Configure Flat Rate Shipping
Flat rate shipping provides a hassle-free method of delivering products to customers. It's simple. You set a cart price range and assign that range to a flat rate.
Below are instructions to add flat rates to cart price ranges. Please make reference to the Example Pricing Chart below the directions as it pertains to items denoted by an *.
- Access: E-commerce>Configuration>Shipping.
- Select the Price Rules tab.
- Choose Add New Shipping Method.
- Enter in a Name for the method (ex. "Flat Rate Shipping"). This will display as an available shipping option during the checkout process.
- Description is an optional field which you can elect to enter information about your shipping option.
- Free Display should remain blank.
- Click Save & Edit.
- Select the Rules tab.
- Hit the 'Edit' button next to the existing rule.
- Enter your 1st range's price* into the Price field, then click Save.
- Select Add New Rule.
- Enter range 2's starting price range* in the Start Cart Price field, followed by its (flat* in the Price field below.
- Click Save.
- Repeat these steps as necessary to accommodate your price ranges.
- If you have a free shipping option (see price range 4*), make the Start Cart Price the minimum amount needed for free shipping, then enter in the Price field, "0".
If the Price Rules tab is not available, check the Price-Based Shipping box in the section above, then click Submit.
EXAMPLE PRICING CHART
Range # | Price Range | Price (Flat Rate) |
1 | $0 - $35 | $5 |
2 | $35 - $75 | $10 |
3 | $75 - $150 | $15 |
4 | $150 - Unlimited | $0 |
Even though you see the end of a price range act as the next range's start price, the start range technically starts a penny after. For example:
$0 - $35 = $5
$35 - $75 = $10 (technically, $35.01 - $75)