Shipping Methods
Real-Time Shipping Methods
You can create unlimited shipping zones with CoreCommerce. This way you can have different shipping options for Tennessee and Florida for example. CoreCommerce supports all of the major shipping providers, along with off-line methods. You can use UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL, Canada Post or Australia Post for real-time shipping calculations using product weights, including size dimensions. In addition to providing real-time rates for your customers, with UPS, FedEx and USPS your customers will receive real-time order tracking on your site without having to go to UPS, FedEx or USPS web site. You can also choose to add your own custom padding to any real-time rate quote or even choose how much weight you want to fit into each box for more accurate real-time shipping. Real-time rates also supports multiple warehouses so you can ship products from multiple zip codes and calculate rates for each product tied to each vendor's warehouse.
| Real-Time Rate Quotes | Shipping Label Printing | Delivery Tracking | Pad Rates ($ or %) | Add Handling Fees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPS | x | x* | x | x | x |
| USPS | x | x | x | x | x |
| FedEx | x | x | x | x | x |
| FedEx Freight | x | x | x | x | |
| DHL | x | x | x | ||
| Canada Post | x | x | x | ||
| Australia Post | x | x | x |
Note: For e-goods (downloadable products) those items will not be charged any shipping charges. You can setup any of these methods directly through your web browser inside your account.
*Requires UPS Shipping premium tool. You must by approved first by UPS to be able to use this feature.
Other Shipping Methods
If real-time rates don't fit your business model, you can use one of our off-line methods. With any of these methods you can always add handling charges.
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Order Subtotal
This method allows you to set shipping charges based on the customer's order sub-total during checkout. -
Percentage of Order Subtotal
This method allows you to set shipping charges based on a percentage of the customer's order sub-total during checkout. -
Order Weight
This method allows you to set shipping charges based on the total weight of all of the items in the customer's shopping cart during checkout. -
Order Quantity
This method allows you to set shipping charges based on the total quantity of all of the items in the customer's shopping cart during checkout. -
By Product
This method allows you to set shipping charges on a product-by-product basis.
Free Shipping
You can also choose to offer free shipping for certain products or if a certain sub-total is met. This works with all the above mentioned shipping methods.
Customer Email Notification
You can choose to have your customers receive an automatic email when an order is moved to shipped status. If you are using delivery tracking, the delivery tracking id and link is included in this email.