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This section is used to define the actual shipping calculations to be used for the indicated shipping method.

REMINDER: Each shipping method has its own USA and NON-USA (International) shipping calculations which can be updated using this section of the store. The store displays (at the top of the page) which type of shipping calculations (USA or International) are currently be processed and which shipping method the page is for.

NOTE: Coupon savings and purchase discounts are deducted before sales taxes and shipping charges are calculated and added to the customer's order.

GETTING STARTED WITH SHIPPING CALCULATIONS:
For each shipping method, you have the ability to define how the shipping costs are to be calculated for orders sent to USA and Non-USA (International) destinations. Calculations for USA -vs.- Non-USA destinations are defined separately using two different Main Menu options. Please be sure you are accessing the correct one.

This page is used to define the calculations which is based on what you enter in the various fields and tables on this page. Assuming you elect to have the store "Calculate Shipping and Add to Customer Order", then the rest of the fields on this page will be active and can be used to calculate shipping costs for this shipping method. When you have completed making changes, click on the UPDATE button at the bottom of it to save the information to the store's database.

USING THE CALCULATION FIELDS AND TABLES:
When you first access this page for a shipping method, all the fields and tables will be blank and the "Shipping Charge Control" field will be set to "No Shipping Calculations Needed". This is the default setting the store uses when a shipping method is added to your store. You need to use this section to activate the shipping calculations for this method and define them using the fields on this page.

MIX AND MATCH: There are many fields and tables on this page that you can use. All of them are OPTIONAL and can be used in any combination with each other to achieve the desired results. In other words, you can mix and match the various fields and tables in order to have the store calculate the costs for this shipping method just the way you want them.

If a field or table is blank, then the store will ignore it and NOT use it in the calculations. To activate a table or field, just enter valid information into it and the store will use it when it calculates shipping costs for this method.

Required fields are indicated with a star * after their field name.

SHIPPING CHARGE ACTIVE*
This required field can be used to temporarily deactivate this calculation record by selecting the "No" option. When you select the "No" option, the store will ignore this record when calculating and displaying shipping options to customers during checkout from the store.

Select the "Yes" option to tell the store this record is active. This is the default setting for this field.

SHIPPING CHARGE CONTROL*
This required field controls whether or not the store automatically calculates shipping costs for customer orders to be shipping using this shipping method. When you first access the calculations for this method, this field will be set to "No Shipping Calculations Needed". That means the fields and tables on this page will be ignored and shipping costs will not be calculated when the customer selects this shipping method.

If you do not want the store to calculate shipping on any order shipped using this shipping method, select the first option "No Shipping Calculations Needed". The customer will see "No Charge" displayed as the cost for this shipping record during checkout. If you select this option, you do NOT need to remove any information entered into the other fields on this page since the store will just them.

Select the second option ("Calculate Shipping and Add to Customer Order") and complete the fields below if you want the store to automatically calculate and add shipping costs to customer orders that are shipped using this shipping method.

Select the third option ("Tell Customer Shipping May Be Added to Their Order") if you want to calculate and add shipping costs manually to customer orders sent using this shipping method. This option will just display the phrase "Shipping Charges May Be Added To Your Order" as part of the shopping cart checkout and confirmation pages. If you select this option, you do NOT need to remove any information entered into the other fields on this page since the store will ignore them.

ZONE CONTROL:
If you want this shipping calculation record to only be applied to a specific shipping zone, then select one from the list shown. Each zone is a geographical area that you want to apply this rate calculation to. This allows you to charge different shipping rates to customers in various parts of the world. This field is optional.

NOTE: If the zone list is empty, it means you have not defined any shipping zones. To do so, please return to the Selection List page and click the "Zones" button shown at the top.

MINIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT:
This field is optional and is only active when a weight amount is entered. It is used when you want the store to make this shipping calculation record available to ONLY those customer orders which have a total weight that is less than or equal to the value entered.

USA Example: if you enter 1.250 into this field, the store will only display this shipping record to the customer during checkout when their order weighs 1.250 pounds or more.

Leave this field blank if you do NOT want this feature active. When you do, the store won't check for a minimum order weight before displaying this shipping record to the customer.

MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT:
This field is optional and is only active when a weight amount is entered. It is used when you want the store to make this shipping calculation record available to ONLY those customer orders which meet or exceed the value entered.

