If you are NOT using ShipperHQ, Please see our default custom shipping guide.
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What even is Custom Shipping?
Why can't I manually quote a different shipping value?
Someone in Sri Lanka wants $4M worth of packing peanuts, but we don't ship there normally, so what do I even do!?
If anything like this has crossed your mind, Custom Shipping may be the solution for you! We've cooked up an awesome system that allows you and your reps to circumvent the automatically-calculated shipping costs that BigCommerce and shipping carrier computes on their end. The Custom Shipping system is a straightforward way to make sure every aspect of the quoting process is entirely under your control.
For accounts with ShipperHQ enabled we insert a shipping rate via a custom hidden shipping product, and hide ShipperHQ shipping rates.
Here are the benefits that using Custom Shipping can give you:
Complete granular control over shipping methods and prices
On-the-fly flexibility in special-case shipping situations
Easy customization of specialized shipping methods without modifying your BigCommerce store settings
Completely modular, once enabled it can be toggled on/off at will per quote
Setup
Step 1: Figure out which shipping setting your store is using
There are just a few different methods to set up custom shipping correctly, depending on how your store in particular is set up. If you are using ShippingHQ carry on.
On your BigCommerce Store navigate to Store Setup > Shipping, and view
Default Shipping:
If you are using default shipping you need to head on over to the
Advanced Shipping (ShipperHQ):
If you are using ShipperHQ then you are in the right place! Proceed onwards!
Step 2: Add a Big Commerce API Token to B2B Ninja
In BigCommerce go to advanced settings > API Accounts > Create API Account and select V2/V3 API token
2. Enter a Name for the app/integration corresponding to this account, then copy or make a note of the API Path — you'll need it to use the API account. The name can be a minimum of four characters long.
3. Specify the API resources and permissions to which your app/integration requires access. This is what we need:
4. Once your selection is made, click save. If successful the pop-up shown below will contain the API credentials B2B Ninja will need for access. You will also be prompted by your browser to download a .txt file containing the same credentials for safekeeping on your computer.
5. Navigate to Settings > General and upload the file on B2B Ninja
6. Check the token to verify that it is functioning properly.
That's it! B2B Ninja is connected through the BigCommerce API!
This will allow us to make changes and for our script to run on account and checkout pages! It will also allow you to take full advantage of all our current and future offerings here at B2B ninja!
Step 3: Create Promotion [Marketing>Promotions]
Set the rule to have the following settings:
Promotion Name: B2B Ninja Shipping
Currency: Leave at your default
Promotion Type: Shipping Discount
---- Choose: "Order at least X units of product Y, get free shipping to specific shipping zones"
Order at least "1" of "Quoted Shipping"
All Shipping Zones
All Customers
Duration: No Limits
Activate
Set ONLY Product Page for message. (Customers are not able to see this product page.)
Using Custom Shipping
Custom Shipping Methods:
First things first. Let's go set up your custom shipping methods inside B2B Ninja!
Go to Settings > General
Under the Shipping box, you can add as many custom shipping names as you'd like to use.
Notes:
If you delete shipping names that have already been used, they'll disappear from the quote interface, and if opening an old quote with that name, you'll need to pick a new custom shipping name.
The shipping product created for quotes with a deleted custom name, will not be changed or updated, unless a quote is re-sent.
Tip: If you're in the middle of a quote and need to add a new shipping type, just click the menu up top, go to the shipping setting, add the item, and it'll be there waiting for you to select when you reopen the quote you were working on.
Add Custom Shipping to your quote:
Select the custom shipping method
Give it an amount
Select the shipping type that you set up earlier
Get Tax and Handling for your quote
How it appears on your quote (Your template may be slightly different):
How it appears in the customer's cart (with the exception of all our red markup ;-)
How it appears in your BigCommerce order dashboard
Using Custom Shipping for Shipping Errors
Let's face it... setting up shipping 100% perfectly in BigCommerce is a difficult task. Shipping errors happen. But what if there was a way to capture that business and send the customer into your quote funnel for a custom shipping quote? Well we figured out how to do just that! Click the button below for more info!
Quick Hack if you're not using custom shipping
Ok.. That's nice, but I really need to send a quote with a custom shipping rate right now!
No problem!
Make sure you have a template w/out a checkout link setup.
When you draft your quote, in the preview of the template you can edit it and delete either the Free Shipping or "Select at Checkout" link and fill in the shipping amount.
Don't forget to modify your total..
Send the quote!
We didn't always have this nifty checkout link, and it's not always used.. Sometimes you just have to stick to the good old analog way ;-)
FAQ
1. My custom shipping isn't working.
The first step to troubleshooting this problem is to make sure that our hidden custom product didn't get deleted. We automatically inject this when you download our app.
**** If you do not have a Quoted Shipping product, it's best to shoot us a quick message via chat, and we can run a quick repair operation that will add it back. You can also try uninstalling and re-installing the app. No app data is lost when you do this. This will fix the deleted shipping product in most circumstances. ****
2. Why is free shipping showing up in my customer's cart?
When you are using ShipperHQ we won't show the shipping rate until the customer's shipping address is validated. So once that is entered it will populate properly via the shipping line item in checkout. The total will snot change however as the charge for shipping shows up as a product in the cart.
And that's it!
If you still have questions, reach out to Quote Ninja Support by clicking the little blue bubble on the right!