Before customers place an order, an optional sophisticated Advanced Shipping Cost Calculator module can automatically calculate how much to charge a customer for shipping based on what products are in their order and where the order is being delivered to.
Features include;
- Auto-calculation of cost based on the number of products and product size
- Any number of price levels based on product size
- Auto-look up of road distance to the delivery address to match courier regions
- Any number of shipping regions
- Charge more for rural delivery
- Set a maximum percentage of order value or maximum shipping cost
- Set up different calculation rules for different customer groups
- Customisable quantity shipping discounts mean five large products don’t have to cost five times the cost of one
Benefits of the Shipping Calculator include
- Give your customers certainty on shipping costs before they place their order
- Reduce ordering friction by not having to call back your customer with a shipping cost
- Save staff time
- Recover freight costs more accurately
- Avoid killing sales by charging unreasonable delivery costs for large orders
- Get flexibility to tailor your offer to different customer segments
- You can choose what is best for your operations and your customers