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WP eStore Amount Based Shipping AddOn

The eStore Amount Based Shipping addon allows you to automatically apply a shipping amount to the cart based on a price range.

You can pre-configure how much shipping amount to apply for what price range.

Installing the eStore Amount Based Shipping Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
Click the “upload” tab
Browse for the addon file (eStore-amount-based-shipping.zip)
Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using this Addon

When this addon is active, You can easily configure some conditions that will be used to automatically apply the shipping amount to the shopping cart.

To configure a new shipping condition click on the “Amount based shipping” sub-menu under the WP eStore plugin menu.

To add a new condition you need to enter the following information:

From (Amount): The minimum price amount required to apply this shipping amount. For example: 5.00
To (Amount): The maximum price amount required in the shopping cart to apply this shipping amount. For example: 7.00
Shipping Amount: The shipping amount that will be applied to the cart when the above condition is fulfilled. For example: 1.50

Click the “Save” button which will add the new shipping condition.

You can add as many conditions as you want.

screenshot showing the amount based shipping settings in the estore plugin

How Does the Amount Based Shipping Condition Work

Lets say, you configured one shipping condition and a user just came to your site to do a shopping cart checkout. If the total price amount (of physical products) in the shopping cart is between $5.00 and $7.00, a $1.50 shipping will be automatically applied to the cart.

In order for a product to be eligible for amount based shipping,

a) Digital Product URL field needs to be empty

b) Downloadable option needs to be disabled

screenshot showing the digital content details section of estore plugin

Otherwise the addon will consider it as a digital item and no shipping will apply.

AddOn Price

The eStore Amount Based Shipping Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon (v1.0.1)

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

Allow Your Customers to Pickup the Products From Your Store

You can offer a store pickup option when using the WP eStore plugin. This option allows your customers to pickup the products from your store (so they don’t incur the shipping charge).

To enable this option, go to the settings menu and check the “Enable Store Pickup” field then save the settings.

Your customers will now see a store pickup checkbox in their shopping cart (see screenshot below):

store-pickup-option-in-cart-before

When a customer checks that option, the plugin will automatically remove the shipping amount from the cart (so no shipping fee is charged to this customer).

store-pickup-option-in-cart-after

WP eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping AddOn

The eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping addon allows the shopping cart to automatically apply a shipping amount based on the number of items a user is purchasing.

You can pre-configure how much shipping to apply for which item quantity range.

How Does the Bulk Shipping Condition Work

Lets say, you configured one shipping condition and a user just came to your site to do a shopping cart checkout. If the user adds 7-9 items to the shopping cart, a $20 shipping will be automatically applied to the cart.

Installing the eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
Click the “upload” tab
Browse for the addon file (eStore-bulk-qty-shipping.zip)
Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using this Addon

When this addon is active, You can easily configure some conditions that will be used to automatically apply the shipping amount on the shopping cart.

To configure a new shipping condition click on the “eStore bulk shipping” sub-menu under the WP eStore plugin menu.

To add a new condition you need to enter the following information:

From (Quantity): The minimum number of items required to apply this shipping amount. For example: 7
To (Quantity): The maximum number of items required in the shopping cart to apply this shipping amount. For example: 9
Shipping Amount: The shipping amount that will be applied to the cart when the above condition is fulfilled. For example: 20

Click the “Save” button which will add the new shipping condition.

You can add as many conditions as you want.

screenshot showing how to configure a bulk quantity shipping condition

Marking a Product to be a Physical Item

The bulk quantity shipping addon can override and apply the bulk shipping amount to the cart, if the product in question is a physical item. The way to mark a product to be a physical item is to add a shipping amount of 0.01 to the shipping cost of the item. So edit the WP eStore product in question and enter a value of 0.01 to the Item Shipping Cost field.

AddOn Price

The eStore Bulk Quantity Shipping Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

General Note

WP eStore Shipping Variation

This post explains how you can configure a shipping variation for your products when using the WP eStore plugin.

The shipping variation can be very useful if you want to charge different shipping amount to your customers based on their selection.

The “Shipping Variation Option” field located in the settings menu of eStore can be used when you need to adjust the shipping price based on a selection the customer makes. Say for example, you have configured all the products with shipping price that covers domestic shipping. Now, you want to charge $10 extra for shipping items to Canada and $15 extra for shipping items to any other country. Enter the following text in the “Shipping Variation Option” field and save the settings.
Country|USA|Canada:10|Other:15
This will give the customers an option in the shopping cart that will let them select the destination. If they are located in the US (domestic shipping) then no extra shipping will be charged but if they are from Canada or other county then the appropriate amount will be added to the shipping cost:

Shopping Cart with Shipping Variation Option

What to do if I do not want to charge an individual shipping for an item but want to use the shipping variation?

Simply enter “0.001” in the shipping field of the individual item. The value “0.001” is very small so it will not add any individual item shipping but will trigger the display of the shipping variation as the shopping cart will treat this item as a physical product.

When to use the “Always Display Shipping Variation” field?

By default the shipping variation is only displayed if any of the items in the shopping cart has a shipping value specified. This is so the shipping variation does not get displayed to customers buying digital products only.

If you are only selling physical products then you can check this option and the shipping variation will be displayed to the customer all the time even though you haven’t specified a shipping value in the items.