{"id":2646,"date":"2013-04-23T15:07:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/04\/23\/setting-up-flat-rate-shipping-in-oscommerce\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:15:06","slug":"setting-up-flat-rate-shipping-in-oscommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/oscommerce\/setting-up-flat-rate-shipping-in-oscommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up Flat Rate Shipping in osCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this guide we will walk you through the installation and setup of the Flat Rate<\/strong> shipping module in osCommerce. This lets you provide one standard shipping price for customers in a specific tax zone that purchase products from your osCommerce powered store.
For example, you can charge a flat $3.00 rate for anyone in the in the tax zone<\/a> you setup. The Flat Rate module can be set up and modified in the Administration section of osCommerce.<\/p>\n

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Setting Up Flat-Rate Shipping:<\/h2>\n
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  1. How to log into osCommerce<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the Modules<\/strong> button in the navigation menu, then select Shipping<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Click the Install Module<\/strong> button. You will see a list of shipping modules.<\/li>\n
  4. Click Flat Rate<\/strong>, then select the Install Module<\/strong> button.
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  5. The module will automatically install with a flat rate of $5.00, click the Edit<\/strong> button to change the shipping price.\n

    You will see a Flat Rate<\/em> menu with several fields available:
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    <\/div>\n

    Below is a description of the available options: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    Enable Flat Shipping<\/td>\n Choosing True<\/em> makes this shipping rate option work,False<\/em> turns this shipping option off. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Shipping Cost<\/td>\nEnter the flat shipping price to in this here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tax Class<\/td>\nChoose a tax class from the drop-down menu, only if you want to add tax the shipping price.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Shipping Zone<\/td>\nIf you choose a shipping zone from this drop-down list, the flat rate will only be for that shipping zone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sort Order<\/td>\nIf you enter a number here, the shipping options with the lowest sort order number will display closer to the top of the list.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    After choosing your options, click the Save<\/strong> button. Your flat rate shipping has now been configured, and you will the shipping options available on checkout:
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    <\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congratulations, now you know how to Setup the flat rate shipping module in your osCommerce online store!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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