Creating Shipping & Delivery Rates

Creating Shipping & Delivery Rates

July 30, 20242 min read

E-commerce store owners now have the flexibility to define manual delivery charges based on specific shipping zones. This feature enables store owners to create differential pricing for multiple shipping zones, ensuring efficient and cost-effective delivery management.

How to Use

Navigating to Shipping & Delivery Settings

  1. Access Sub-Account Settings:

    • Navigate to the Sub-Account section.

    • Go to Payments > Settings > Shipping & Delivery.

Creating a Shipping Zone

  1. Add Zone:

    • Click on “Add Zone”.

    • Select the countries or specific states/provinces you want to include in this zone.

  1. Define Rates:

    • Click on “Add Rates” within the zone.

    • Enter the delivery charges for the zone.

    • You can create multiple pricing tiers within a zone based on the cart total. For example:

      • Set free shipping if the order amount is above $500.

      • Charge $10 if the order amount is below $500.

  1. Shipping & Delivery Rates Based on Product Weights:

  • Store owners can also set up differential shipping and delivery charges based on product weight, making it easier to implement various rates for different weight ranges.

  • Navigate to Payments > Settings > Shipping & Delivery > Add Zones > Add Rate.

  • Define specific zones and associate weight-based rates. For example, offer free shipping for orders between 0-10 kg or charge $10 for orders below 10 kg.

Managing Multiple Zones

  1. Create Additional Zones:

    • Repeat the process to create multiple shipping zones.

  • Define different delivery charges for each zone as needed.

  1. Review and Save:

    • Review the zones and rates you have created.

  • Save your settings to apply the new delivery charges.

Key Features

  • Shipping Zones: Create zones by selecting countries or specific states/provinces and define manual rates within each zone.

  • Multiple Pricing: Define various pricing structures for each zone, including conditions based on cart total.

  • Flexible Rates: Set delivery rates according to the total amount in the cart, such as offering free shipping for orders above a certain amount.

Example of Setting Rates

Zone 1:

  • Countries: USA, Canada

  • Rates:

    • Free shipping for orders above $500.

    • $10 for orders below $500.

Zone 2:

  • Countries: UK, Germany

  • Rates:

    • $5 for orders above $300.

    • $15 for orders below $300.

Zone 3:

  • States/Provinces: California, Texas (USA)

  • Rates:

    • Free shipping for orders above $400.

    • $8 for orders below $400.

Benefits

This feature helps store owners create tailored shipping rates for different regions, enhancing the customer experience and optimizing delivery costs. By setting specific rates based on cart totals and shipping zones, store owners can better manage their logistics and offer competitive pricing to their customers.

Moe Ameen is a real estate investor, software creator, and general over-caffeinated human who somehow made automation cool (or at least tolerable). He built a cutting-edge real estate CRM because manually chasing leads is so last century. Specializing in creative finance, deal structuring, and making things unnecessarily efficient, he helps investors close more deals while doing less actual work. When he's not automating the real estate world, he’s probably pretending to work while staring at spreadsheets or convincing himself that buying another domain name is a good idea.

Moe Ameen | BILT CRM

Moe Ameen is a real estate investor, software creator, and general over-caffeinated human who somehow made automation cool (or at least tolerable). He built a cutting-edge real estate CRM because manually chasing leads is so last century. Specializing in creative finance, deal structuring, and making things unnecessarily efficient, he helps investors close more deals while doing less actual work. When he's not automating the real estate world, he’s probably pretending to work while staring at spreadsheets or convincing himself that buying another domain name is a good idea.

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