It is very easy to setup free shipping for the certain products using xshippingpro. Please do following for achieving this scenario:
That’s all. It is very easy, isn’t it?
To know more about Product/Category rule, check this article
For each method you can define multiple ranges e.g weight ranges or quantity ranges and a separate cost for that range.
For example, consider a shipping requirements where you need following:
1. For the first 3 items, cost is $5
2. For the remaining each item cost is $2
In this scenario, we need two unit range rows. Since it is related with quantity, so must
select rate type is “Quantity”. Then you will have to enter following unit ranges.
Start End Cost Per Unit Block Allow Partial
0 3 5 0 NO
4 9999 2 1 NO
Finally you will have to select final price to cumulative. why cumulative? Because you want to sum up two ranges cost together.
Q. So what will be shipping cost for 5 items from above scenario?
A. For first 3 item, $5 (According first unit range)
For remaining 2 item (2 x $2) $4 (According second unit range)
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Cumulative cost $9
So shipping cost will be $9
Q. What is Per Unit Block?
A. Per Unit Block simply means per unit. For example, in our above scenario, we want to charge
$2 per item after the first 3 items. So Per unit block is 1. Thats why we have entered Per unit block is 1
for second unit range (second row) for our described shipping scenario.
Q. What is Allow Partial?
A. Sometimes you might need to charge for the half block or half item. Sometimes you don’t want
to allow partila block. Moreover you want to charge for the full block cost in case of partial block. Consider following scenario:
1. if weight is less 3kg, cost will be $5 per kg
2. if weight is greater than 3kg, cost will be flat rate $10
In this scenario, we need two unit range rows. Since it is related with weight, so must
select rate type is “weight”. Then you will have to enter following unit ranges.
Start End Cost Per Unit Block Allow Partial
0 3 5 0 NO
4 9999 10 0 NO
Since we don’t need summed cost of each rows together in this scenario. So final cost will be single NOT cumulative.
So what will be cost of 3kg? Total block 3, cost of each block $5 so cost is $15 (3*5) (according to first row)
So what will be cost of 4kg? Flat rate $10 (according to second row)
So what will be cost of 2.5kg? Total block 2.5, cost of each block $5 so cost is $15 (3*5, 2.5 rounds to 3 depending on Allow Partial) (according to first row).
But if you would set “Allow Partial” is Yes, cost would be $12.5 (2.5*5)
TLDR: Please check this quick summary before dive into the following detailed explanation.
There is a total of six product rules in xshippingpro. These are:
1. Must have selected ones
All defined items must be present in the shopping cart and, the shopping cart must not contain anything from non-defined items. For example, you have chosen items A, B, and C for a method. So the shipping cart must contain all A, B, and C to have the method appeared. If the cart contains any item other than A, B, and C, the method will be unavailable. In short –
Shopping cart items should be a complete/equal set of the defined items
2. Must have selected ones with others
All chosen items must be present in the shopping cart to have appeared the method during checking out. If any of the defined items (selected items) is absent in the shopping cart, the particular method will not have appeared during checkout. Other categories might have been in the shopping cart that does not matter. For example, let’s say you have defined items A, B, and C for a method. If a customer purchase all three items A, B, and C, the method will have appeared. The main requirement is that the shopping cart must contain all defined items regardless of the presence of non-chosen items. In short –
Defined items should be a sub-set of the shopping cart items
3. Any of the selected ones
At least one of the defined items should be present in the shopping cart and non-defined items should NOT be present. For example, you have defined items A, B, and C for a method. To have appeared the method, the shopping cart must contain any one of A, B, and C, and the shopping cart must not contain items apart from A or B or C . The main requirement is the cart must contain any of the chosen items BUT it can not contain other non-defined items. In short –
Shopping cart items should be a sub-set of the defined items and it should not contain other non-defined items
4. Any of the selected ones with others
It is exactly the same as the Any of the selected ones except the shopping cart contains other non-defined items. In most cases, this is the rule you are looking for. In short –
Shopping cart items should be a sub-set of the defined items
5. Except the selected ones
All chosen items must not be present in the shopping cart. For example, you have defined items A, B, and C for a method. The method will have appeared when the shopping cart contains items other than A, B and, C. In short –
Shopping cart ones should not be a sub-set of the defined items
6. Except the selected ones but allowed with other
It is an interesting rule. It works the same as the Except the selected ones but, if the cart contains both non-defined items and defined items together, the method will be available.
For example, you have defined items A, B, and C for a method. The method will not have appeared when the cart contains A or B or C. However, if the cart contains any non-defined item like D along with A/B/C, the method will be available. In short –
Shopping cart items should be a sub-set of the defined items and any other non-defined items must be present.
Cause 1 – Ordering of xfeepro is not correct
Xfeepro is an order total module. Opencart calculate fee/cost of the order total module based on their ordering defined in Admin ->Extensions -> Order Totals. Ordering number of the xfeepro should be in between Sub-Total and Total for appearing correctly.
Cause 2: Custom checkout module
Xfeepro has been tested with quick checkout, one page checkout module. However, it might not work due to custom works or other checkout module. This issue can not be solved without checking. It might be needed ftp or store admin login to resolve. Please contact at opencartmart@gmail.com for free support.
Well, now I am going to show how to setup xshippingpro which will charge $10 shipping for the first item and $5 for each additional item using xshippingpro. It is very easy to setup. Just follow following steps:
Shipping By to QuantityShipping By to Flat. Enter Price 0Shipping By to Flat Amount. Enter Price 0Shipping By to Total. Now enter unit ranges as followsFinally, last but not least thing. If you want to set a shipping price if order total is less $200 for the above case. For example, you want to charge $20 shipping free if order total is less than $200 and free above that. You will have to change just unit ranges of step 3. New unit ranges will be:
Shipping By to SubTotal. Now enter the price ranges and their corresponding shipping cost as followsFlat AmountShipping By to SubTotal. Now enter the price ranges and their corresponding shipping cost as follows:Shipping By to SubTotal. Now enter the price ranges and their corresponding shipping cost as follows: