Freight

Owned by Daniel Renshaw
Jun 09, 2017

The following concepts are used to calculate freight for an order within the Straightsell system.

Location Restrictions

Restricts freight to a particular location.

When the customer enters their order delivery details this will define which freight option(s) apply to them.

  • State
  • Postcode (can be a range of postcodes)
  • Country (can be a range of countries)
  • Worldwide (all)

Standard Cost

This is flat rate or cost of freight for the shopping cart / order.

It will only be applied if the order meets the volume break and location restrictions, where applicable.

Volume Breaks

Defines when to apply a cost for a particular freight option.

There are 3 different ways of calculating volume breaks:

  • The total cost of the shopping cart
    • e.g. between $0 and $500, $501 and $1000 etc
  • The total number of products in the shopping cart
    • e.g. between 1-5 products, 6-10 products etc
  • The total weight of the shopping cart
    • e.g. between 0 and 2kg, 2 and 5kg etc

Incremental Cost:

This is the cost that is applied per unit (e.g. 1c per gram).

  • If a product weighed 1kg (1000g) it would be charged at 1000c ($10) for a kg
  • There does not have to be an incremental cost


There are 3 different ways of calculating incremental costs.

  • The total cost of the shopping cart
    • e.g. between $0 and $500 freight cost is $20 and between $501 and $1000 freight cost $25 etc
  • The total number of products purchased in the shopping cart
    • e.g. between 1-5 products freight cost is $5 and between 6-10 products freight is $10 etc
  • The total weight of the shopping cart

    • e.g. between 0 and 2kg parcel might cost $5 and between 2 and 5kg may cost $10

Price on Application

You have the option to use the above features to display POA (Price on Application) or Free Freight.

The above restrictions can still apply:

  • Example of POA
    • e.g. between $0 and $500 freight cost is $20 and between $501 and $1000 freight cost $25, but orders over $1001 is $POA

Multiple Freight Options

Using the above concepts if more than one freight option applies to an order then these will be displayed as a choice in the checkout process for the buyer.

You could create two freight options with the same conditions and different prices an example of this would be:

  • Standard Post $5 and Express Post $10