How to add Shipping Rules
Within the E-commerce Management, in the Shipping Rules panel, you can set the price of your shipments using various parameters:
– Country of receipt of the order;
– City of destination;
– Order amount;
– Weight of the order.
It will also be possible to set special rules, to be used when the location of the customer who made a purchase is not included in the rules set. In this particular case, you can choose not to complete the order or offer a fixed rate, through the Basic Settings section.
This panel allows you to add more than one rule, giving you all the freedom to decide the price based on the established parameters. During checkout, the customer will be shown the one that best matches the order in progress, based on the rules entered.
You can then choose to set the rate to be applied according to the country, subsequently defining weight and / or price ranges for the application of the rule. In addition, for the same rule you can decide to apply more options, differentiating them based on weight, cart total or cap, each with its own price.
For example, let’s try to set up shipments for Belgium with two rates (normal and fast), without weight limits but with limits on the amount based on the following scheme:
– Normal with spending between € 0 and € 50, without weight limits: Simple Shipping = € 50
– Normal with spending over € 50, without weight limits: Simple Shipping = € 35
– Fast with purchases between 0 € and 50 €, without weight limits: Express Shipping = 60 €
– Fast with spending over € 50, without weight limits: Express Shipping = € 50
First you need to create the general rule regarding shipping to Belgium. Click on New rule to enter the first data, and after filling in the necessary data, click on Save.
The general rule regarding Belgium will now be present in the panel.
In the box, it will be possible to add new rules related to this nation.
Click on New Rule in the box and enter the new criteria based on the order price.
Remember to click on the Add Shipping Options button to enter more options (in our case: Simple Shipping and Express Shipping)
The compilation window will be identical to the previous one, with the nation already assigned, so it will be sufficient to fill in the missing data with the new criteria. Finally click on Save.
After adding all the rules, they will be visible in the section dedicated to Belgium.
The shipment panel allows you to go down to a level of detail higher than the simple country, allowing you to customize destinations for individual locations through the ZIP Codes.
By setting different rules per location using the Create variants by regions button, the system will automatically check to assign the appropriate shipping cost based on the location of the customer who made the purchase on your site.
Good to know: if the option Do not allow purchases is checked on Basic Settings, the system will allow you to proceed with the purchase only for those customers who meet one or more shipping rules.
