Flat shipping rates

Overview

Garnet flat shipping allows vendors to create predictable shipping cost based on the order value, order weight, and customer address.

Admin settings

To enable the flat shipping rates, go to Garnet > Admin Panel > Shipping and turn on Flat shipping rates.

If you are unsure, set the vendor shipping names to Standard shipping and Express shipping. Learn more about them below.

Vendor settings

Vendors can set all their shipping rates in Garnet > Settings > Shipping.

Shipping zones

By default, the vendor will create a shipping rate for the default marketplace's market. If the market contains a sub-region, the vendor can narrow down their fee for a subregion.

A country or a sub-region can only appear in one shipping zone to avoid conflicts. Unavailable countries are greyed out and cannot be selected.

Shipping rates

When a shipping zone is selected, the vendor can add shipping rates. A shipping rate has:

• a name, based on the shipping method names provided by the marketplace,
• a description, that will show on the checkout page,
• a price, the price of the rate,
• a condition, either based on the order price or order weight.

WARNING

Any use case not covered will prevent the customer from purchasing the item. i.e. If there is no rate for 20kg and above, a customer will not be able to complete their purchase.

Create or edit a rate

Click a rate to edit it, or click Add rate to create a new one.

Rate names

When shipping is enabled, the marketplace can specify shipping method names. These names allow the vendor to add shipping rates based on these names.

Ultimately, these names will show as options when a customer checks out their cart:

Default shipping rates

The marketplace can define default shipping rates. If a vendor does not change the shipping rate, the default shipping rate is applied.

The shipping rate logic is the same as the vendor shipping rate.