| Table Rate Shipping | Last Update: 10th June, 2005
Article ID: 229 |
- Introduction
- Table Rate Shipping
- Enable Table Method
- Shipping Table
- Table Method
- Handling Fee
- Tax Class
- Shipping Zone
- Sort Order
- Module Weight Unit
Introduction
In Table Rate shipping, a table of prices is used to determine the shipping cost. Either the total weight or the total price of the order can be used in the lookup table. Using the default setup and table, an order with a total weight of 75 kilograms will cost nothing, and an order with a total weight of 30 kilograms will cost $5.50. This cost is also added to the handling fee (which doesn't use the table), to arrive at a final shipping cost.
The setting for changing which type of unit the table uses, weight or price, is set in the Table Method field. The type of weight unit (kilograms, pounds, etc.) is in the Module Weight Unit field.
Table Rate Shipping
Figure 1 shows the
Table Rate Shipping Module listing page under the Admin>Modules>Shipping>Table Rate>Edit section.
Figure 1. Table Rate Shipping Module listing page under the Admin>Modules>Shipping>Table Rate>Edit section.
Enable Table Method
Enable or disable this module with the true/false radio buttons. Note, setting the module to 'False' doesn't uninstall the module -- it only affects whether or not customers will be able to see Table Rate shipping during checkout.
Shipping Table
This table will be applied to either to total weight or total price of the order to calculate a final shipping cost. However, there is a limit of 255 characters to this field. The default table of :
25:8.50,50:5.50,10000:0.00
Could be expressed in a table form by weight:
Total Order size (weight) Shipping Price
0-24.99 = $8.50
24.99-49.99 = $5.50
50.00 and up Free ($0)
Or by price:
Total Order size (dollars) Shipping Price
$0-$24.99 = $8.50
$24.99-$49.99 = $5.50
$50.00 and up Free ($0)
Table Method
The Table Method allows either the total price of the order or the total weight of the order used as the lookup in the table described in the Shipping Table.
Handling Fee
This is an extra field to add a separate handling charge to the final shipping cost. The handling fee is the same for the order, regardless of how many products were ordered.
Tax Class
If selected, this will apply the selected tax class to the shipping cost before being shown to the customer.
Shipping Zone
If selected, allows control of the Table Rate shipping to be shown only to people from the selected region.
Sort Order
The sort order field describes in what order the module will be presented to the customer during checkout. The sorting is done with the lowest number representing the top of the displayed list, except for a value of 0, which is put at the bottom.
Module Weight Unit
If the total weight of the order is being used to do the Table Rate calculation, this field applies the chosen weight type to the above order.
