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Set shop wide shipping costs




One shipping price for all customers
 

To charge the same shipping price to all customers, do as follows:
Select shipping by price.
Add a range with the Add button: 1-9999999
Click on the range.
Enter a price for it in econmy.
Thats it.
If you want overseas customers to pay more, but also want to apply a flat fee to them, simply rename the shipping method "Air" to Overseas Customers, and enter a price for it.




Shipping by Provider
 

Use a shipping provider or create your own shipping list.

You can now select Shipping methods supplied by a shipping company, such as UPS (see below), or create your own shipping tables to reflect any costs you want with any spreadsheet that can export comma delimited files.

This allows you to define unlimited shipping methods to unlimited regions, and to define the exact shipping costs applying to each region and shipping method.

Shipping costs will be based on weight.

To do this create a new folder in

C:\Program Files\ShopFactory\Provider

For each Shipping Method add a file containing the pricing information. This file must have the name of the shipping method and the extension shp, for example Same Day Delivery.shp

Then, inside the file, simply list the costs as follows,

Region1,0-10=4,10-200=5,...

Region2,0-10=5,10-200=6,...

whereby Region is the region the products are shipped to, 0-10 is the weight range and =4 is the shipping cost for the weight range in the shop currency. The example in Shopfactory in the provider folder makes it clear - you can import it into Excel as a comma delimited file.

In the rates field you can specify handling costs which are added to the shipping costs calculated.

When you save it, save it as comma delimited file (csv) and change its extension to shp to make things work (click on the filename with the right mouse button , then click on rename).

To define overall handling costs, you can enter a price for handling costs in the Rates field - it will then be added to the shipping costs during calculation.

If a product requires special handling or packaging, you can add these costs in the A shipping field in each product:

Double click on the product in Advanced Mode, click Next, Next and enter the handling costs for that product. Make sure the fields B and C have a value of 0 This function will only work, if the names of the shipping methods defined in the shipping/tax wizard are DIFFERENT from the ones you have used in your .shp shipping table if you have generated one. Just open the shipping/ tax wizard to change these names, if neccessary.




UPS
 

You can now select shipping by provider - and in the USA and Puerto Rico this means you can select UPS to have shipping costs calculated by weight, based on the UPS shipping calculator.
Click on the Shipping/Tax button.
Select By Provider
Select UPS
Now you may change some of the settings in the definitions.txt file in C:\Program Files\ShopFactory\Common Files
Just open the file with Notepad or WordPad to make the changes and save it again.
You will find information on what needs to be changed in that file. 




Shipping by Price
 

To charge shipping costs by price click on the By Price button.
Use the add button to enter price ranges. price ranges must overlaup, ie 0-100,100-200 and so on.
The last range must end with 99999999 (use + button)
Click on a range to enter shipping costs for it for the shipping methods you want to use.




Shipping by Weight
 

To charge shipping costs by weight click on the By Weight button.
Use the add button to enter weight ranges. Weight ranges must overlap, ie 0-10,10-20 and so on.
The last range must end with 99999999 (use + button)
Click on a range to enter shipping costs for it for the shipping methods you want to use.
You can set the weight unit used in the Shop Properties Wizard.

Only products which have a weight assigned to them, will incur shipping costs. You can also assign a weight to options.




Enter Shipping Costs
 

Click on the Add Button to add price or weight ranges, such as 0-100, 100-200,200-300 (note the overlap!). The last range should end with 99999999 (click on the small + button).
Click on a range you have created with the mouse.
Now you can enter the shipping rates applying to that range for each shipping method used.
If you do not want to use a shipping method, don't enter prices for it, and it will not be used.
These price rates will be the lowest shipping rates you charge, for example for local delivery. See further down for international or Interstate charges.

To rename a shipping method click on its name and change it.

To charge one basic or a minimum shipping fee to all customers, create a range of 0-99999999999 and enter the costs for it.




Enter Interstate or International Shipping costs
 

First you must enter shipping costs (see above)
Then click on the Interstate or International button of the Shipping Wizard.
Add regions with the Add button.
Click on a region to select it.
Enter a multiplication factor for each shipping method you are using, to calculate the shipping costs for that region.
Example:
Shipping in your state costs $10, as entered on the main page of the Wizard.
Shipping to another states costs $20
The multiplication factor is 2.
Your shipping costs entered will now be multiplied with 2, to calculate the shipping costs to this region.
To charge all customers outside your state the same rates, create a region called "All other areas".
If the multiplication method is not exact enough for your requirements, use Shipping by Provider and create your own Shipping Table