Installation
Basic configuration
Advanced configuration
· Shipping costs based on weight and free for orders over 100€
· 2 shipping agencies for the same zone
· Different shipping rates depending on the type of product (or group of products)
· Different shipping rates depending on the supplier (applicable to Dropshipping)
· Increase the shipping rate for each unit added to the cart
Different shipping rates depending on the type of product (or group of products)
It is possible that your store sells products that need to be shipped separately from each other, and therefore, you need «customized» prices for each of these products.
Para aplicar un gasto de envío diferente según el tipo de producto, deberás agrupar los productos por clases de envío y, por tanto, en el campo “Tipo de cálculo” del método, seleccionar la opción “Por clases de envío”.
For example, let's imagine you have 3 groups of products:
- Heavy. Products with a high weight and higher rates.
- Light. Products with very low weight and very economical rates.
- Other products. These would be all the other products in the catalog that do not belong to either of the two previous groups and are subject to a regular shipping rate.
The first thing you need to do is create 2 shipping classes: Heavy and Light.
Once you have the classes created, you should assign each product to the appropriate class. If it doesn't belong to any, you don't need to do anything.
A quick way to do this if you have many products is to select all the products of a class from «Products > All Products» and, using the bulk edit action, assign the shipping class to all of them in bulk.
Finally, configure the shipping method with the 3 rates for each group of products as shown below:
This way, everything would already be configured. In this example, the shipping rate prices would be added up if a customer places a single order with mixed products from each type
But sometimes, it may be interesting to apply only the highest shipping cost out of the 3 instead of the total sum of all. To achieve this, you should check the «Apply shipping class priority» option and define the same priority value in the priority table:
You can find more information about «Shipping Class Priority» here.