How to manage shipping methods

In this how-to you will learn how to add/edit shipping methods and how to add criteria and prices for them.

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).

Get started:

In order to add/edit a shipping method please go to Management / Shop / Shipping Methods.

If there are no shipping methods yet, you will automatically get to the add shipping method form. Otherwise the first shipping method is displayed and you can click on a shipping method to edit this or on Add shipping method to add a new one.

If you have done that you can edit or enter the data for a shipping method as described below.

Data

The data tab contains all core data for the shipping method.

• Now fill in the fields:

  • 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).

• Click on Save-button

Criteria

Optional you can add some criteria to the shipping method. Only when all criteria are true the shipping method is displayed to the shop customer.

To add criterion proceed as following:

• click on the Add criteria-button (adds a criterion on first position) or on the plus button beside a criterion (adds a criterion below)
• Select the criteria type you want, e.g. Weight (this is the weight of all cart items).
• Select the operator, e.g. Less than equal to.
• Enter the value, e.g. 50.
• Altogether this means the shipping method is valid if the weight of all cart items is less than or equal to 50 units.
• You can add as many criteria you want.
• Click on Save criteria.

To update criteria proceed as following:

• Change the values of the criteria to your needs.
• Click on Save criteria

To delete a criterion proceed as following:

• Click on the minus button beside the criterion.
• Click on Save criteria.

Prices

Optional you can add many prices to the shipping method and restrict them with criteria.

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 link. A popup will open.
• Click on Add criteria and change the criteria type, the operator and the value 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.

See also

• Manage shipping methods