Shopping Cart

How to

Accessing the Shopping Cart Manager

To access the Shopping Cart Manager you must be logged in with the administrator toolbar visible at the top of your screen. Select the button from the administrator toolbar. This will load the Content Menu, from here, select 'Shopping Cart'.

The Shopping Cart Manager will only load correctly if an initial shopping cart object has been inserted onto a page or Masterpage. For information on inserting a shopping cart object onto a page or Master page see Insert Shopping Cart Elements onto a Page/Masterpage below.

For more information on the Manager's menu, see Understand the Shopping Cart Manager below.

Setting the Shopping Cart Home page

When your Aplinx site has a Shopping Cart attached to it, you will need to nominate at least one page for your Cart to be shown on. The page you nominate may be new or one already existing within your site.

For information on creating a page, see Page Manager.

To complete the setup, you must insert at least one shopping cart object onto this page. It is recommended that the Shopping Cart Navigation object and the Shopping Cart Main Product Catalog object are both used.

The Main Product Catalog must be used in order for the cart to function correctly.

Inserting Shopping Cart Elements onto Pages/Masterpages

In edit mode for the page/Masterpage, select the button for the area you wish to add to. The Insert Content window will load.

Select Shopping Cart from the left hand side of this screen. The Shopping Cart Manager will load showing any objects currently in the system. Please be aware that this manager is different to the shopping cart manager accessed via the menu. Both have the same name, but contain different options - appropriate to your access method.

Products may not be added via the manager Options menu as seen in the image below.

To continue adding an element to your page, select 'Add Object' from the Manager Options menu. A new window will open, showing the available objects within the shopping cart. To make an object available to insert onto your page or Masterpage, click the 'Choose' button.

The shopping cart objects available are:

• Product Catalogue
• Search Box
• Navigation
• Category Listing
• Mini Cart
• Previous Purchases

Any of these objects may have permissions applied to them, restricting their visabilitly/use. Their default permission is for all users (admin and world) to see and make use of them unhindered. For more information see Object Permissions.

Newly chosen objects will then appear in the Manager's table.

Click 'Insert' to place the object onto your page/Masterpage.

For information on altering the styles attached to your shopping cart objects, see Shopping Cart Styles.

