Shipping methods¶

This section describes the shipping methods management of LFS.

Overview:¶

You can add as many shipping methods you want.
All valid shipping methods are displayed for selection to the shop customer.
A shipping method is true if all criteria of the shipping method are true.
Shipping methods can have many prices which are dependent of criteria. The first price which is valid (all criteria are true) is the current price for the for the shipping method. If no price is valid the default price is taken (from data tab).

Name: The name of the shipping method, which is displayed to the shop customer.
Description: A short description of the shipping method, which is also displayed to the customer.
Note: A note of the shipping method, which is displayed on the confirmation mail after the shop customer has been checked out.
Priority: The first valid shipping method with the highest priority (smaller number) method is displayed to the customer.
Image: An image for the shipping method, which is displayed to the shop customer.
Tax: The included tax of the shipping method’s price.
Price: The default price of the shipping method. This can be overwritten within the price tab (see below).
Delivery time: The delivery time of the shipping method. See Delivery times.

The criteria of the discount. The shipping method is displayed for selection if all criteria are true. See Criteria for more.

To add a price proceed as following:

To manage prices go to the Prices-tab.
To add a new price enter the value into the text field and click Add price.
To add/edit criteria for that price click on Edit criteria. A popup will open.
Click on Add criteria and change the criteria type, the operator and the value of the criteria to your needs.

To update/delete a price proceed as following:

To update the prices change the priority and/or the value of the price and click on Update prices.
To delete the prices select the checkboxes of the prices you want delete and click on Delete prices.