Methods Page and the Customer will need to contact you. 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.