Important Note: The unit of measure for weight fields in the Shipping Wizard will display pounds.This measurement is given as an example only, and you may consider 1 pound to equal 1 of your unit of measure.

To begin, you will first need to log in to your account and then click the Shipping tab to be redirected to the Shipping Methods page in your account.

Step 1: Click the blue plus sign “+” next to Add New Shipping Method on the right side of the Shipping page. A new Shipping Wizard window will open in your browser.

Step 2: Enter a Shipping Method Name, Tracking URL (if applicable), select what shipping charges will be based on, customers country, order total or order weight, and then select what countries this method will be offered to. Suppliers may offer the method to customers from all trusted countries, the supplier’s home country only, or, from a custom list. If you will be shipping by a method that will provide tracking numbers, you may want to list that url in the Tracking URL field as the url will be included in the shipment confirmation email that can be sent to the customer when the order is marked as shipped. After you have entered a Shipping Method Name, Tracking URL (if applicable), selected how shipping charges will be calculated and what countries the method will be offered to click Continue.

Step 3: Enter a Base Price for the method, and select how shipping charges will be calculated, based on customers country, order total or order weight. Please note: The Base Charge will be charged on all orders regardless of order weight. After you have entered a Base Price and selected how shipping charges will be calculated, click Continue.

Step 4: If you had selected Home Country Only or All Trusted Countries, you will not see this screen and will go directly to Step 5 or 5A. If you had selected Custom List, you will now select the countries this method will be offered to. To add countries to the list, highlight the country and click the Add Countries button. After you have added all of the countries the method will be offered to, click Continue.

If you will be calculating shipping charges based on exact order weight please follow Steps 5 and 6. If you will be calculating shipping based on weight ranges please follow Steps 5A and 6A.

Step 5: Enter a Weight Max and Amount . When calculating the charges based on exact order weight, you will need to enter the maximum order weight that will only be charged the Base Price in the Weight Max Field, then enter 0.00 in the amount field and click Add Surcharge. Please note: The Weight Max field will only accept whole numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc.

Step 6: Set Overweight Charge. The Overweight Charge will be the amount that is added for each pound over the Weight Max that was set in Step 5. When charging shipping based on the exact order amount, Overweight Charges will be based on the exact order weight. As an example: If you had set up the method to charge a Base Charge of $1.00 and the Overweight Charge is set to $1.00 for each pound over 1, the shipping charges for an order that weighed 1.50 pounds would be $1.50. $1.00(Base Charge) + $.50(Overweight Charge)=$1.50 Shipping cost. After you have entered the Overweight Charge, click Continue. Go to Step 7.

Step 5A: Enter the Weight Max and Amount. The first Weight Max that you enter will determine the maximum order weight that would only bill the customer the Base Charge that was set up in Step 3. For the Amount for the first Weight Max you will enter 0.00 and click Add Surcharge. Continue to add additional Weight Maxes and Surcharges for each weight range you wish to use on the method. In the below example the method is set up to charge customers a Base Price of $1.00 for the first 10 pounds and to then add a Surcharge of $1.00 for orders from 10.01 to 20 pounds, $2.00 for orders from 20.01 to 30 pounds, $3.00 for orders from 30.01 to 40 pounds. After you have entered all of the weight ranges for the method go to Step 6A. Please note: The Weight Max field will only accept whole numbers, 1, 2, 3, etc.

Step 6A: Set Overweight Charge. The Overweight Charge will be the amount that is added for each pound over the highest weight that you had entered for your weight divisions in Step 5A. When charging shipping based on weight ranges, the Overweight Charges will be based on the exact Overweight amount. As an example, if you were charging $4.00 for orders up to 40 pounds, and adding an additional $1.00 for each pound over 40, for an order weighing 40.50 pounds the customer would be charged $4.50 for shipping. $4.00(Charge for weights up to 40 pounds) + $.50(Overweight Charge for .50 pounds)= $4.50 total shipping cost. After you have entered the Overweight Charge click Continue.

Step 7: Review the settings for the method and save the Shipping Method. To save the method to your account click Save after you have reviewed the settings for the method. The page will refresh and advise the method has been successfully created and you may then click Close to exit the Shipping Wizard.

To begin, you will first need to log in to your account and then click the Shipping tab to be redirected to the Shipping Methods page in your account.

Step 1: Click the blue plus sign “+” next to Add New Shipping Method on the right side of the Shipping page. A new Shipping Wizard window will open in your browser.

