To set-up
UPS and/or FedEx shipper, navigate to the Shipping Preferences page in Store Administration,
Store Settings > Shipping Prefs. and click the Configure link next the
desired shipper. Watch the
Shipping Setup
Tutorial for more details. You can also create your own custom
international shipping rates if you don’t want to leverage the UPS or FedEx
tools.
One can
add as many customized shipping zones to the ProStores Merchant–Defined shipper
as necessary to achieve custom shipping rates for both domestic and
international destinations. Adding
customized international shipping zones is very similar to adding a domestic
shipping zone. Once added, shoppers
with a matching international shipping address see rates defined for their
shipping zone. ProStores uses rates
from the Default shipping zone if a shopper from an undefined county (no custom
zone created yet) places an order.
Merchants
using the USPS shipping tools integrated with ProStores should create custom
zones for each country they plan to support or update their default zone rates
to cover all international destination rates.
The USPS rate calculation tools currently only support US and Canadian
destinations. UPS and FedEx tools
integrated with ProStores can calculate international shipping rates.
To add an
international shipping zone:
- Browse to the Shipping
Preferences page (Store Admin >Store Settings > Shipping Prefs),
click Configure next to Merchant–Defined in the Available
Shipperslist.
- On the Shipping Preferences – ProStores Configuration page, click on
the Add Zone button near the
bottom of the page.
- The Add Shipping Zone page appears. The levels and rates initially displayed are based upon the Default shipping zone.
Update the
Shipping
Levels if you need additional or fewer levels before adding a zone. To add or edit shipping levels, click on the
Shipping Levels link near the bottom
of the
Shipping Preferences – ProStores
Configuration page.
If creating multiple international zones with the same
rates, you may want to edit your
Default
zone with the international rates and then add the international zones. This will simplify the duplication process
for the new zones with similar rates. Remember
to change your default rates to the appropriate levels once the process is
complete.
- Enter a Name for the Shipping
Zone. This name will help you identify and select this zone from a
list of other defined zones. If
this is your default Shipping Zone, enter Default.
- Select the Country to which this Shipping Zone applies from the
drop-down list.
- Leave the State/Province or Postal Code Range field blank
- Enter the amount to charge
for the each shipping level and delivery method for this zone.
It’s currently not possible to suppress a delivery method
for international shipments. If all
three delivery methods are enabled for your store, all shoppers will see the
three different delivery methods (with different rates) regardless of their
shipping address. If you plan to support
only one or two delivery methods for international orders, you should enter a
high value for that deliver method to discourage shoppers from selecting it
during checkout.
- Click Submit to save your work.
- Repeat the process for each additional
international zone you want to define.