Flat Rate and Carrier shipping management, workflow and UI.

• Integration with domestic and global carriers

  • USPS
  • UPS
  • FedEx?
  • DHL?
  • Other?

• Shipping date estimates displayed to shopper

• Apply categories/tags to shipping carriers that identify which products may be shipped by which carriers

  • examples: oversized items only shipped through UPS, fragile items can only be sent with FedEx, perishable items can only be sent by a special refrigerated carrier.

• Select active regions for each carrier.

  • Predefined by carrier with override.

• Select active methods for each carrier

  • Example: only use overnight shipping method for FedEx but not Ground.

• Shipping rates

  • Flat rate charge -- Adds a specified amount to each order
  • Percentage -- Adds a percentage of the order amount (before or after tax).
  • Rate Table -- A shipping table can be based on the order value (before or after tax), number of items, order weight, or number of shipments.
  • Real-Time Rates -- Calculates shipping rates in real-time (via carrier/3rd-party integration)

• Support for label printing

• Support for tracking URL integration

• Analytics for Shipping

  • Popular regions
  • Average time to ship by vendor
  • Average shipping time by carrier
  • Average shipping cost by product, carrier

Future Considerations:

• Shipping method by vendor (dropshipping)

• Calculated total rates in cart by vendor/number of shipments

• Backorder restocking schedule ?

  • display estimated shipping time for items on backorder

• Questions

  • Where will we collect total package dimensions + weight
  • How to calculate number of boxes per order?