How to add a handling charge/fee to shipping costs in CS-Cart. Print

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This article describes how to add a handling charge/fee to orders in CS-Cart. In Cs-Cart, handling charges must be added as part of your shipping method shipping charges and can be configured as follows:

  1. Login to CS-Cart admin area.
  2. Go to Shipping & Taxes --> Shipping Methods.
  3. Click on a shipping method name or the Edit link for a shipping method that you want the handling fee to apply for.
  4. Click on the Shipping Charges tab.
  5. Here you will need to decide how you want your handling charges calculated. Based upon Cost dependencies (products cost), Weight dependencies (products weight) or Items dependencies (# of products). To add the handling charge, click on the "Add" button for the corresponding dependency type you want to add and specify the criteria for that dependency, that you want the handling charge to apply for. Note: This would be in ADDITION TO any existing shipping charges you have defined for shipping.

    Example:
    You want to setup a $1.00 handling charge that will apply to all orders.

    For shipping, you have Cost dependencies setup for:
    More than $0, $8.00, Absolute
    More than $50, $12.00, Absolute

    To add the handling charge, you could add it any of the following ways:
    As a Cost dependency:
    More than $0, $1.00, Absolute

    As a Weight dependency:
    More than 0 lbs., $1.00, Absolute

    As a Items dependency:
    More than 0 items, $1.00, Absolute

  6. After adding your dependency(s), Click "Save".
  7. Click on each of the locations (under "Show rates for location") and repeat the process for each of your locations.
  8. Repeat all of the above steps for each of the shipping methods that you want to apply a handling charge for.

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