Shipping Table Rates: Magento Extension by Amasty. User Guide.

Shipping Table Rates
Magento Extension User
Guide
Official extension page: Shipping Table Rates
User Guide: Shipping Table Rates
Support: http://amasty.com/contacts/ Page 1

Table of contents:
1. Enabling the extension ………………..…………………………………………………. 3
2. Where to create custom shipping methods ………….…………………………….. 7
3. General method information ……..………………..…………………………………… 8
4. Select store view and customer groups ……........…………………………………. 12
5. Import CSV file with shipping rates …..………………………………..……………. 13
6. View imported rates ………………………………………………………..……………. 14
7. Edit existing rates and add new ones …………………………………..……………. 16
8. Example of csv file with rates ………………………………………….…………….. 17
9. Shipping type ……………………………………………………………………………….... 18
10. Shipping type example...….……….…………………………………..…………..…. 20
11. Estimated delivery dates ….………………………………….………………………… 21
12. Shipping table rates comments example …………………………………….… 24
13. How to combine Amasty shipping extensions …………………………………. 26
Support: http://amasty.com/contacts/
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1. Enabling the extension
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To make the module
work go to Admin panel
-> System ->
Configuration -> ‘Sales’
tab -> Shipping
methods.
Set this option to ‘Yes’ to
enable the module.
You can make shipping available
both for all countries and for
specific ones only. From the list of
countries please choose those, for
which you would like to create
shipping methods with the module.
If this option is set to ‘Yes’ the
parameters (like weight, number etc.)
of all the products that are suitable for
free shipping will be excluded from the
calculations.
Set this option to ‘No’ if you want to
calculate the number and weight of
free shipped items, just like any other
product in the order.

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When you set this option to
‘Yes’, price and quantity of
virtual products won’t be
considered for calculation of
shipping rates for orders.
Select comparison logic
for post codes.
Strings – compares
numbers and letters.
Numbers – compares
postcodes as % wilscard
symbols
When you set this option to
‘Yes’, price and quantity of
virtual products won’t be
considered for calculation
of shipping rates for orders.

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You can indicate that a shipping
rate should apply to price of the
product after discount. Let's say a
product costs $100. If after the
discount it becomes $70, shipping
rate for 70-dollar products will
apply to it.
When the option is enabled, the module
will show a shipping method even if it
doesn’t have a rate for the shopping cart.
An error massage will be displayed to
customer.
If all products in cart have different
shipping types, the module will select a
rate with shipping type set to All. If such
method is not available, no shipping
option will be displayed to customer.

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Choose what shipping type attribute will be selected when bundle
product is in cart. Shipping type can be taken from the bundle product
itself or from a particular item. It depend on shipment product option
When set to Together – bundle shipping type will be taken.
If set to Separate – shipping type will depend on a particular product

To create shipping methods please
go to admin panel -> Sales ->
Shipping Table Rates
2. Where to create custom shipping methods
To add a method
please click ‘Add
Method’ button.
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3. General method information
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At the ‘General’ tab you
can activate the method,
specify its name and
submit a comment.
You can choose to ship certain
products free of charge. The
feature is especially useful
when a customer adds to cart
two items with different
product types, but a shipping
method can’t be used for one of
them.

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You can create comments and add
pictures for each shipping method. All
the comments will be displayed on the
checkout and shopping cart pages (see
page 24).

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If products with different shipping types are
added to cart, you can specify whether to show
the sum of their shipping rates or use
minimal/maximal rates for all products in cart.
Assign a minimum and a maximum
shipping cost to a method. E.g. if the
total calculated is greater than the
maximum cost, the price will be
decreased to the maximum cost
amount.

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Translate the name and the
comment of a shipping methods
for different store views.