Product Catalogue -	The product catalogue must be placed on the page you nominate as your Shopping Cart Home page. The contents of this object change dynamicly, dependant on which section of the Shopping Cart users are accessing. If no sections are being accessed, a welcome message is displayed. The text within this message is editable through the Shopping Cart's Vendor information. Access the shopping cart as outlined above, next select 'Vendor', then 'Edit Vendors' from the Manager Options Menu and click on Your Vendor Name. The Vendor Information will load. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and you will see a mini version of the Article Editor. Use this to format your shopping cart introduction then click 'Save'. Dynamic changes to this section will not occur on their own. A shopping cart Navigation object needs to be inserted onto the same page and accessed by users in order to do this. If you wish to show a different section of your shopping cart as the initial screen shown to users when they enter a page: Whilst in EDIT mode, go to the page where your products are displayed. Use the navigation bar to locate the section of the shopping cart you wish to be displayed (this may be inserted onto the page temporarily for this step if you do not wish for users to see navigation options all of the time). In the example below we click 'Browse'. The page reloads, now showing the Browse screen in the Product Catalogue. Please note: the Browse screen layout is determined by your selection in the Shopping Cart Styles. There are three layout options to choose from. Now take note of the address in the address bar. Select and copy the address from ?pageid like so: Next, go to the Page Manager and select to edit the 'Properties' of your shopping cart page (to show this menu, hover your mouse over the Aplinx logo next to the page ID number). In the page's Properties, paste/enter the address (copied above) into the 'Overide Link' textbox and click save. The result of this process is that when a user clicks on the link to your shopping cart page in the main menu, they are now automatically taken to the Browse screen, instead of the shopping cart introduction. The shopping cart Navigation may be removed from the page without affecting the main menu links. If you wish to link to a specific section of your shopping cart from another section of your website (not the menu) you can alter the link in the same manner. When editing or creating a link within an article, using the Article Manager, instead of browsing for the page's location simply copy the address (this time from /?pageid) for the section you wish users to go to, and enter this into the URL textbox. All other editing of the article remains unchanged.
Search Box -	The shopping cart Search Box is much like the Aplinx search box (available as a Miscellaneous object) however results from the shopping cart search box will only be drawn from the products you have inserted into your shopping cart's product list. The Shopping cart search box also comes equipt with Auto Search. This feature 'guesses' what users are typing and provides a list of options below the text entered. These options are derived from products you have inserted into your shopping cart's product list. Auto search is activated once two letters have been entered into the text box. This feature may be disabled by a user when they select the checkbox next to 'Disable Auto-Search'. If you (the admin user) wish to hide the 'Disable Auto-Search' message and the checkbox, this may be done via the Shopping Cart Styles. When in Shopping Cart Styles, select the radio button next to 'Text on Disable Auto Search' and click 'Edit'. The style for this object will load. In the 'Block' tab of the style, select 'none' from the Display drop down list. Hiding this item will not allow users to disable auto search - it will, therefore, always be active. Please be aware that while the Aplinx search object and the Shopping Cart Search Box look identical when auto search is hidden, their results will NOT be the same. The Aplinx search object (found in Miscellaneous) does not use auto search and will only show products in its results if (a) you have Navigation or menu links that allow access to these products AND (b) your site has been indexed. For more information see Aplinx search object. Please Note: Products will only show up in search results, for the Search Box object, if they have been placed in a category. For more information on placing products into categories please see Adding Products, below. Products that have not been placed into a category will still appear in the auto search text options.
Navigation -	The Navigation object allows users to move throughout your shopping cart. Within this navigation object, users also have the ability to login / logout. Any of the links accessed here may be used to manipulate the contents of the Product Catalogue object. Navigation links in this item will do nothing when there is no Product Catalogue on the same page.
Category Listing -	This object is another menu object, similar to the Navigation object above. Each of the Categories that are created along with your products are listed in the menu. When selected, items within each category are displayed in the Product Catalogue object. Selecting a link from the Category Listing will do nothing if the Product Catalogue object has not been inserted onto the page. Sub categories are listed when browsing each of the main categories. They may be selected and subsequently browsed. Any of the address's found by using the Category Listing may also be used to manipulate links within your website as described in Product Catalogue object above. The Category Listing object may be removed from the page if it is no longer required. This feature will still function, so long as the Product Catalogue object remains on the linked page.
Mini Cart -	As a stand alone object, the Mini Cart will display the number of items currently in a user's cart along with the current total for that purchase. Much like the Navigation, this feature requires the Product Catalogue object in order for the links within it to function correctly. Functioning correctly means that when selected, the 'View Cart' and 'Checkout' links act as shortcuts to these respective areas.
Previous Purchases -	This object will not appear for users unless they are logged in. It will also not appear to users if this is the first time they have logged in. When it does appear, the last two items purchased by the user, from a previous time when they were logged in, will be shown. The Previous Purchases list is designed to fit into a small sidebar on your webpage. When a user selects the image, the Product Catalogue item will display information on that product. If they select the 'Add to Cart' link for an object shown in the Previous Purchases object, one of that object will be added to the current shopping cart. Once added to the current shopping cart, a product will be removed from the Previous Purchases list. If all products in the previous purchases list are added to the cart the Previous Purchases object will be hidden from view. It will reappear upon next login, even if no additional purchases have been made. When a user removes a previously purchased item from their shopping cart, it may instantly appear in their previous purchases list.

Understanding the Shopping Cart Manager Options Menu

• Admin

  • User List
    

    The User List displays all users in your shopping cart system. The Site Administrator should be added by default in order to administer the store.
    

    New users are recorded either when they make a purchase, or are added here by an administration user. To display a list of all users currently in the system, select 'Admin' and 'User List' from the Manager Options Menu in the Shopping Cart Manager.
    
    Each user's details may be viewed or edited by selecting that user's username from the list. Editing a user's details is much the same as when adding a new user to the database (see below).
    

    

  • Add User
    

    'Last Name', 'First Name', 'Username', 'Password' and 'Email' must be filled in for a new user's details to be saved properly.

    
    

    

    Selecting a permission type here will determine what type of access the user has to sections of your shop. You may choose from 'Shopper', 'Demo', 'Storeadmin' or 'Admin', but as mentioned above, adding a shopper here will not give full shopper capabilities. The user will merely be given a username and password. They may have limited abilities and may not be able to purchase items in your shop.
    
    Admin users will be able to edit all elements of your shop. Selecting storeadmin may limit the user's access slightly. They should still be able to add and remove products as well as set prices and adjust text to suit.
    
