A common setup is to set a flat rate per a defined set of products (one price for small prints, one for large prints and calendars, one for posters, one for cards, one for gifts, one for books). We have a hybrid shipping pricing system that can combine both base charges & weight-based fees in addition to product-quantity-based charges. Some dealers will then discount the shipping (using promos) for orders over a certain amount… “Free shipping on orders over $35!”
Quick overview
How shipping is calculated
S&H = A + B + C. Where:
A = Base Shipping Price (if set…set in Lab 50)
B = Product-Quantity-Based Shipping for products contained in shipping product groups (if set…set in myLab)
C = Weight-based additional fees for combined weight of products (excluding products already counted in B) (if set…set in Lab 50)
Examples of product-quantity-based shipping:
1) This has prints shipping at 1.99 for qty up to 20. 21-41 is $2.99…. all the way up to 100 prints ships at $5.99. More than 100 are priced by additional groups of 20, with each group being an extra $1.
2) Here, 1 book ships for $7.99 and each additional book adds $1 to shipping
3) This one is 5.95 for shipping, with an extra $2 added when the gift qty is 2, 3 or 4 or 5 (ie, an additional group of four total items, so $7.95
When the total qty is 6, 7, 8, 9 the shipping adds another $2 for that next set of 4, for total $9.95
When the 10th gift is added, shipping goes another $2 to $11.95… (ie, 1st product, two full groups of 4 items, then the 10th is the start of the 3rd group of 4)
4) another example of shipping groups: showing myLab in the upper left, and Lab 50 under it with base pricing. Then on the right, the website showing how qty affects the shipping cost, based on the entries of the shipping groups in myLab.
To set up weight-based shipping (C)
FAQ
Question: What are options for customers outside of my country?
Answer: You can add a new shipping method for that country and have separate prices for that. You rely on the customer to select the right choice, so they could pick US when they are in Canada, but in practice we have seen this infrequently. For example: a US company could have:
Alternatively, we can limit shipments to just your country. There is a setting we can enable in the database which will hide the "country" field on the checkout page, limiting it to just the dealer's country. Let our support desk know if you would like to set it up this way.
Question: How can I set up ZIP code or zone-based shipping?
Answer: The system doesn't not automatically calculate shipping based on delivery, but you can offer choice for the customer. You do rely on the customer to pick the choice that corresponds to their location, so staff should be trained to double check. For example: A Canadian retailer may offer: