Shipping - Rules List
Shipping Rules are the calculations which allow the determination of shipping rates for the various products in your online boutique. The calculation of shipping costs can get quite complex and dakis recommends to start with simpler shipping calculations at first which you can fine tune over time.
When calculating shipping rates for items in a shopping cart, the dakis system will look for the most specific rule possible which apply to an item in this order:
1) Item level rules (Products / Print Formats / Gift Products)
2) Category level rules
3) Application level rules (Hardware / Photo / Gifting)
4) Global Rule
1) Item Level Rules
The individual item shipping rules can be viewed and edited from the Merchandise Rules / Print Rules and Gift Rules pages. It's important to note that the nomenclature varies somewhat between the pages to reflect the type of items sold by those applications. New item level rules can't be created in the shipping pages, they must be created directly on the item edit pages.
Note the search bar and pagination when you are looking for a specific shipping rule, these are helpful tools.
Also note the expand and collapse arrows by the product name which allows you to view the specific shipping rates for this item.
To edit a rule, click on the PENCIL in the range. This will open up the shipping rule range modal in which you can set the shipping to FREE or charge a combination of flat rate / per item rate and percentage of product value. To add a type of charge, click on ADD CHARGE near the bottom and select the type from the drop down.
2) Category Level Rules
The category level rules are the rules that will apply to an item or a group of items in a cart when these items have no product level rules applied.
The category rules, like the product level rules, exist in each of the merchandise rules / print rules and gift rules pages. They can be viewed and edited on those pages, but creation is only possible on the category pages directly.
Note the search bar and pagination when you are looking for a specific shipping rule, these are helpful tools.
Also note the expand and collapse arrows by the category name which allows you to view the specific shipping rates for this item.
To edit a rule, click on the PENCIL in the range. This will open up the shipping rule range modal in which you can set the shipping to FREE or charge a combination of flat rate / per item rate and percentage of product value. To add a type of charge, click on ADD CHARGE near the bottom and select the type from the drop down.
On category rules you can also set a PRICE RANCE, allowing you to vary the shipping rule in function of how much dollar value of this category is in the cart. In the above example, any combination of digital cameras above $1000 would incur no basic shipping costs.
3) Application Level Rules
Application level rules apply to items or groupes of items in a cart that don't have item level rules nor category level rules.
These rules are are found in the merchandise rules / print rules and gift rules pages and have specific nomenclature for each application.
To edit a rule, click on the PENCIL in the range. This will open up the shipping rule range modal in which you can set the shipping to FREE or charge a combination of flat rate / per item rate and percentage of product value. To add a type of charge, click on ADD CHARGE near the bottom and select the type from the drop down.
On application rules you can also set a PRICE RANCE, allowing you to vary the shipping rule in function of how much dollar value of products generated by this application are in the cart.
4) Global Rule
The global rule applies to items or groups of items in a cart for which there exists no item level rule, category rule nor application rule.
The global rules are found in the merchandise rules page, print rules page and gift rules page. It's important to note that the global rule represented on each of these pages is the exact same global rule even though it can be edited on all three pages.
To edit a rule range, click on the PENCIL in the range. This will open up the shipping rule range modal in which you can set the shipping to FREE or charge a combination of flat rate / per item rate and percentage of product value. To add a type of charge, click on ADD CHARGE near the bottom and select the type from the drop down.
On the global rule you can also set a PRICE RANCE, allowing you to vary the shipping rule in function of how much dollar value of products generated by this application are in the cart.
