Managing Order Shipping Policies
Shipping policies determine the shipping method and carrier accounts used for order shipping. Define your shipping policies based on a wide range of order and product conditions. Alternatively, let Goflow select the cheapest available shipping method that ensures on-time delivery.
Contact Goflow Support to enable shipping policies or rate shopping.
Assign and configure the carrier accounts used to ship orders for each store. Follow these steps:
- From the left sidebar, go to Directory › Stores, and open your store.
- On the Carrier Shipping Accounts card, click Manage Accounts.
- Click Edit on the Shipping Accounts page.
- Select a carrier from the drop-down list.
- Select a carrier account.
- For FedEx, click Check Address Type to enable Address Validation
- Optionally. Enable thrid party billing.
- To add additional carriers, click + Add Carrier.
- Click Save to apply your changes.
By default, carrier accounts apply to All Warehouses. To assign different accounts based on the order warehouse, follow these additional steps:
- For the first carrier account, select one or more warehouses from the drop-down list.
- Click + Warehouse / Account to create another carrier account group.
- In the new group, select the warehouses and assign the corresponding carrier account.
By default, all shipping methods are enabled. To restrict which methods a carrier account may use, follow these steps:
- For each warehouse-account group, click the Shipping Methods button.
- Check the methods you want to enable.
- Click Done to save your selections.
Disabled methods will not be assigned to orders and cannot be used for shipping.