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Rate Settings

Use this table to add or edit the list of carriers which are selectable in the shipping option dropdown.

Setting Description
Internal ID

The internal identifier name for the rate, which will not be displayed for customers.

Label

The name of the custom shipping rate in the checkout.

Priority

Use to assign a priority to rates, which will be used to decide which rate to display between a set of rates that cannot be returned together(i.e. rates in the same 'Carrier Group'). Used ascending order, so a priority of '1' is more important than '2. Additionally, this overrides default highest/lowest cost sorting set in general settings. 

Enabled

Disables the method, preventing it from being shown to customers.

Carrier Group

Give this rate a ‘carrier group’ name. Rates that share ‘carrier group’ names cannot both be displayed at once. This setting is useful to group tier-based rates so that only the highest tier is returned.

Cost

Fixed Cost

The flat cost of the shipping method charged to customers.

Per-Item Cost

A per-item fee applied to the shipping method. The set value will be multiplied by the calculated number of items in the cart.

Use Carrier Service Price

If a carrier is enabled in the 'Carriers' app settings page, then you can select shipping services from this dropdown. At checkout, live quotes will be retrieved from these services, and then that quoted price will be added to cost of this rate.

Note that if multiple services are selected, then either the highest or lowest cost will be used, based off of the setting in 'General'.

Custom Per-Item Cost

A per-item fee that only applies for certain SKUs. Input as a CSV string, formatted like: `SKU:FEE,SKU:FEE...`. The set value will be multiplied by the calculated number of items with matching SKUs.

An example of valid input for this field is as follows:

`SKU1:10.00, AD-SKU2:11, 3SKU:4.50`

Per-Kilogram (or lb) Cost

Applies a fee to the shipping method based on the total calculated weight of the order. Uses your store's set measurement units.

Percentage Cost

Add a cost to the rate based on a percentage of the calculated order total.

Maximum Cost Limit

Set an upper limit on the value of the rate, which the total cost cannot exceed. Useful if multiple price rules are in use. This field will be ignored if it's left empty or set to zero.

Filters

Weight From

The shipping rate will only be shown to orders with a minimum total weight greater than or equal to this value.

Weight To

The shipping rate will only be shown to orders with a minimum total weight less than this value.

Minimum Order Volume (Cubed)

The Shipping Rate will only be shown if the total order volume (calculated using length, width and height) exceeds this value.

Value Filter

The shipping rate will only be shown to orders with a minimum total cost greater than or equal to this value.

Regions

The set of regions that the shipping rate will be restricted to appearing in. If a customer’s shipping destination is within one of the regions listed, that rate will show as a checkout shipping option. Leave empty to make available to all regions.

Customer Groups

Limits the shipping rate to appear only to the customers within the groups listed here. Leave empty to make available to all customers.

ZIP/Postcode Restriction

Enter a comma-separated list of postcodes here to limit the shipping rate to only display to orders with a destination postcode in the list. Leave empty for the rate to be available to all postcodes.

Categories

Limits the shipping rate to appear only to orders containing products of the selected categories. (Use the below option to apply to orders containing at least one product with the chosen categories)

Loosely Match Categories

Enable to make the category matching lenient, so that it will cover orders with mixed categories, meaning that only one product needs to have a matched category in order for the rate to appear.

Brand

Limits the shipping rate to appear only to orders containing products of the selected brands.

Advanced Filters

SKU Include

Enter a comma-separated list of product SKUs and limit the rate to display only to orders containing a product with one of those SKUs.

SKU Exclude

Enter a comma-separated list of product SKUs and limit the rate to display only to orders that do not contain a product with one of those SKUs

SKU Ignore

Enter a comma-separated list of SKUs to ignore in all filter checks, i.e. weight, value, quantity etc. 

Limit Filters

When enabled, this option restricts all filter checks (weight, value, quantity, etc) to apply only to products in the 'SKU include' list above.

Tax Class

Limits the shipping rate to appear only to orders containing products of the selected tax classes.

Date Range

Enter two dates to make the rate available between dates only.


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