Adding shipping to your Shopping Cart orders

Unless all the products in your Shopping Cart inventory are downloadable products, chances are you'll have to add shipping costs to your Shopping Cart. There are two parts to creating new Shipping options. The first is to create the Zone (geographically) that this Shipping option is available to, then you need to choose the methods people can use to have their goods shipped by in this zone. This article will take you through both steps.

To add shipping options:

1. Click on the Shop Settings tab when you are logged into your Website account.
2. Click on the Shipping tab.
3. Click the Add a Shipping Zone button.
4. Type in the Zone Name. This is for your reference only. It may be something like "Australia" or "Queensland."
5. Check the Enabled box to allow people to choose this shipping option. You may need to temporarily remove that shipping option, in which case you would untick this box.
6. Zone Scope allows you to choose the zone this shipping is relevant to. When you make your selection, is it important that you make another selection in the boxes that will appear. For instance, if you choose Country, you will then need to choose which Country this Shipping Zone applies to, otherwise your online customers will get a message saying that you do not ship to their area.
7. Click the Save button.
8. Select Add a shipping method.
9. In Method Name, type in the method name for you and your customer's reference. It may be "Australia Post (Express)", or "Pick Up From Local Depot."
10. In Description, give any more detail regarding this delivery method, such as "2-3 Days" or "Call Us to Find your nearest depot."
11. For Enabled, select Yes to allow people to choose this shipping method. You may need to temporarily remove that shipping method, in which case you would select No.
12. For Disable Tax, select Yes if you want to disable tax for this shipping method, otherwise select No.
13. For Handling Cost Type, select Amount for a fixed price or Percent for a percentage of the shipping cost and then enter a figure.
14. For Add padding to package, select the Default or enter a Custom amount to consider padding in package calculations.
15. For Allow Product Based Shipping, select Yes and then choose an option to Restrict shipping method by, otherwise select No.
16. From the drop down menu, choose the Method Type. Depending on the method type you choose, you may need to enter in more information:
    • Flat Price Per Order: This is a flat price independant of how many items are included in the order. Enter in the Flat Cost in dollars.
    • Flat Price Per Item: This is the price added to each item on the shopping cart. Therefore, the more items they buy, the more their shipping will be. Type in the Flat Cost as a dollar amount.
    • Price Based on Weight: To use this Shipping Method, you need to create Payment Rules AND add in a Default Cost in the event that the price cannot be determined by the weight of the products. Click on "Click here to add a payment rule" > add in the highest weight and lowest weight > add in the cost for this weight > click Save. You will need to do this for your different weight ranges, and then ensure that all the products in your Shopping Cart have a weight assigned to them.
    • Price Based on Cost of Order: To use this Shipping Method, you need to create Payment Rules AND add in a Default Cost in the event that the price cannot be determined by the cost of the total order. Click on "Click here to add a payment rule" > add in the highest and lowest order cost > add in the cost for this order cost > click Save. You will need to do this for your different order cost ranges.
    • Cash on Delivery: You do not need to add any more information here.
    • Price on Application: You do not need to add any more information here.
    • Australia Post: This Shipping Method requires you to have given the weight and size dimensions to all the products in your inventory. It will automatically determine the price of the postage using Australia Post's current pricing structure. When choosing this method, add in the Default Cost (in the event that a price from Australia Post cannot be determined), choose the Australia Post delivery types (if you select more than one option the customer will choose their preferred option), then choose whether or not the items will be shipped in one package or seperately. Click Submit.
    • Fastway: 
    • Star Track Express: 
    • TNT Post: This Shipping Method requires you to have given the weight and size dimensions to all the products in your inventory. It will automatically determine the price of the postage using TNT's current pricing structure. When choosing this method, add in the Default Cost (in the event that a price from Australia Post cannot be determined), enter in your TNT Username, Password and Account Number, choose the TNT delivery types (if you select more than one option the customer will choose their preferred option), then choose whether or not the items will be shipped in one package or seperately. Click Submit.
    • TNT International: This Shipping Method requires you to have given the weight and size dimensions to all the products in your inventory. It will automatically determine the price of the postage using TNT Internationalls current pricing structure. When choosing this method, add in the Default Cost (in the event that a price from Australia Post cannot be determined), enter in your TNT Username and Password, choose the TNT delivery types (if you select more than one option the customer will choose their preferred option), then choose whether or not the items will be shipped in one package or seperately. Click Submit.
    • UPS: This Shipping Method requires you to have given the weight and size dimensions to all the products in your inventory. It will automatically determine the price of the postage using UPS's current pricing structure. When choosing this method, add in the Default Cost (in the event that a price from Australia Post cannot be determined), enter in your UPS User ID and Password, choose the UPS delivery types (if you select more than one option the customer will choose their preferred option), then choose whether or not the items will be shipped in one package or seperately. Click Submit.
    • Canada Post:
    • Price Based on Weight and Dimension:
    • DHL Express: 
17. After you are done working on your Method Type, add in an additional Handling Cost as a dollar amount.
18. Click Submit.