4. Select store view and customer groups
At the ‘Stores & Customer Groups’
tab you can choose at which store
view and for which customer groups
the method should be available.
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5. Import CSV file with shipping rates
At the ‘Import’ tab you can import csv file with the rates
information. You can find sample csv file at the specified
url and within the extension package. Please see the next
pages for explanation on csv structure.
If you set ‘Delete Existing Rates’ option to ‘Yes’, all rates
previously imported for this method, will be deleted.
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At the ‘Methods and Rates’ tab you can view the imported rates. You can see address, price, quantity, weight, shipping rate and
shipping type data here.
‘Rate’ column – means base rate for the order which qualifies for the specified address, product price, weight and quantity
parameters. In this case the flat rate of 12 will be applied to order shipped to Arkansas, with total product price between 33 and
880, quantity between 2 and 2000, etc.
‘PPP’ column – percent per product. In this situation shipping will be calculated as 3% of total product price.
‘FRPP’ column – flat rate per product. Flat shipping rate of 7 will be added for each product within the order.
‘FRPUW’ column – flat rate for the unit of weight (kg or lb)
‘Shipping type’ column.
All the rates you defined in ‘Rate’, ‘PPP’, ‘FRPP’ and ‘FRPUW’ columns will apply only to the products of the shipping type you
assign in ‘Shipping type’ field. This way you can create unlimited number of rates for one or several products of specific types. The
process of assignment of products to ‘shipping types’ will be described further in this user guide.
6. View imported rates

‘Rate’, ‘PPP’, ‘FRPP’ and ‘FRPUW’ are added to each other, so in our situation shipping will be calculated as 50 per order
plus 3 percent of total product price plus flat rate of 7 plus 0,1 for the unit of weight for each product. If we have in cart 7
products which cost 2000 and weigh 200 lb, with ‘extra large’ shipping type, the price of shipping to Arkansas will be:
151 = 50 (flat rate per order) + 60 (3% of product price) + 49 (7 per product) + 20 (0.1 for each lb of weight)
For extra large products shipped to NY shipping rate is less in our setup. Also, shipping rate differs for the goods, located
in CA storehouse when they are shipped to the other coast (NY), etc.
6. View imported rates
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7. Edit existing rates and add new ones
To edit a rate, please
click on the record.
To add a new rate
record, please click
‘Add New Rate’ button.

8. Example of csv file with rates
In the csv file you can specify a value for each column of
‘Methods and Rates’ tab. You can find sample csv file within the
extension package.
If you use “*” symbol for some column, it means that the rate will
be applied to all values of this parameter. For example if you
specify “*” for zip column, the rates will be applied to order with
any zip code.

9. Shipping type
As it was described before, you can use ‘shipping type’ attribute for a product or a
group of products to make a shipping rate work only for this particular product or
group of products.
To create the options for ‘shipping type’ attribute please go Catalog -> Attributes ->
Manage attributes -> Edit Product Attribute "Shipping Type“-> Manage
Label/Options.
Create the options
you will use for the
shipping rates.
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9. Shipping type
After you’ve created the necessary options, they are available for
assignment to any product from your product list. Go to Catalog ->
Manage Products and choose a product.
You can assign any value of the
attribute to the product. Then once
you create a shipping rate for this
shipping type, the rate will apply only
to the products with the shipping type.

10. Shipping type example
Shipping type for the
refrigerator is ‘extra
large’. It is shipped to
Arkansas. According to
our rates table, the
shipping costs $141.20
for ‘extra large’ item of
this weight and price.
Read this article to see more examples of Shipping Types
usage.

11. Estimated delivery dates
Add variable {day} to
the shipping method
name in order to set the
number of days for
order delivery

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Set the number of days
for delivery for the
shipping method

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Estimated delivery
dates help customers to
discover the time of
delivery before
completing checkout

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12. Shipping rates comments example
Display shipping table
rate comments and
pictures on the
shopping cart page (see
page).

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12. Shipping rates comments example
Display shipping table rate
comments and pictures on
the checkout page.

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13. How to combine Amasty shipping extensions
1. Shipping Discount for your own methods
2. Free shipping for the chosen products
3. Block a certain shipping method for shoppers using a promotion
4. A special shipping method for those who have a coupon
5. Different shipping options for various customer groups
6. А promotion, which blocks one method and gives the discount for the other one
Read the article to learn how to combine Amasty shipping extensions for advanced tasks.

Thank you!
Should you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
http://amasty.com/contacts/
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
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