USA Example: if you enter 150.000 into this field, the store will only display this shipping record to the customer during checkout when their order weighs 150 pounds or less.

Leave this field blank if you do NOT want this feature active. When you do, the store won't check for a maximum order weight before displaying this shipping record to the customer.

MINIMUM SHIPPING CHARGE PER ORDER:
If you want customer orders for this shipping method to be subject to a minimum shipping charge, enter the amount here. If you do, the store will make sure all orders using this shipping method have a shipping charge equal to or greater than this amount.

This field will override (replace) the results of the shipping charge fields below if their total is less than this amount.

Example: if you enter 5.25 into this field and the shipping charge calculated from the other fields/tables on this page comes to only 3.75, then the store will increase the shipping charge to be the 5.25 minimum charge you specified.

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

MAXIMUM SHIPPING CHARGE PER ORDER:
If you want customer orders to be subject to a maximum shipping charge, enter the amount here. If you do, the store will make sure all orders shipping using this shipping method will have a shipping charge less than or equal to this amount.

This field will override (replace) the results of the shipping charge fields below if their total is higher than this amount.

Example: if you enter 75.00 into this field and the shipping charge calculated from the other fields/tables on this page comes to a whopping 133.75, then the store will decrease the shipping charge to be the 75.00 maximum charge you specified.

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

FREE SHIPPING ORDER AMOUNT:
If you want to offer free shipping when a customer orders a certain amount (or more) from your store, then enter the order amount into this field. If you do, any order being sent with this shipping method will receive free shipping if the total order amount meets or exceeds this amount.

NOTE: This field will override (replace) the results of the shipping charge fields below if the customer orders this amount or more from your store.

Example: if you enter 525.00 into this field, any customer who places an order for a total of 525.00 or more will receive free shipping (when they select this shipping method).

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

FLAT SHIPPING CHARGE PER ORDER:
If you want customer orders to be subject to a flat amount shipping charge regardless of the number of products ordered or the weight of the products, enter the amount here.

Example: if you enter 5.00 into this field, then the store will add this amount to every shipping charge calculation for this shipping method. If this is the only field you entered on this page, then every order using this shipping method will receive the same shipping cost of 5.00. If other fields on this page are defined, then this amount will be added to their results to arrive at the total shipping cost.

NOTE: This type of shipping calculation can be used in addition to other types of calculations on this page. Therefore, the total of all calculations that are active on this page will be used to determine the total shipping cost added to the customer's order.

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

VARIABLE SHIPPING CHARGE BASED ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTS ORDERED
This table allows you to charge a variable amount of shipping cost based the total amount of products ordered. By entering values into the three columns, you control if and how the store is to apply shipping charges based on the total amount ordered by the customer.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when a customer selects this shipping method, leave ALL the fields in this table blank.

Enter positive values in the fields above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas, or a currency symbol.

SAMPLE USAGE:

Row	Total Amount Ordered is Equal to or Greater Than	Base Amount to Charge	Plus This AMOUNT Per Product Unit Ordered
1		5.75
2	500.00	15.00	0.75
2	750.00		1.50

In this example:

If a customer orders 125.00 worth of products which consists of 2 items, the store will charge them 5.75 for shipping (row 1 of table applies).

If a customer orders 550.00 worth of products which consists of 15 items, then the store will charge them 26.25 for shipping (15.00 base plus .75 for each of the 15 items) - row 2 applies.

If a customer orders 750.25 worth of products which consists of 22 items, then the store will charge them 33.00 for shipping (no base amount - only 1.50 for each of the 22 items) - row 3 applies.

SHIPPING CHARGE AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ORDERED
If you want the shipping charges calculated as a percentage of the total amount of products ordered, enter a value in this field.

Example: if you enter 5.75 into this field and the total amount of products ordered is 72.50, then the store will calculate shipping to be 4.17 (72.50 x 5.75 %).

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a percent sign.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

VARIABLE SHIPPING CHARGE AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ORDERED
This table allows you to charge a variable amount of shipping cost based on a percentage of the total amount ordered.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when a customer selects this shipping method, leave ALL the fields in this table blank.

Enter positive values in the fields above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas, a currency symbol, or a percent sign.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when customers select this shipping method, then leave ALL the fields above blank.