    Shopper users may be added here, or in 'Add Shopper', below.
    

• Vendor
  

  Vendor refers to the owner of the website or shop. Default vendor details are included when the shopping cart object is initially included with your Aplinx site. These details should be altered to reflect those pertaining to the website/shop owner.
  
  Only one vendor may exist for each website/shop you own.

  • Edit Vendor

    To edit the vendor's information, click 'Vendor' and then 'Edit Vendor' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of the screen. An 'Add Information' form will load (similar to the example shown on the right).
    
    You may add an image - or logo - for your shop via the upload box. Simply browse your local computer for the location of the image file.
    
    Edit all other store information as required.
    
    The email address used on this screen will appear on the bottom of all invoices/reciepts that are sent to customers after they have completed a purchase/transaction. This address must be authentic and relevant to both website and shop responses.
    
    The final section of this screen refers to the 'Description'. This may also be seen as the 'welcome' message displayed to shop/website visitors as displayed in the 'Product Catalog' object mentioned above.
    
    The description may be edited in the mini article editor box in a similar manner as is used when using the regular article editor (for more information on the article editor click here).
    

  All information provided here in 'Store Profile' is a duplicate of the 'Edit Vendor' section - only in a more simplified format. Alterations made to one of these items will be reflected when viewing both.
  
  When editing this information via the 'Store Profile', the description section is displayed in a plain text format. If you have applied formatting (colours, font sizing, bullet points or hyperlinks, etc) when editing the description in the 'Edit Vendor' section, this information will be shown in HTML code format when viewed in 'Store Profile'.
  
  It is advised that if you are not familiar with HTML code, please do not use the 'Store Profile' edit screen.
  
  When displayed in the 'Product Catalogue Object' all colours, font sizing and the like will appear as they do in the mini article editor box.
  
  
  

• Store
  

  • Sales Activity

    To view Sales Activity for your store, select 'Store' and then 'Sales Activity' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of the screen.
    

    
    

    Sales activity is displayed in an Overview format. By selecting from the options at the top of this screen you can view sale information for the desired time period. At the bottom of the screen you should see a list showing the date, number of orders made by customers on that date, total number of items purchased through these orders and the total revenue earned by the store from these orders.

    
    Selecting the 'Individual Product Listings' checkbox at the top of the sales overview screen will provide you with itemised product sales information under the revenue earned for the period. Products will be listed by name, sku code and will then show the number of each item that sold.
    

  • Store Profile

    All information provided here in 'Store Profile' is a duplicate of the 'Edit Vendor' section - only in a more simplified format. Alterations made to one of these items will be reflected when viewing both.
    
    When editing this information via the 'Store Profile', the description section is displayed in a plain text format. If you have applied formatting (colours, font sizing, bullet points or hyperlinks, etc) when editing the description in the 'Edit Vendor' section, this information will be shown in HTML code format when viewed in 'Store Profile'.
    
    It is advised that if you are not familiar with HTML code, please do not use the 'Store Profile' edit screen.
    
    When displayed in the 'Product Catalogue Object' all colours, font sizing and the like will appear as they do in the mini article editor box. Removing HTML code from the 'Store Profile' screen will cause all text entered as the description to appear in a single paragraph.
    
    An example of the 'Store Profile' screen is shown below:
    

  • Store Admins

    Store Admins govern the shop and items available within it. From the user list (above) this list shows the selection of users who have been added with administrative permissions, or in the admin section of your shopping cart. Store Admins may edit various aspects of your shop including products and their descriptions.
    
    

  • Add Store Admin

    To add a new store admin users, select 'Store' and then 'Add Store Admin' from the Manager Options Menu at the left of your screen.
    
    When adding an Admin user for your store, select the permission type 'storeadmin' or 'admin'. 'Demo' users may also have the ability to edit product and store details -please be aware of this when assigning permissions to new users. If a user is not intended to have admin abilities, they should be assigned 'shopper' permissions.
    
    Users that are added to the shopping cart via this screen will always be displayed when viewing store admins (above in Store Admins). You may notice in the image above that the user 'netagi' has been assigned 'shopper' permissions (preventing them from editing), but they do still show up.
    
    Adding a Store Admin is much the same as when adding a user, once you have selected 'Add Store Admin' from the Manager Options Menu, a similar form will load. For more information see Add User, above.
    

