Shipping Matrices

The Shipping matrices offer a powerful & flexible way to manage how much your customers are charged for delivery.

Create/Edit a Shipping matrix

Feature	What it does
Label	Give your matrix a unique meaningful name.
Label in order	This is the label that the customer sees on their order & invoice.
Article number	If you export orders, this is the stock code that will be exported.
Customer specific	Select this if the matrix is for a specific customer or group of customers. Enabling this will show the customer selection information at the bottom of the page.
Base cost	This is the standard cost of the delivery.
Percent of order value cost	Set a percentage for the store to calculate shipping cost against the order value.

As with every price in the back end of Nettailer, the base cost should be entered without VAT.

Delivery

Feature	What it does
Delivery specific	If you want to give the end user multiple delivery choices (E.G. Next day, economy delivery, Saturday delivery, etc.,) select this box.
Delivery options	If the Matrix is delivery specific, pick which delivery or deliveries it applies to.

Geographical area

Feature	What it does
Area specific	Tick this box if you want this shipping matrix to be area specific
Countries List	Here you may select the countries you want to include in this shipping matrix (these first need the be creates in the Countries section and then given properties in the Geographical areas section)

Weight

Feature	What it does
Use	If you want shipping to be calculated based on the weight of the goods in the basket, select this box.
Weight(g)	Enter the lower & upper weights (in grams) of the weight range.
Cost	Specify the additional cost that will be added to the base cost.

Distributor

Feature	What it does
Multiple distributor modifier - Add to	Adds a cost to the shipping matrix for orders that require stock from multiply suppliers. Will be applied once for every distributor after the first. This setting adds a specific amount per distributor
Multiple distributor modifier - Multiply with	Provides an exponential increase based on the number of distributors
Use distributor modifier	Tick to enable this feature, takes into account the values specified under Supplier settings
Multiply with the number of distributors	This may be used to disable the first options value from multiplying for every supplier attached to the order. Instead you can use the base value as an absolute amount if more than one supplier is used or you may specify the min or max amount of times to multiply the value by regardless of how many suppliers are used to fulfill an order.

Min/max cost

The Min/max cost enables you to charge different costs of delivery depending on the cost of the goods in the basket in a similar fashion to Price logics.

Feature	What it does
Order value	Select the range of order values.
Min / Max	Enter the min & max price for delivery.

Example Shipping Matrices

Example fixed price Shipping Matrix

Setting	Value
Label	All orders £8 delivery.
Label in order	Standard Delivery
Article number	CAR-DEF
Customer specific	no
Base cost	6.66
Delivery	Value
Delivery specific	yes
Delivery options	Standard Delivery
Min/max cost	Value
Order value	0 - ∞
Min	6.66
Max	6.66

In this example, the Standard Delivery will cost £6.66, irrespective of the value of the goods ordered.

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Example of free delivery for any order over £75 (inc VAT)

Setting	Value
Label	Free delivery over £75
Label in order	Standard Delivery
Article number	CAR-DEF
Customer specific	no
Base cost	6.66
Delivery	Value
Delivery specific	yes
Delivery options	Standard Delivery
Min/max cost	Value
Order value	0 - 62.49
Min	6.66
Max	6.66
Order value	62.50 - ∞
Min	0.00
Max	0.00

In this example, orders with a value of over £75 inc VAT, will not be charged delivery.

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Example of delivery calculated by weight of goods

Setting	Value
Label	Delivery by Weight
Label in order	Standard Delivery
Article number	CAR-DEF
Customer specific	no
Base cost	0.00
Delivery	Value
Delivery specific	yes
Delivery options	Standard Delivery
Weight	Value
Use	yes

Lower Weight(g)	Upper Weight(g)	Cost
0	249	3.00
250	999	5.00
1000	2499	7.50
2500	4999	10.00
5000		12.50

In this example, a small order weighing less than 250g will attract a £3.00 delivery fee, but heavier orders will cost more, up to a maximum of £12.50.

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Example of shipping calculated depending on how many suppliers are involved in the order

Setting	Value
Label	Delivery by Supplier
Label in order	Standard Delivery
Article number	CAR-DEF
Customer specific	no
Base cost	7.20
Delivery	Value
Delivery specific	yes
Delivery options	Standard Delivery
Supplier	Value
Supplements for several suppliers	1,2 (Multiplied with)
Use extensions from supplier	yes
Min/max cost	Value
Order value	0 - ∞
Min	7.20
Max	7.20

In this example, an order containing products from multiple suppliers will cost 20% per supplier;

Number of suppliers involved	Cost ex VAT	Cost incl VAT
1 supplier	7.20	9.00
2 suppliers	8.64 (7.20x1,2)	10.8
3 suppliers	10.368 (8.64x2)	12.96

With two suppliers involved, shipping will cost the customer £10.8 incl. VAT.