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Interested? See how the “Shipping Table Rates for Magento 2” extension works.
1. The extension creates a specific carrier (named by default Shipping Table Rates).
2. The carrier contains shipping methods with different shipping rates. The number of possible shipping methods, as well as the number of shipping rates, are not limited.
3. Each rate is configurable - you can choose conditions of its application. Available conditions are Country, State, City, Zip Code, Quantity, Weight, Price, Shipping Type.
4. You can also set various rates' types:
5. Calculates the rates for the order and displays to customers the available delivery methods.
Still not clear what cases does the extension cover? Let's see the example.
You deliver kids toys to the Netherlands and Poland. To the Netherlands - by train and by airlines, to Poland - only by train (these are your shipping methods).
You've set up the next shipping rates for each method:
1) The Netherlands, train (15 days delivery):
2) The Netherlands, airlines (3 days delivery):
3) Poland, train (7 days delivery):
This is how the mentioned conditions will be displayed in the table of the Shipping Table Rates:
This is how the shipping rates will be displayed to different customers:
Due to the extension, you can bring to life boundless ideas of rates application:
Thoroughly explore the possibilities of Shipping Table Rates for Magento 2 extension with the user guide.
Let us start with a quick example: we just set a zero shipping cost regardless of the products in the cart.
To achieve this we create a method with a single rate:
Magento out of the box has Flat Rate shipping. It allows the setting of a fixed price per item or per order. Amasty Shipping Table Rates allows to cover and extend this functionality.
Cost per order is set in the “Base Rate for the Order” field.
On the frontend, it does not depend on cart entries. If we add more products to cart, it'll remain unchanged.
“Rate per product” is added for each item:
“Rate per unit of weight” is added for each lbs/kg: Count weight from - adjust this to set 'Fixed Rate per 1 unit of weight' to apply only if the weight is heavier than specified. In case you want to apply the rate per unit of weight to any weight, set this option to 0.
“Percentage per Product” makes shipping cost connected to products price:
Shipping cost may be based on delivery area. The name of the area can be shown using {day} variable.
The method’s title differs according to the location.
Sometimes, we see that more than one rate can be applied simultaneously. For example, there are two rates: a rate for all countries and a rate for USA only.
Respectively, it is a bit ambiguous what rate should be loaded for USA orders. Some people expect that we will see two methods on the storefront.
If two methods are applicable, the extension checks for the tiniest match. In our case, “Country = USA” is closer than “County = Any”, so the USA rate will be loaded.
If you need both options to be displayed, you are to create two separate shipping methods.
The same applies to states and ZIP-codes. To learn more about it, please, check this article: blog post.
Oftentimes, you have different rates for different products. For example, you divide your catalogue by weight, price, category or any other key feature. For these cases, it is handy to use shipping types.
Shipping type is a product attribute which is added by Amasty Shipping Table Rates. Values of this attribute can be set in Admin panel > Stores > Attributes > Product > am_shipping_type.
If types are created, they can be assigned to products:
When shipping types are assigned to products, products in the cart are grouped by them. Each of these groups may have its own rate.
When we deal with a mixed-type card, it is not defined explicitly what rate should be used. Store managers can resolve the issue by configuring the extension and its rates.
According to the tiniest math rule, if there is a rate for all shipping types and a rate for a specific one, the later is chosen. That is why we have a number of applicable rates. We can use the minimum, the maximum one, or the sum of rates.
The most common case is “Sum up rates”:
In the Rates tab, you can also choose the weight type to use in calculations:
For the correct work of this option, you should preliminary add volume weight attribute to your products, and then fill in the values for products' Weight and Volume Weight.
You can find more information about these settings in the Shipping Method Settings section of this guide.
Also, it is possible to disable grouping products by shipping type. For that, please go to Admin panel > System > Configuration > Sales > Shipping Methods > Shipping Table Rates > Use only one shipping type for shipping method.
When this option is enabled, the mixed-type card may use rates for “All” shipping type only. For example:
To configure general settings, go to Stores → Configuration → Shipping Methods →Amasty Shipping Table Rates
For more information about volume weight calculation methods, please go to the Volume weight settings section.
You can both create a new shipping method or correct the existing ones. To edit one of the already created shipping methods, just click on the necessary one in the table. To create a new method, click the Add New button.
Name - give a name to a shipping method that will be shown to customers in the list of available shipping methods (both on the checkout and in the cart).
To provide customers with more complete information, specify the {day} variable in the Name field. This variable will draw the information from the Estimated Delivery (days) column of the table, provided on the Methods & Rates tab. You can also specify the “delivery name” value for the {name} variable on the Rate Configuration page.