  • Payment Methods

    When the shopping cart object is initially added to your Aplinx system there will be some default payment methods. These may include Visa, Master Card and American Express cards for credit card payments. To view existing payment methods select 'Store' and 'Payment Methods' from the Manager Options Menu. Existing payment types will be displayed in a table similar to the one shown below.
    
    
    
    For payment types that are Credit Cards, the 'Is CreditCard' column will show a Y (for yes). When a customer to your store is placing an order for a product or service on your website, they will select one of these payment methods from a dropdown list. If a Credit Card payment type is selected, the customer will be required to enter appropriate credit card details in order to complete the order.
    

    Important: When setting up your online shopping cart you will be required to have an Internet Merchant ID number from your bank or financial institution in order to propperly recieve online credit card payments. Some restrictions may apply as to which payment methods can be accepted by either your chosen bank or financial institution, or even your Payment Gateway provider (this may vary from shop to shop). It is therefore advisable to you as the store owner to please make sure all of the payment methods listed in this section are applicable to your individual situation before you accept your first online customer.
    
    

  • Add Payment Method

    Additional payment methods may be required to suit your business needs. For example, you may wish to add:
    

    • Cash on Delivery (COD) - for customers who do not wish to make payments online.
    • Diners Club (DC)
      
    • Cheque (CQ)
    
    If you do choose to add additional credit card types, please check to make sure your Payment Gateway and/or Bank is able to accept this form of transaction.
    
    Credit Cards are the defalt type of payment that is added to the shopping cart object. When adding additional payment methods, that are not credit cards, please make sure you 'un-tick' the 'Requires CreditCard Info?' tickbox prior to saving. Failure to do this will cause trouble for customers later on when they have selected to pay via that method (they will not be allowed to continue with their order unless credit card information is given on the payment form).
    
    Click the 'Save' button when complete.
    

    

• Taxes

  • Tax Zones

    Your shopping cart should come with one default Tax Zone - Australia - showing Goods and Services Tax (GST) at a rate of 10% in every dollar.
    
    When a tax rate is made active, any customers who have their billing/shipping address within that tax zone will be charged the defined rate on top of the product price of their purchase. For example, if a product is listed at $100.00, the final price will include $10 in GST. This tax amount will be added when the customer goes to the checkout to purchase the item.
    
    
    
    To view existing tax zones, select 'Taxes' and then 'Tax Zones' from the Manager Options Menu. In order to edit an existing Tax, select the underlined 'Tax Rate' from the screen (similar to that shown in the image above). Editing a tax zone will be similar to when a new zone is added - see below for more information.

  • Add Tax Zone

    To add a new tax zone select 'Taxes' and then 'Add Tax Zone' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of your screen. In the 'Add Tax Information' screen you will be required to select a country, enter a Tax State or Region, and then define the tax rate as a decimal number. Click 'Save' when complete.
    
    The Tax State or Region must be unique for every tax that is added to your shopping cart. One good method that may be used, is to write a short description of the taxation type. For example, 'GST_NZ' and 'GST_AU' might be used for Goods and Services Tax descriptions for New Zealand and Australia respectively, should you intend to conduct business in both countries. While the 'Tax State or Region' may remain blank, for one individual tax type, this field may not remain blank for a second.

• Products
  

  Products are the key to the whole shopping cart. Without products, there is no shop.

  • Product List

    To view a list of all products currently in your shop, select 'Products' and then 'Product List' from the Manager Options Menu. The image, below right, show how these products might appear uder three columns - Product Name, SKU (Product Code), and Publish.
    
    Six products will appear per page. If you have additional products in your shop, you may view these by moving through the pages, as displayed below the table.
    
    Products are listed alphabetically by their product name.
    
    If you know the name of an item you may use the search box at the top of this screen to filter the list. To do this, enter the desired search term into the text box and click the 'Search' button. To show all products again, leaving the search text box blank, select the 'Search' button once more.
    
    Should you wish to edit an existing product, the edit screen can be accessed by clicking on the underlined 'Product Name'. The edit screen appears much the same as when adding a product. See below for more information.
    

  • Discounted Products

    Selecting the 'Discounted Products' link from the Manager Options Menu will filter the product to show only those products in your shop which have been marked by an admin user as a 'Featured Discount' item.
    
    
    

    The image above shows how this product type would appear in the Discounted Products table.