Step 2: Enter a Shipping Method Name, Tracking URL (if applicable), select what shipping charges will be based on, customers country, order total or order weight and then select what countries this method will be offered to. Suppliers may offer the method to customers from all trusted countries, the supplier’s home country only, or, from a custom list. If you will be shipping by a method that will provide tracking numbers, you may want to list that url in the Tracking URL field as the url will be included in the shipment confirmation email that can be sent to the customer when the order is marked as shipped. After you have entered a Shipping Method Name, Tracking URL (if applicable), selected how shipping charges will be calculated and what countries the method will be offered to, click Continue.

Step 3: Enter a Base Price for the method, and select how shipping charges will be calculated, based on customers country, order total or order weight. Please note: The base charge will be charged on all orders regardless of order total. After you have entered a Base Price and selected how shipping charges will be calculated, click Continue.

Step 4: If you had selected Home Country Only or All Trusted Countries, you will not see this screen and will go directly to Step 5. If you had selected Custom List, you will now select the countries this method will be offered to. To add countries to the list, highlight the country and click the Add Countries button. After you have added all of the countries the method will be offered to, click Continue.

Step 5: Enter the Order Max Total and Amount. The Order Max total is the maximum order amount that would only be charged the Base Price created in Step 3. As an example, if you wanted customers to be charged $1.00 shipping for orders up to $10.00, you would enter 1.00 as the Base Price, 10.00 in Order Max Total field, 0.00 in the Amount field and then click the blue Add Surcharge button.

Step 6: Adding additional order total surcharges. To add additional order total surcharges, you will enter the amount for the Order Total Max and the amount for the Surcharge to be added to the order total and click the blue Add Surcharge button. In the example in the image below, the method is set up to charge customers $1.00 for orders up to $10.00, and to then add an additional $1.00 shipping charge for every $5.00 ordered over $10.00. In the below example, customers with orders totaling more than $45.00 would only be charged the base price that had been entered for the method as there isn’t a designated surcharge for orders totaling more than $45.00. After you have entered all of the surcharges for the method, click Continue.

Step 7: Review the settings for the method and save the Shipping Method. After you have reviewed the settings, click Save to save the method in your account. The page will refresh and advise the method has been successfully created and you may then click Close to exit the Shipping Wizard.

Related Article:

• Tutorial: Creating Shipping Methods

2Checkout has partnered with Access USA to help international customers purchase products from suppliers who do not ship to their country. Access USA allows international customers to sign up for an account and receive a US street address to enter in their online order. Access USA will receive the goods and forward them to your international address.

Any questions regarding this service or orders shipped using this service should be referred to the Access USA directly.

Click here to learn more about Access USA.

No shipping available to your country!
(The vendor may need to define a shipping method.)

This error is generated when the supplier is selling a tangible product and the shipping country entered by the customer does not have a valid shipping method set up in the supplier’s 2Checkout account. If the supplier wishes to ship to that country they will need a shipping method that includes it. Suppliers can follow the instructions listed in our shipping method tutorial for assistance creating or editing shipping methods.

If you are an international customer and wish to place an order with a supplier who does not ship to your country, you can use the service provided by Access USA to facilitate shipping to your location.

Click here to learn more about Access USA.

Related Article: Reshipping Packages

Checkboxes are typically used when you want to allow a visitor of your site to select one or more options from a set of alternatives. In an HTML form the checkbox input type carries the following common attributes.

• Name – This attribute carries the name of the parameter that will be submitted with the form if the check box is checked. In our case this will carry the product_id parameter name.

• Value – This attribute holds the value of the name attribute and is the value of the parameter that is passed with the form when the checkbox is checked. In our case this will carry the assigned product ID of the product that is associated with the check box.

To define a checkbox in our form we will create the input type and add the 2 attributes. This would look like the following example:

<input type='checkbox' name='product_id' value='1' />

When checked, this checkbox will pass the parameter named product_id with a value of 1 to the URL attached to the HTML form.

Now that we understand the basic attributes of the checkbox input type, and how to define one in our form, we will create a simple example. This example will allow the customer to purchase 1 of any product when they check the checkbox. Remember to subscript your product_id and quantity parameters with a corresponding digit. This will allow the customer to select multiple products at one time along with a quantity that corresponds to the product_id with the same subscript.

<form action='https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='sid' value='123' >
Product 1:
<input type='hidden' name='quantity1' value='1' >
<input type='checkbox' name='product_id1' value='1008' />
<br/>
Product 2:
<input type='hidden' name='quantity2' value='1' >
<input type='checkbox' name='product_id2' value='1014' >
<br/>
Product 3:
<input type='hidden' name='quantity3' value='1' >
<input type='checkbox' name='product_id3' value='1011' >
<br/>
<input name="submit" type='submit' value='Buy from 2CO' >
</form>

It is also very easy to add the ability for your customers to enter the quantity themselves as well. To do this we will replace this line:

<input type='hidden' name='quantity1' value='1' >

with the following:

<input name='quantity' type='text' class="ctrl-ed" size='5' >

Checkboxes can also be used to allow your customers the ability to purchase an add-on or option for your product. In this example, we have a product that you can purchase with the option of being a gift. First we start with our basic HTML snippet that is provided by the 2Checkout system.