A quick example:
1) Specify the Name of the method using the {day} variable on Sales > Amasty Shipping Table Rates. This is how it should look like on the backend:
2) Determine the number of delivery days in the table, located at the Methods & Rates tab.
3) Now check, how the method will be displayed to customers on the frontend - the {day} variable takes the information from the Estimated Delivery (days) column of the table:
Ship These Shipping Types for Free - the products of the selected shipping types will be sent for free if there are no other applicable shipping rates within the method configured for this type. Note, that the setting will be applied only if the order contains the products of other shipping types, besides the selected ones.
Comment - fill in this field if you want to leave some extra information to customers. The text will be shown on the checkout page and in the cart (under the shipping method’s name). Use HTML tags if needed. You can also upload an image to the shipping method and insert the {IMG} variable anywhere you want in the Comment field.
Status - indicate the shipping method as active or not.
Priority - specify the priority of displaying the method on the Shopping Cart/Checkout pages. The table rates will be sorted according to the rate's Priority: the lower value in the Priority field, the higher the method on the storefront.
Minimal rate - define the lowest possible value of a rate.
Maximal rate - specify the maximum possible value of a rate.
For products with different shipping types - choose the way the rates will be calculated for products with different shipping types.
For more information please go to the Shipping Type section.
Weight Type For Calculation - in this tab, you can strictly set up which type of weight should be used for shipping price calculation for specific shipping methods and products. You can choose one of the four options:
Stores - determine the stores, in which the shipping method should be visible to customers.
Customer Groups - define customer groups, to which the shipping method will be available.
Country - define the country to which the shipping rate is available.
State - choose the State to which the shipping rate should be applied.
City – specify the city to which the rate will be applied.
Zip From - To - define a range of postcodes or a particular postcode to which the shipping rate will be applied. To specify a single specific postcode, fill in only the Zip From field or both fields – Zip From and Zip To with the same value. The shipping rate will be applied to all the postcodes within the specified postcode range.
Price From - To - determine the span of products price to which the shipping rate should be applied. The system will summarize the prices of products with the same Shipping Type and count them as a single price.
Weight From - To - specify the weight diapason to which the shipping rate will be applied. The weight of products with the same Shipping Type will be automatically summarized by the system and counted as a single general weight as well.
Qty From - To - determine the diapason of products quantity to which the shipping rate will be available.
Shipping Type - specify to products of which shipping type the method should be applied. Please go to the Shipping Type section to get more information.
Price - specify the number of items the shipping rate can be applied to. The number of products with the same Shipping Type will be automatically summarized by the system and counted together.
Estimated Delivery (days) - specify the number of days the delivery will take. The information from this column will be inserted in the {day} variable used in the Name field.
Name Delivery - this value will be used for the {name} variable in the Method name.
Source - specify the Source(s) to which the shipping rate will be applied. Leave empty to apply this rate regardless of the source the product will be shipped from. On the checkout, sources will be automatically picked by the algorithm specified in Select the MSI Selection Algorithm setting.
Base Rate for the Order - specify the shipping rate for the order.
PPP (Percentage per Product rate) – fill the field if you want the shipping rate to be calculated as a percentage of the products price.
FRPP (Fixed Rate Per Product) – define a fixed shipping rate per product. The total shipping rate for the order will be calculated by multiplying the mentioned fixed shipping rate on the number of products in the cart.
Weight Unit Conversion Rate - set a custom rate if you need to convert weight measurement units or define the weight of a batch. For example: if product weight is being measured in pounds but shipping price has to be estimated in kilograms - please enter 2.2047 here. Leave '1' to maintain no conversion rate.
Weight Rounding - specify the desirable type of rounding for the total cart weight if necessary.
FRPUW (Fixed Rate per Unit of Weight) – specify a fixed rate which will be multiplied on a weight of products in the cart to get the total shipping rate for the order.
Count weight from - set 'Fixed Rate per 1 unit of weight' to apply only if the weight is heavier than specified in this configuration.
The extension allows you to get shipping table rates, select the shipping method and place the order with one via REST API.
Due to the functionality that relies on Magento Import component, it is possible to seamlessly import huge data volumes just in a few clicks. Proceed to System → Import Shipping Table Rates. In the Import Settings tab, you can upload a CSV sample file. Click hereamstrates_rate_import_.zip to download it from the guide. In the Import Behaviour tab, please choose the needed behaviour type:
keeps rates that are present in selected shipping method but are missing from the file you provided; adds rates that are not available in selected shipping method but are present in the file you provided.
provided in a file. Firstly, all the existing rates for the selected method will be removed, and then the new ones from your import file will be uploaded.