  • Add Products

    

    When initially adding products to your shop, select 'Products' and then 'Add Product' from the Manager Options Menu. The screen will reload, showing the New Product form (right).
    
    Enter all information as required:
    

    • SKU (Product Code): Must be added for each product in your shop. This field must be unique for every product in your store. If you find that the product you are entering has the same SKU/Product Code as a previously added product, you should either adjust the original item to suit, or refer to 'Related Products' below. This is a complusory field.
      
    • UN/SPSC Code: The United Nations Standard Products and Services Code^®. This code is an eight digit id number that 'universally' identifies objects, services and comodities. For example:
      
      • Live Animals: 10100000
      • Cats: 10101501
      • Dogs: 10101502
      • Rabbits: 10101512
        
      To view more information on these classifications/codes, you may click on the UN/SPSC link on this form. This field is not compulsory, but may assist in identification of your products.
    • Name: This is the identifying name given to each object. While a name must be provided for every product in the system, this value does not have to be unique.
    • URL: An optional field linking to more information about the product.
    • Category: Populating categories into your shop will allow customers to browse easier. To do this, enter the first Category name into the text box on the right hand side. If you have previously added and saved categories within your shop, you may instead select one of these from the dropdown on the left.
      
      

    Categories may have sub-categories created within them by entering the related sub-categories on respective lines below the first. When selecting a previously saved category from the dropdown lists, sub-categories will only appear for their respective 'parent'. You should ensure that the categories are therefore in the correct order. In the example above, 'Hand Made' would only be selectable for 'trousers' if they were both 'cotton' and 'Imported'. For more information on how categories are used, refer to the Category Listing Object above.
    

  • Set Price

    Each product has an associated price. In turn, each group of users with your shop may have an individual associated price for that item. In the example below 'Black Socks', is a product available in the store. The default price for this item is $9.25. If a shopper belongs to the shopper group 'Cheapo', the price for this item is reduced to $5.00.
    
    
    In order to set a price for a product in your store, you must first select that product from the product list (see above). Once a product has been chosen, three additional menu items will become available from the Manager Options Menu. Selecting 'Set Price' will open the price options for this product.
    
    Any existing prices will be displayed on the right hand side of this screen (see image above). Clicking on the underlined Group name of an existing price will allow you to edit/alter existing prices.
    
    Selecting the 'Add' button will load the same Price Information screen (image below). Enter the numerical price information and select which shopper group this price will be available for. Select 'Save' to confirm. When saved, the new price will be displayed in the price list for that product.
    
    If you wish to delete an existing price for a product, select the underlined group name for that price. A 'Delete' button will be available to you when the edit screen appears. Selecting this button will remove the price information from the product.

  • List Possible Attributes

    Attributes assigned to a product can help in identifying differences between similar items in your store. To view attributes for a particular product, select that product from the 'Product List' and then choose 'List Possible Attributes' from the Manager Options Menu. Attributes currently associated with that product will be listed in the table on the right of the screen. If you wish to edit an existing attribute, select the underlined attribute name from this table. Additional attributes may be assigned to the product by selecting the 'Add' button on the screen shown below.
    
    
    The edit screen has two fields - the Attribute Name and the List Order. In 'List Order' enter a numerical value of where this attribute should appear in the attribute table. Number 1 will appear first. The higher the number, the lower down this list the attribute will appear.
    
    If you wish to delete an existing attribute for a product, select the underlined Attribute Name for that product. A delete button will appear on the edit screen. Choosing this will remove the attribute from the product.

  • Add a Related Product

    Related products appear to customers when they are purchasing an item from your store. In the examples below, the main product has three 'related products' assigned to it. In the first example, the original product is the item, while the related product is a specified 'colour' option. When the customer wishes to purchase the product, they are given a choice as to which 'related product' they want.
    
    In the second example, below, the original product this time describes the group of related products as 'Business', which in turn are a 'Business Shirt' and two versions of 'Neck Tie'.
    
    It is important to identify which type of product you are adding to the shop initially, in order to correctly provide these options for your customers when purchasing.
    
    To add a related product, select the 'parent' product from the product list and then choose 'Add Related Product' from the Manager Options Menu. The add product screen will appear similar to the one shown below. While this is similar to the screen for when entering the original product, individual characteristics may also be entered. When creating a related product, please ensure that each new product has a unique SKU (product code). Compulsory fields for the creation of a new item are the SKU code and the Product's name. Click 'Save' to continue.
    
