Configuring your checkout
Shipping based on Price
For best results please always define your cheapest (or slowest) method of shipping first. This will cause the cheapest method to appear first in your shipping drop down menu. The first shipping method defined is also called the default shipping method meaning that if your shopper fails to choose a shipping method at the time of checkout then this is the shipping method that will get used.
Price based shipping is a convenient way to charge your customers as well as a clever way to encourage spending a certain amount at your on-line shop. MarthaStewart.com utilizes a Price-based shipping method. Below are the steps to take to set up a Price-based shipping method:
- Start RealCart.
- Open the Checkout Wizard by clicking the Cash Register button on RealCart’s large toolbar.
- Click the Shipping tab.
- Click the Add button.
- Select Price as the shipping type.
- click OK.
- In the Shipping Charges dialog enter the label for the shipping carrier. (What the web shopper will see.) Typical shipping labels might include:
- DHL
- UPS
- FedEx
- USPS
- Priority Mail
More on shipping labels can be found in the Section 5.3.1.
- Enter any standard Flat Rate that you want to add to all of your Priority Mail shipping charges (if any.) Normally you would leave this field either blank or filled in with 0.00.
- Now add some Price ranges and their appropriate charges by clicking the Add button. For our example we are going to charge $25.00 shipping for all orders under $500.00 and no shipping on orders that are over $500.00.
- Enter an upper end for your range in the To field. The way it will work is to charge the rate you specify below this field to all orders up to and including an order totalling $500.00 even. If your customer’s order totals $500 or less she will be charged the rate you specify next.
- Enter the shipping charge that will be added if the order is $500.00 or less.
- Click OK or hit the enter key on your keyboard after you enter a shipping charge.
- Click the Add button again to add more ranges (or click OK to close and save your new price-based shipping method.)
- Enter an upper end for this new range in the To field. We will enter a 99999999 and $0.00 for the shipping charge for this example.
- Click OK or hit the enter key on your keyboard after you enter a shipping charge.
- Click OK to close and save your new price-based shipping method.
When you are all finished adding your shipping charges they might look something like this:
- Republish your store.
In the above example...
- An order of $500.00 or less will be charged $25.00 for shipping.
- An order of $500.01 or more charged $0.00 for shipping.
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