In the Validation Strategy tab, you can choose whether to Stop on Error or Skip error entries.
Specify the number of errors to halt the import process in the Allowed Errors Count field.
Provide Field separator, Multiple value separator, Empty attribute value constant and enable Fields enclosure if needed.
have also added the ID number for each method. It is especially useful if the list contains the shipping methods with the same name.
Choose the file to import.
File must be saved in UTF-8 encoding for proper import.
After the file is added, hit the Check Data button to validate the document and see if there are any mistakes.
If everything is correct, click Import to add, replace or delete new rates.
All the fields of Rate configuration are described at the Methods and Rates section.
'Shipping Type' is a special product attribute. You can apply different shipping rates to the products in the cart, depending on the value of the Shipping Type they have. The default value of a Shipping Type is “All” - it is applied to all products. The principles of the Shipping Type setup in Magento 2 are identical to the ones in Magento 1.
Create options for the ‘Shipping Type’ product attribute at Stores > Attributes > Product.
You can assign Shipping Types you’ve created to the products on the product editing page.
When the cart contains products with a particular Shipping Type, shipping rates related to the mentioned Shipping Type will be applied. If no shipping rates are specified to the Shipping Type, the rates with the Shipping Type “All” will be applied.
The Volumetric or dimensional weight is a pricing method which helps a carrier to organize the most efficient usage of the cargo space.
Dimensional weight is calculated as (length × width × height of a package) / (dimensional factor).
The shipping factor (DIM) is a number a carrier uses to reach the effective weight of a shipment based on its density. Basically, the dimensional factor is the amount of space the package takes up per pound. If a Volumetric Weight is assigned to the product, the extension compares it with a regular product Weight and choose the biggest value for using in calculations. Use the DIM Factor published by your courier company to establish the dimensional weight.
For example, we’re shipping 10 pounds of bricks which can easily fit into a 10x10x10 box, making the volume of the box 1 000 cubic inches. When the cubic inches will be divided by the dimensional factor equal 166, the dimensional weight will constitute about 6 pounds. The charge will be rounded up to the 10-pound rate as for the dimensional weight is lower than the actual weight.
Let's consider the feature in details.
How to create an attribute?
1. Go to Stores > Attributes > Product > Add New Product Attribute and specify the attribute parameters.
2. Then go to Stores > Attributes > Product > Attribute Sets
3. Choose the product category to which you would like to add a volume weight parameter (the Bag category in our example). Move the attribute you've created to the 'Groups' column, 'Product Details' group.
4. Go to Products > Catalog and choose a product to edit. In our case, it can be any bag. Specify the Volume Weight field with the required value to complete the setup.
Volume weight - set to Volume attribute.
Attribute - choose the volume attribute created earlier.
Shipping Factor - specify the value of the DIM factor. Consult your courier company if needed.
Volume weight - set to Dimensions attribute.
Dimensions attribute - choose the dimensions attribute you've created before.
Shipping Factor - specify the value of the DIM factor.
Volume weight - set to Dimensions attribute.
Attribute 1, Attribute 2 and Attribute 3 - choose the necessary attributes for volume parameters.
Shipping Factor - specify the value of the DIM factor.
The shipping rates in a shipping method should be set up at first. Check the example below.
Note: the active conditions are Shipping Type, Quantity, and Country.
The example of a shopping cart.
At first, the rates for the products with defined Shipping Types will be applied. As the method contains the rate for the Shipping Type “heavy” and the cart contains a product with the same Shipping Type – “Body-Builder Weight Equipment”, this rate will be calculated first and will constitute $25.
Two other products have the Shipping Types that are not specified in the method being applied. The method will be available to the cart for the reason that it contains the rates for the Shipping Type “All” which will replace the rates of these two products.
The calculation of the rate for this group of products has the next algorithm:
In our example we have the restrictions on the number of products with the Shipping Type “All”. As the cart contains 35 items with such Shipping Type, the rate $15 will match. The total rate equals to $40. Remember, that the active Country condition makes the shipping method available only to customers willing to ship products to Australia.
If the Shipping Table Rates method you’ve created is not displayed:
If the For products with different shipping types field in the shipping methods settings is set to “Sum up rates”, but the rates don't sum up:
* How do I specify estimated delivery time in the shipping method name?
* I'm having problems setting up Dimensional Shipping Weight. What should I check?
* How do I exclude postcodes while setting up shipping table rates?
* How do I set a different name for each rate within a shipping method?
* I have configured several shipping rates but only one is shown on the storefront. How to fix?
* How can I add a surcharge for particular rates?
Find out how to install the Shipping Table Rates for Magento 2 via Composer.