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There are three administration
areas in this section.
Shipping Methods Setting up shipping method can be as simple as you wish or complex enough to handle almost any US shipping. Setting up a master shipping record. The first step in setting up your shipping is to add a new shipping method. For instance, you may want to enter UPS ground, UPS second day and UPS next day shipping methods.
Shipping ID: The shipping ID is an internal ID. This ID must contain only letters and numbers with no spaces. It must be unique to your site and can be no longer than 20 characters. Description: This should be a short description (50 characters max). Method: A fixed method means that the same shipping fee is charged regardless of the quantity, weight or price. A linear method charges the base rate PLUS the linear amount for each UNIT increase. For example, if you choose a linear unit of WEIGHT the linier amount will be added to the base amount for each pound in purchase over one pound. Base Amount: The base amount is charged for every order. If you choose a linear shipping method the Linear amount is added to the base amount. Linear Amount: The linear amount is added to the shipping for each unit above 1 based on the unit you choose. Minimum Amount: This is the minimum amount charged for shipping regardless of the number of units ordered. Maximum Amount: No shipping charge will exceed the maximum amount regardless of the number of units ordered. Click the Add button to save the shipping method. Setting up Shipping Ranges: You now have a master shipping method entry. From here you can add another level of shipping control by choosing the edit button for the shipping method. On the edit page you have a new set of fields to provide you with the ability to add a very fine tuned shipping methodology.
When you choose Edit from the shipping method list the edit page is presented with a new set of shipping entries. This allows you to add shipping Ranges to each shipping method by State. Ranges added here apply to the UNIT you chose. In other words, if you add a Range Amount here it will override the basic Linear Amount entered in the Linear Amount field. Begin Unit: The Begin Unit is the first unit to charge the Range Amount. For instance if you enter the number 10 here, the Range Amount will be added to the Base Amount for all orders with more than 10 units. End Unit: The end unit is the maximum unit to add the Range Amount. For instance if you entered 20 here the Range Amount would be added to all orders with more than ten and 20 or less units for each unit. State (full name) and State (Abbrev.): If you want to create ranges by state enter the state name and abbreviation in these fields. Add Range: Adds the new range to the database. You may enter as many ranges as you want to apply to all states (if you don't enter state names and abbreviations) or by state if you enter states. IMPORTANT NOTE: When you choose to enter a range you have to consider the maximum units that will be ever be ordered. When an order goes over the maximum number of units in any State range the shipping method will no longer be available because the program has no way of processing a shipping charge if the total units are outside of any ranges. That means that you will either have to have an end range that goes well above your average Unit order (9999 for example is you are using weight) or you need to include a method that will handle high unit orders. The same goes for units under a range. If you enter products with a weight of less than 1 pound and your minimum range is one, the option will not be available for that one product. Your bottom range should be lower than the lowest weight you have for any one product or all products should have a minimum weight. You can set a virtually unlimited number of payment methods. The most commonly used are credit cards (Mastercard, Visa, AM, etc.) and Invoice. The most commonly used have been added to your database. You may edit, delete or add additional payment methods.
Click the Add New Payment Method to add a payment method or click the Edit link to edit a payment method.
Payment Type ID - This must be a
unique ID with 12 or fewer characters. Most often used ID's are
"MasterCard" for Mastercard or "Visa" for Visa. Use this page to set sales tax for your site. The program will automatically apply sales tax based on the Shipping Address used by the purchaser.
To add a new tax rate enter the State or Province you will be charging tax for. Enter the tax rate in decimal form. For instance a 4 1/2% tax rate should be entered as 4.5 . If you have a country tax, enter the country abbreviation and the tax rate for the country. Click the Add New Tax Rate button. Don't forget that each product has to be marked Taxable to have the tax applied. If you need to change your tax rate, make the appropriate change and choose the Save Changes button. The Delete button will delete the tax record.
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