<form action='https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='sid' value='XXXXX' >
<input type='hidden' name='product_id' value='1' >
Quantity
<input name='quantity' type='text' class="ctrl-ed" size='5' >
<br>
<input name="submit" type='submit' value='Buy from 2CO' >
</form>

To allow the customer to choose the gift option we need to first add the checkbox input that will be linked to the gift product. You will create this gift add-on in your account as another 2Checkout product. Let’s say this add-on option is given a product ID of 2. The following lines need to be added to the above form.

This is a gift:

<input type='checkbox' name='product_id2' value='2' >
<input type='hidden' name='quantity2' value='1' >

After reading this article, you should be able to add the checkbox input to your purchase forms.

Product options are variable selections of certain products, such as shoe size or shirt color, offered to customers. When a customer orders a product that is associated with a product option, the option will be presented in a drop down selection box on the first page of the purchase routine.

The product options page in your account provides you with access to view, create, remove and edit your product options. To access the product options page in our new vendor administration panel please login at the following url: https://www.2checkout.com/va/

Once you have logged in, click on the ‘Products’ tab and then select the ‘Options’ sub category.

The product options page provides you with the options name, the option values names and the surcharge for each value. The left side of the table provides you with the ability to delete and edit the options. The product options page also provides you with the ‘Option Locater’ search tool which allows you to search by the option name and option value name.

Creating Product Options

If you would like to create a new option you can click on the ‘Add New Option’ link on the right hand side of the page. From here you must specify the following:

• Option Name: The name of the option you create. This name will identify the product option for your customers on the order review page.
• Value Names: These are the actual choices offered for the given option. For instance, if you have ‘Size’ as an option, the values might be ‘Small’, ‘Medium’, and ‘Large’.
• Surcharge: This is the additional cost you may charge customers to choose a certain option. Surcharges may be specified in whole numbers (5) or as decimals to two places (5.00, 4.99, etc.). You do not have to add surcharges.

There is no limit to the number of option values and you may specify up to 10 at a time by using the option value drop down. When your option values are entered you may click the save changes button to save your current values. This action will also provide you with new option value fields.

Associating Product Options

Once your product option has been created you may associate it with the certain products by selecting the ‘Products’ tab and clicking the ‘Edit’ icon for the product. Your newly created product option will be listed on the right hand side of the page. It can be associated with your product by clicking on the check box next to the option name and then clicking the save changes button.

Editing Product Options

To make changes to your current product options click on the icon located in the ‘Edit’ column. Editing the option will allow you to change any of the current option value and surcharges as well as add new option values and surcharges to the product option. To add additional option values select the number of new values you wish to add from the drop down box located above the option details.

Example of an HTML form loading in a new window.

<form action='https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase' target='_blank'
method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='sid' value='123456' >
<input type='hidden' name='product_id' value='101' >
<input type='hidden' name='quantity' value='1' >
<input name='submit' type='submit' value='Buy from 2CO' >
</form>

Example of a purchase link loading in a new window.

<a href="https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase?sid=123456&quantity=1
&product_id=101" mce_href="https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase?sid=123456&
quantity=1&product_id=101" target='_blank'> Test Product </a>

The following correct example generated two separate buy buttons:

<form action="https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="sid" value="XXXXXX" />
<input type="hidden" name="product_id" value="10" />
<input type="text" name="quantity" size="5" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Buy from 2CO" />
</form><form action="https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="sid" value="XXXXXX" />
<input type="hidden" name="product_id" value="10" />
<input type="text" name="quantity" size="5" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Buy from 2CO" />
</form>

** Notice that there are two opening tags ( <form> ) and two closing tags ( </form> ).

Another possibility, if you are using an HTML editor, is the editor may be adding extra numbers to the parameters, thinking each identical one is part of the same form, and not a separate form. Look at the parameters in the forms, and make sure there are not extra numbers added to it.
Incorrect Example:

<form action="https://www.2checkout.com/checkout/purchase" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="sid1" value="XXXXXX" />
<input type="hidden" name="product_id" value="10" />
<input type="text" name="quantity" size="5" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Buy from 2CO" />
</form>

** Notice that the in second line from the name=”sid1″, this should always be name=”sid”

Important Note: When you are testing parameters, please be certain to clear the cookies in your browser between tests to ensure the changes you have made are applied. For more information on clearing the cookies please click here.

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