How rates work for mixed carts
How rates work if the cart contains items from different product groups If a customer cart contains items belonging from more than one product group, the expected behavior for these rates is to be added together and give you a combined price. The specific behavior is described below: 1- If rates have the same name among product groups, the app will preserve the rate name, and its final price for the rate will correspond to the sum of all matching rates. Example: (https://storage.crisp.cSome readersProduct Groups
A Product Group is a set of product variants that you want to have special shipping rates for.Few readersAssigning Rates to Product Groups
Learn how to create and manage Rates for specific Product Groups. Having set up Product Groups in Postcode Shipping you need to set up rates that should apply when a customer has an item that is assigned to one of your Product Group in their cart.Few readersCreate a Product Group
If you are using app-based Product Groups you can create as many Product Groups as you need and assign to them whichever products you need specific rates for. First click on “Product Groups” in the main menu. If this is your first time using Product Groups and you do not have any shipping profiles on Shopify then you will see a screen that explains that app-based Product Groups areFew readersHow Product Group rates are calculated
Postcode Shipping follows a similar approach to Shopify when calculating rates across Product Groups. Understanding this approach will help greatly when creating rates so we recommend reading this guide before getting started. If you are in a hurry though try to remember these two key points when setting up your rates: Rate titles matter Try toFew readersImporting Shopify-based Product Groups
If you are already using shipping profiles in Shopify to create groups of products with different rates, you can import information from Shopify about these profiles and use them as the basis of your Product Groups in Postcode Shipping.Few readersProduct group types
The type of Product Groups you use will be determined by how you have currently set up shipping in Shopify.Few readersEdit a Product Group
To edit a Product Group simply select the group that you wish to edit from the Product Groups page. Make any changes you need to the Product Group title or status. You can also add or remove product variants from this group. Click Save Product Group at the top right of the screen Editing the Product Group title will not affect any of the rates tFew readersEnable Product Groups
To enable Product Groups, click on Settings in the main menu. On the following screen you will see the option to toggle Product Groups on or off: Click 'enable' to toggle the feature on - you will see a confirmation pop up to confirmFew readersHow to avoid combining rate prices from different groups
How to avoid combining rate prices from different groups? If you want to 'avoid' combining rates prices from different groups, you'll first need to evaluate what’s the price ‘goal’ on different cart combinations. Example of a 2-group setup: General Group only =$X Product Group 2 only =$X General Group + Product Group 2 =$X Single product group cart Let's focus on carts with products from a single product group. General Group only =$X Product Group 2 only =$X Then setFew readersDeleting a Product Group
To delete a Product Group simply select the group that you wish to delete from the Product Groups page. Click delete (just under the Product Group name) near the top of the screen. You will be asked to confirm if you wish to delete the Product Group and if you choose to proceed your Product Group will be deleted.Few readers