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🚚 Tier Shipping Extension (Ground & Standard Only)

📍 Location

Magephoenix → Tier Shipping Prices


🧠 Overview

Rule Explanation
Applies only when product is alone in cart If multiple products → normal shipping applies
Works only for Ground & Standard Other methods unaffected
All values = 0 Feature is OFF

⚙️ Basic Configuration

🔑 Enable Feature

Setting Value
Enable Must be set to YES

📊 Pricing Variables

Setting What it does Example
Starting Qty Max qty for base price 20
Starting Price Shipping price up to starting qty $10
Increment Qty Step size after starting qty 10
Increment Price Price added per increment $0.5

🧮 How Calculation Works

Example Setup:

Setting Value
Starting Qty 20
Starting Price $10
Increment Qty 10
Increment Price $0.5

📦 Resulting Prices

Ordered Qty Shipping Price Explanation
1 – 20 $10 Base price
21 – 30 $10.5 +1 increment
31 – 40 $11 +2 increments
41 – 50 $11.5 +3 increments
100 $14 $10 + (8 increments × $0.5)

🎯 Use Cases

Scenario Solution
Bulk orders cheaper per unit Use increments
Flat shipping for small qty Set starting range
Gradual price scaling Combine both

⚠️ Important Notes

  • Only works if:
    • product is alone in cart
  • Only affects:
    • Ground
    • Standard
  • Other shipping methods:
    • behave normally

🎥 Example Scenario

Goal:

  • Ground shipping = FREE
  • Standard shipping = DISABLED

👉 Configure:

  • Ground → price = -100 (free)
  • Standard → set values to disable or leave unused

🧠 Dev Notes

  • Logic depends on full increments only
  • Partial increments are rounded down
  • Feature overrides base shipping pricing