SAMPLE USAGE:

Row	Total Amount Ordered is Equal to or Greater Than	Base Amount to Charge	Plus This Percentage of Total Amount Ordered
1		5.75
2	500.00	15.00	1.00
2	750.00		7.25

In this example:

If a customer orders 125.00 worth of products, the store will charge them 5.75 for shipping (row 1 of table applies).

If a customer orders 550.00 worth of products, then the store will charge them 20.50 for shipping (15.00 base plus 5.50 which is 1% of order total ) - row 2 applies.

If a customer orders 750.25 worth of products, then the store will charge them 54.39 for shipping (no base amount - only charge 7.25 % of order total - or .0725 x 750.25) - row 3 applies.

FLAT SHIPPING CHARGE PER UNIT ORDERED
If you want shipping costs to be calculated based on the number of items (quantity) purchased, enter an amount into this field. This uses a flat amount of shipping for each unit the customer purchases.

Example: if the customer orders 15 units of a product and you enter 1.25 into this field, then the store will charge the customer 18.75 for shipping (15 units @ 1.25 each).

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types of numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

VARIABLE SHIPPING CHARGE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS ORDERED
This table allows you to charge a variable amount of shipping cost based on a the number of units (quantity) purchased by the customer.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when a customer selects this shipping method, leave ALL the fields in this table blank.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when customers select this shipping method, then leave ALL the fields above blank.

SAMPLE USAGE:

Row	Number of Units Ordered is Equal to or Greater Than	Base Amount to Charge	Plus This Amount Per Unit Ordered
1		5.75
2	15.00	15.00	1.00
2	100.00		1.25

In this example:

If a customer orders 125.00 worth of products which consists of 5 units of a product, the store will charge 5.75 for shipping (row 1 of table applies - apply base amount only - no per unit charge specified).

If a customer orders 550.00 worth of products which consists of 22 units of a product, then the store will charge 37.00 for shipping (15.00 base amount plus 22.00 - which is 1.00 for each of the 22 units) - row 2 applies.

If a customer orders 750.25 worth of products which consists of 102 units of a product, then the store will charge 127.50 for shipping (no base amount - only charge 1.25 for each of the 102 units) - row 3 applies.

FLAT SHIPPING CHARGE BASED ON PRODUCT WEIGHT
If you want shipping costs to be calculated based on the weight of products ordered, enter an amount into this field. This uses a flat amount of shipping for each unit of weight (i.e. per pound in the USA) of product ordered.

Example: Let's assume you enter 1.55 into this field and you calculate product weight in "pounds". If a customer orders 2 products that weigh a total of 10.3 pounds, the store will charge 15.97 for shipping (10.3 pounds x 1.55 per pound).

Enter a positive value in the field above and only use numbers (0 through 9) and a decimal point. Do NOT include other types numerical formatting characters such as commas or a currency symbol.

Leave this field blank if you do not want this field to be active for this shipping method.

VARIABLE SHIPPING BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF PRODUCTS ORDERED
This table allows you to charge a variable amount of shipping cost based on a the weight of the products ordered by the customer.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when a customer selects this shipping method, leave ALL the fields in this table blank.

If you do not want this type of shipping calculation to be done when customers select this shipping method, then leave ALL the fields above blank.

SAMPLE USAGE:

Row	Total Weight is Equal to or Greater Than	Base Amount to Charge	Plus This Amount Per Unit of Weight
1		5.75
2	15.00	15.00	1.00
2	50.00		1.25

In these examples, we are assuming that you weigh your products in "pounds".

If a customer orders 125.00 worth of products that weighs a total of 11.55 pounds, the store will charge 5.75 for shipping (row 1 of table applies - apply base amount only - no additional per unit of weight charge).

If a customer orders 550.00 worth of products that weighs a total of 22 pounds, then the store will charge 37.00 for shipping (15.00 base amount plus 22.00 - which is 1.00 for each of the 22 pounds of product ordered) - row 2 applies.

If a customer orders 750.25 worth of products that weighs a total of 61.50 pounds, then the store will charge 61.50 for shipping (no base amount - only charge 1.25 for each of the 61.50 pounds) - row 3 applies.

NOTE: Coupon savings and purchase discounts are deducted before sales taxes and shipping charges are calculated and added to the customer's order.