To allow a customer to select a shipping method the administrator should enable the calculation of shipping charges for the company (or department). When the customer has access to multiple companies or departments the entries of the shipping method list is defined by the selected company or department on the Shipping page.
When a shipping rates table is available, the shipping rate is calculated based on the total weight of the items in the cart. If no rates table is specified the base fee of the shipping rate profile is used as a flat fee for all items in the cart. In case both a base rate and a rates table are available, the base rate will be added to the price that is calculated based on the total weight.
The actual shipping rate is shown on the Order Summary page.
Prerequisites for charging shipping rates:
Create one or multiple shipping rate profiles.
Set a base rate and/or create a rates table for the profile.
Enable the Calculate Shipping Charges option in the Pricing and Ordering page of companies or departments.
Enable the Calculate Shipping Charges option in the Pricing and Ordering page of templates.
To use a rates table a value needs to be entered in the Weight Per Unit field of the template.