Opencart Marketplace Advanced Custom Shipping

Here the admin will be able to -

• Enable/Disable the module.
• Select the Seller Allowed Category(Flat Rate, Per Item, Post Code, Price, Quantity, Total, Weight, & Volume) by which the seller can create the charges.
• Set the Seller Allowed Rules(Round, Adjust, Maximum, Minimum, Zone, City, Country, Post-Code, and Currency) which can be used by the sellers to apply rules on the charges.
• Set “Seller Override” to Enabled/Disabled(If no shipping charge has been made by the seller and the Override option is set to “Enabled” then the sellers shipping cost will be calculated on the basis of the admin’s shipping formula).
• Select the Tax Class as required.
• Select the Length Class(Whatever option you select, the length of the product will be converted into that).
• Select the Weight Class(In this weight class, the weight of the cart will be converted).
• Set the Sort Order for the shipping module.

Here, the seller can add a new charge, delete a charge, and can edit any previously created charges. To create a new charge, the admin will click on the “Add” button.

After clicking the add button, another page opens where the seller has to input the Charge Name, Choose Shipping Charge Type(From the allowed charge types allowed by the admin), input the Price Per Item (according to the shipping charge type selected the seller). After this, the seller will click on the “Rule” button to define the rules that will be applicable to this configuration. Clicking on the “Rule” button will bring up the option to select how the rules will be applicable for the current configuration. Select the rules that will be applicable . The seller can select from - Adjust(round, Adjust, Maximum, Minimum), Location(Zone, City, Country, Post-Code), and Order(Currency).

Under this menu option, the sellers will be able to set the charge combination/charge formula that will be applicable on the shipping charges to generate the final shipping price. To add a new charge formula click the “Add” button. Also, a formula gets applied according to the sort order of the formula. Formula Example: max(sum(5,6,7),avg(5,6,7)) [The numbers here signify the Charge list IDs].

When Buyer will place an order of seller’s product, the buyer can see Advanced Custom Shipping under the shipping methods. The buyer will select the method and then click the confirm order button to complete the order. The buyer will be able to see the details of the shipping method selected and the cost of the method under my orders section.