    Related products cannot be added to a product that is already a related product itself.
    
    You may wish to assign a price to the items in your related product list. To do this, after creating or viewing the related product, choose 'Set Price' from the Manager Options Menu. Setting the price for a related product is then done in the same manner as outlined above.
    

  • Return To Product

    Selecting this button whilst viewing or editing related products will direct you back to the parent product screen. This button is only available when using functionality of a 'sub' product.

• Orders

  • List Orders

    All orders processed by your shop will be recorded here. To access this section, select 'Orders' and then 'List Orders' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of your screen. Orders will be displayed in a table, similar to the one shown below. They may be filtered by choosing a 'status' type from 'Pending', 'Confirmed', 'Cancelled', 'Shipped' or 'List All'.
    
    
    To view the specifics of an order, select the underlined order number from the left hand side of this table. A Order screen will be shown similar to the one below.
    
    On either of these screens you, as the store admin, are able to update the status of orders once they are processed, or cancelled. To do this, simply select from the dropdown list next to 'Order Status' and click the 'Update Status' button to confirm the change.
    
    Orders cannot be removed from the system. If it is vital that one is removed, the only way by which this can be done is to remove the shopper who created the order. Doing this will remove both the shopper and any orders they have created. If the shopper is to be an ongoing customer though, this method is not advised. Instead it is advised that the order's status be set to 'Cancelled'.
    

• Shoppers
  

  To access the shoppers section, select 'Shoppers' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of your screen.
  

  • List Shoppers
    

    Selecting 'List Shopper' from the Manager Options Menu will list shoppers, their username and which group they are assigned to. Selecting an underlined username will open the edit screen for that user.
    

  • Add Shopper

    Select 'Shopper' and then 'Add Shopper' from the Manager Options Menu to load the add shopper screen. The add shopper screen should appear similar to when adding a user (above) however the permission type does not need to be selected when adding a user here. Instead you will be asked to assign the user to a shopping group. This shopping group will determine the prices displayed to a customer when they view and purchase products in your shop. Shopper permissions will be assigned to all users created here by default.
    
    
    

  • Shopper Groups

    Shopper groups can be viewed and edited by selecting 'Shoppers' and then 'Shopper Groups' from the Manager Options Menu. The shopper group table will show all existing group names and a short description.
    
    
    
    To edit a shopper group, select the underlined 'Group Name' from the left of this table.

  • Add Shopper Group

    Selecting 'Add Shopper Group' under Shopper on the Manager Options Menu will load the shopper group form. Enter a name for the new group and a short description before selecting 'Save' to add the new group to your shop.
    
    Editing a Shopper Group will show the same type of form. The 'Clear' button will now be replaced with a 'Delete' option should you wish to remove a group type from your shop.
    
    

• Zone Shipping
  

  Adding a shipping zone to your shop allows you, as the store owner, to charge shipping fees for goods delivered to your customers. Shipping fees are added to a customer's order when they go to purchase a product. The country a shopper enters for their address/shipping address, will determine which shipping zone and how much they are charged for.

  • Assign Zone

    Selecting 'Zone Shipping' and then 'Assign Zones' from the Manager Options Menu will load a screen similar to the one below. This screen shows every country available. Scroll through the pages to edit the zone information for a particular country. Selecting a zone type from the drop down list and clicking the 'update' button for that country will enact a change. To create a new zone, see 'Add Zone' below.
    
    

  • List Zones
    

    Selecting 'List Zones' from the Manager Options Menu will show all current zones associated with your shop. Each of these zones may be edited by selecting the underlined Zone Name from the left hand side of this table. A Default zone should exist in your shop when it is installed on you aplinx website. All countries shown in 'Assign Zone' will by default be assigned to this zone type.
    
    

  • Add Zone

    To add a new zone to your shipping, select 'Add Zone' from the Manager Options Menu on the left of your screen. The add zone form will load. Enter a name for the shipping zone along with a short description. Additionally, you should enter a numerical cost for the shipping of each item sold through your store. This cost should be realistic - you may need to alter it dependant on what type of goods you are selling and what type of shipping is required to deliver each of your products to the shop's customers. The final piece of information required on this screen is a 'Zone Cost Limit'. Again this value will be determined by your product's shipping requirements. If each additional item purchased by your customers will incurr additional shipping fees, this number should be high. If however the shipping fees of your products are capped at a defined limit, enter this here.