1. To make changes, hover over the shipping method and click Edit.
2. On the next page, they will find different fields for setting up their shipping rules.
- Method Title — Name of shipping method displayed to customers. For example, 1st Class and 2nd Class, if there are two methods for a zone.
- Tax Status — Define whether or not tax is applicable for the shipping amount.
- Tax included in shipping costs — Define whether the shipping costs defines in the table are inclusive or exclusive of taxes.
- Handling Fee — Additional fee. Can be a fixed amount (2.50) or leave blank for no handling fee. You can set a fixed price for packaging or labor costs.
- Maximum Shipping Cost — Can assign a maximum cost to a method. For example, if you set the price at $2000, even the shipping cost is $2500, but it will still show $2000.
- Per order – Calculates shipping for the entire cart. If there are varying shipping classes in the customer’s cart, the class with the highest priority will be used.
- Calculated rates per item – Calculates the rate by checking each item in the customer’s basket against the table of rates.
- Calculated rates per line – Looks at each line in the basket and checks that against the table. Multiple of the same item are on the same line, so the customer will only be charged once for multiples of the same item.
- Calculated rates per shipping class – Each shipping class in your basket is totalled and offered at a final rate.