This tutorial describes how to set up shipping methods in your account for the first time. If you are looking to edit shipping methods that you have already defined, please see that article which is linked at the bottom of this page.
1. Login to your account at https://www.2checkout.com/2co/login.
2. Click on ‘Shipping Methods’.
3. You should arrive at a page telling you that no shipping methods have been se tup yet. Click on the specified button to continue. A new window will open.
4. You will see the following fields. Below is an explanation of each.
Name - This is what your shipping method will be called. You could put the name of the company here or anything else. (Examples: DHL, Federal Express, Pickup)
Base - This is the base amount to charge. All charges are computed from this amount. Enter as a figure to two decimal places without a currency symbol. (Example: 5.95, 4.00)
Weight - If you will be offering flat rate shipping for this shipping method, leave this box unchecked. If the charge will be based on weight and you plan to specify the weight for each product in your account, please check this box.
Countries - If you only want to offer shipping to customers within your country, check ‘Home Country Only’. To sell to all countries, check ‘All Trusted Countries’. Note that you can disallow orders from specific countries in the next step.
5. Click ‘Create Method’ to save this shipping method.
6. If you wish to add additional methods, you may do so by repeating steps one through five in the boxes provided to the right.
7. When you are done adding all methods, please click ‘Close this Window’.
8. You will be returned to a page that shows each of the shipping
method(s) you have created, together with any existing methods (if any) that were already in your account. This page will have a spreadsheet-like appearance. Going across the page, you will have a listing of each method you created. Going down the page, is a listing of all countries you currently accept shipments from.
To not allow a particular shipping method to be selected when the customer is in a given country, check the ‘Remove’ box associated for that country and shipping method and then press ‘Submit Changes’. You will notice that ‘Method Not Allowed’ now appears for that method.
To disallow orders from a given country, check all of the ‘Remove’ boxes associated with that country for all methods and then press ‘Submit Changes’. If all methods for a given country are removed, the country disappears from the list and no one can order from that country.
The above two sections only apply to tangible orders. You can restrict intangible orders by using the e-good blacklist utility.
You will also see an option to add a surcharge for one or more countries. A surcharge is an additional charged applied to all orders from the specified country in addition to the base rate that has been set for that method.
Formula: Base Rate + Surcharge = Amount Charged on Payment Screen
For example, if you create a method called ‘DHL’ with a base charge of ‘5.00′ and specify a surcharge of ‘10.00′ for Canada, any Canadian customer who attempts to order and specifies "Canada" as their country will be charged $15.00.
The ‘Total’ line tells you what the cost will be to customers ordering from that country. If you don’t want to add a surcharge and only want to charge the base rate, leave it as is (0.00).
9. If you elected to apply shipping charges by weight when you added the method, then you will see ‘Weight Charges Apply’ under the method(s) that have been so designated. Click on the link to set up your rate table. You must set up a rate table in order to charge shipping by weight.
Every shipping method with a weight charge has a default of 1 Currency Unit per pound of goods. When you enter a new division you are entering an upper bound for a weight group. For example you create a division of 5lbs with a surcharge of 10 Currency Units. This will add a surcharge of 10 for all orders from 0-5lbs.
If an order is 5.01 lbs in weight it will fall into the next highest weight division.
If an order is heavier than any specified division the system will take the cost of the heaviest division and add the overweight amount for that method until it surpasses the weight of the order.
For example:
5lbs and 10 Currency Units is the largest weight division you have and the current overweight amount is 1 Currency Unit.
The charge for an 11 pound order would be 16 Currency Units. 10 Units for the 5lb division and 1 Unit for each pound over the 5lb division.
To change the overweight amount from the default of 1 Currency Unit/pound you can set this at the bottom of the page. This will area will also show you examples of weights that are beyond your current weight divisions and what the shipping charges would be.
If you wish to add a set amount for each pound worth of products added to the cart, specify this amount under ‘Each above add’ as a number to two decimal places with no currency symbol. Remember that this amount is in addition to the base charge and any surcharges for specific countries. (Example: 1.35)
Under ‘New’, type a numerical unit of measure in pounds. Then specify a dollar amount to the right of this field in the box.
When you have finished, press ‘Close Window’ and you will be returned to the main shipping screen.
Continue to set up a weight charge table for each shipping method you have designated as being calculated by weight as described in step nine of this tutorial.
Note: If you are using a third-party cart, any settings for shipping made in your 2CO account will NOT apply to items bought through the cart. Your cart will be responsible for setting up shipping and applying it to the orders.
