The new Shipping Wizard in the Vendors Administration Area(VA) provides suppliers with more options for setting up shipping charges. One of the new options is the ability to charge shipping based on the order total. This tutorial will explain how to create a shipping method in your account that will be based on the order total.
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.
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