When you start a Common Ground Eshop, you have different options available when it comes to what you can propose to your customers in terms of Shipping.

To edit your Shipping options:

Ticking this box will make the Shop Collection available from your Shipping options at the checkout of your Eshop. Users will be able to select that option to pick up their orders later directly in your shop instead of asking for a shipment.

Ticking this box will allow users to submit their Basket without having paying. You can then edit their order freely and set up the Shipping price manually.

Once the order is set up and locked, you can send them a message to check their order from their account on the Eshop and pay directly from there (or via any other payment method you agreed on).

The number in this field will be used to add an extra percentage on the orders total weight to anticipate for the package's weight when shipping.

The sentence in this field will be displayed at checkout when users will be asked what shipping option they want to choose.

In order to cover most regions of the world where you are able to send packages, you will have to setup multiple Shipping Policies.

Each of these Shipping policies has different properties:

To create a Shipping Policy:

To know more in details how to make use each property of a Shipping policy, refer to the explanations below.

We have set up pre-defined regions to make the task easier.

You can choose a continent then refine by selecting countries in those zones. You can also select countries directly.

You can search for countries directly by typing its name in english in the field next to the country selector

You can add as many countries as you want for your policy.

That is the amount on a total basket for which a user will get his shipping for free for that region.

Methods are the different Shipping options available for the region you've defined.

You can create as many methods as you want for a Shipping Policy.

The method name will be displayed on the Eshop for the users to select. For example, it could be tracked UPS or standard Shipping.

The method type will define on what you base the thresholds and different steps of your method on.

There are three types:

Your method will be based on the total amount of items in the basket.

From X to Y items in the basket, you will have to pay Z for Shipping

Your method will be based on the total weight of the basket.

From X grams to Y grams in the basket, you will have to pay Z for Shipping

Common Ground calculates the total weight of your basket automatically based on the weight informations available for each item. Don't forget to add an extra weight percentage if you need to take the package in account for the calculation.

Your method will be based on the total amount in currency in the basket.

From X euros to Y euros total value in the basket, you will have to pay Z for Shipping

The thresholds are defined by the method type you've choosed. According to the method type, they will be in number of items, in grams or in euros.

To add a new range:

You can add as many ranges as you need.

Use above on your last range to define an infinite amount for your last range

If the continuity of the method is not respected (meaning there are ranges with unknown price) you will not be able to save your method. Make sure the continuity is respected.

You can have as many methods as you need on a single policy.

To add a method to an existing policy:

For example, for the country France, you could have a whole Shipping Policy with the following methods:

To delete a method:

Once a method is deleted, it can not be recovered.

If you want your users to be able to place their order and proceed directly to payment on your Eshop, you need to activate shipping policies.

To edit your shipping policies:

When a policy is enable and saved in your Shipping Policies, it will be available to select for users when checking out online.
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