Multivendor Marketplace for Shopify module is a great tool to convert your shop into a fully functioning marketplace. It facilitates the process of adding sellers and keep track of their sales.
Now We have introduced the Multivendor Marketplace for Shopify- Shipping which will enable the admin to configure shipping methods from his end for sellers and sellers can configure the shipping methods on the basis on Price or Weight of the product.
This feature also enables a seller to add the range of shipping for products along with adding country and enabling disabling states in that country and editing the shipping charges state wise.
Please Note:- The Shipping feature is available in the Pro Plan of Multivendor marketplace app.
Features
- Admin enables the shipping feature.
- Admin configures the shipping methods which will be visible to the seller.
- The seller can manage the shipping from his account as well.
- The seller adds the range and configures the shipping charges as per his requirement.
- The seller can enable/Disable any shipping method from his end.
- The seller can add countries for shipping and can set the shipping charges to state wise.
- The seller can enable/disable any particular state for shipping of products.
- The seller can edit the ranges entered.
- The shipping charges will be shown to the customer at the time of final checkout.
- ZONE WISE SHIPPING is also available.
Process Of Enabling Shipping From Admin’s End
Access to Shipping requires your Shopify store be on the plan that supports “Real Time Carrier-calculated Shipping”.
- Go to Feature app section.
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- Click on enable shipping >>> activate >>> Ok
Once you will enable shipping option from the configuration, you will be able to see the Shipping tab in configuration>>select the shipping method and click save.
Please Note:- The shipping methods which you will select from here, only those methods will be visible to the seller.
Configuration From Admin Side
Once You enable Shipping feature in the Multivendor App, You can now visit the “Shipping Configuration” Section of the App to configure shipping details.
Now, admin can configure Shipping details such as Select Shipping Methods for Sellers, Shipping Type and much more.
Admin can either select Country-wise or Zone-wise shipping Type for his/her Sellers.
Country-wise Shipping:
In Country-wise shipping, admin can allow sellers to add shipping ranges for the countries on the basis of Price or Weight of the Product.
Zone-wise Shipping:
In Zone-wise shipping, admin can select if he/she wants his sellers to add Range Details or simply a Fixed Shipping cost for the selected zone.
Also, admin can display Shipping Calculator on Cart Page, if You want Your customers to calculate shipping rates for the products added to their carts. And he can change the Shipping Labels from this section of the app (As attached in below screenshot).
Once the admin configures Shipping details from his/her end, the methods which the admin has selected will be visible to the Sellers in their respective panels.
Let’s see how the seller can manage Shipping from his/her end.
Enable Shipping From Seller End
Once admin will enable the shipping option on his end, the seller can see the option of Shipping Configuration in his menu.
Now, Seller will have to configure shipping by selecting the shipping method from shipping configuration.
If the admin selects Country-wise Shipping for the Sellers:
Country-wise Shipping
Visiting the Shipping Configuration section of the Seller Panel, the seller has to enable the Shipping Method first.
Once enabled, Seller will click on the “Range Details” button and proceed to add Shipping ranges on the basis of Price or Weight of the Product. Seller needs to set at least one range for the selected shipping method.
By Clicking on view button in front of the Shipping method we can add countries & can edit/ delete the states and with viewing range details.
Clicking on Range details, the pre-existing ranges can be edited and new range can be added.
The range is decided on two bases:
Price of the Product
The weight of the Product
Seller will set the shipping ranges from here:
After adding the Shipping ranges, the seller can now proceed to add countries.
By clicking on Edit button we can separately set the shipping charges to state wise and can also enable/disable the particular state for shipping.
Now, Seller will select the Country and add shipping costs for each range added by the seller.
This way, Sellers can set country-wise shipping.
Zone Wise Shipping
ADMIN END
In this feature, Admin can create the zones and add countries in that zone, based on which the sellers will set prices.
Zone here can be any name given to a group by admin, in which admin adds up countries which will have the same range and prices. This feature is for all those who never wanted to set the shipping country wise.
Now, admin can select if he/she wants his sellers to add Range Details or simply a Fixed Shipping cost for the selected zone
1)Please visit configuration >>> Shipping Configuration>>> And select Zone wise Shipping.
Once You select Zone-wise shipping, You will get the “Range Details” Tab option.
Now, the admin will select if he/she wants the sellers to add shipping ranges or a fixed shipping cost for any particular zone.
2)Then Shipping Zones Option will get added to your configuration drop-down menu. Click on Shipping zones and then click Add zones to add the shipping zones.
Click on Add zone, you will be redirected to the page where you will name the zone and add countries to it.
SELLER END
On the seller end, Seller needs to follow the suggested procedure to set Zone-wise shipping:
Case 1: When Range Details Tab is Enabled from Admin End.
Go to Shipping Configuration, enable the Shipping method and
-add ranges
-Then click on the eye button to view the range and set the prices to range wise.
Case 2: When Range Details Tab is Disabled from Admin End.
If the Range Details Tab is disabled from admin end, Seller can directly set a Fixed Shipping Cost for the respective zone.
From Multivendor Seller Panel,
Go to Shipping Configuration and enable the Shipping Method.
-Click on the Configure button.
-Select the Zone.
-Set a Fixed Shipping Cost for that Zone.
Clicking on the Configure button, the seller can select a zone added from admin end and enter a fixed shipping cost for the particular zone.
This way, Your sellers can set zone-wise shipping.
So that was all about the Shipping Feature of Multivendor Marketplace app.
Please Visit Multivendor Marketplace for Shopify Blog for details of the app.
Demo
You can refer below link to check the demo of Shipping Calculator Feature:-
https://multivendor-shipping-calculator.myshopify.com/pages/demo-details
Support
For any kind of technical assistance, just raise a ticket at http://webkul.uvdesk.com/and for any doubt contact us at shopify@webkul.com
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