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Shipping Options
Free Shipping | Click the check box if you want to offer free shipping for this item.
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No Shipping Discount | If you have previously selected "Qualifies for Free Shipping" for a particular shipment method (configuration → shipping | |||||||
Pre-order | Check this box to set an item as a "pre-order". When these items are purchased (leaving accounts receivable) they will appear in the Pre-Order section of Order Management and await release. Note Regarding PayPal payment type and Pre-Order Configuration
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ETA | If the item is on pre-order, enter the estimated date it will arrive. | |
Ship Separately | Select this box anytime you want an item to be shipped separately in it's own package (not with any other items) | |
Hazardous Material | Select this box if this item is Hazardous Material. You can then apply special Handling Charges (Markup) at: | |
Maximum Calendar Days in Transient | UltraCart now has the ability to specify the "maximum number of days in transit" an item can tolerate before perishing. This functionality will allow you to accurately display the appropriate shipping method based upon the "time in transit". This feature is presently most effective with FedEx and DHL shipping methods. Those customers that are too distant will not be offered those shipping methods and will be able to select an air shipping method. To use this feature you will need to configure the Shipping Method (FedEx or DHL) for "Real-time calculation". Navigate to: | |
Perishable Class | Something liable to perish, decay, or spoil rapidly (fresh fish for example) requires great care in handling. This setting allows the merchant to set an item as perishable. Perishable Classes will only appear in this drop-down menu after you have configured them at: |
Case Relationships
Case relationships allow you to define larger bulk packaging for an item. If the customer tries to purchase a large enough quantity of the item, UltraCart will automatically change their order to the appropriate quantity of the larger case pack. Case relationships are always defined from the smaller internal item to the larger case packaging. Some items will come in packs, inner cases, outer cases, etc. It is OK to define more than one case relationship. Shown below is a configuration scenario for a dog bone. This item is available in packs of 10 or cases of 40.
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You can track inventory of each item to prevent customers from purchasing items that are out of stock and to better handle your inventory levels. 
Track Inventory | To enable inventory tracking click the check box to the right of the Track Inventory prompt. Upon doing so, several new fields will appear for inventory settings and statistics. | |||||
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Back Order | Click the check box to the right of "Allow Back Order" prompt if you want to allow the customer to still place an order when the inventory level has dropped to zero. There will be no notice to the customer regarding the back order. Only use this setting when you are temporarily out of stock and will replenish in a very short amount of time. | |||||
Handles Product | This indicates the Fulfillment provider that will handle the shipment and is populated from when you first set up your store. The check box is already checked for the default fulfillment. If you have more than one fulfillment center, you need to check the box to indicate which fulfillment company will have "this" product. If you check more than one, UltraCart will ship from the fulfillment center in close proximity to the customers shipping address.
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SKU | If you are using a third party fulfillment house to ship your orders you can fill in the SKU field with the value that they use to identify the item. UltraCart will transmit the order to the fulfillment house with their SKU instead of your UltraCart item ID. | |||||
Stock Picking Location | There are many merchants that do their own pick, pack and shipment of products. Most will usually establish a shelving identification system by labeling their rows, selves and even partitions with some kind of identification system. UltraCart calls this the "Stock Picking Location". Once the system is in place, the merchant enters the identifier into the Stock Picking Location field for each store item. This information will be included when printing packing slips or pick lists from the Shipping Department. UltraCart will also Alpha Sort either of these forms by this field. | |||||
Inventory fields | As mentioned earlier, 3 additional fields will appear only when you have checked the "track inventory" box and must be manually maintained in order for the Statistics to be accurate. | |||||
Quantity in Stock | Enter your physical inventory into the text box under each of your fulfillment center's column. UltraCart will perform calculations as orders are placed and the results will appear under the Statistics Column. When your physical inventory changes (increases or decreases) you need to manually update it here. | |||||
Desired Quantity in Stock | This is provided as a reminder as to what the desired quantity is. | |||||
Reorder at Quantity | This setting is so the merchant knows (probably from past history) what the minimum inventory level is before re-order for each item. | |||||
Statistics | These fields are dynamic and will reflect live statistics. It will show actual Quantity in Stock, numbers that are presently Allocated to Placed Orders as-well-as those Allocated to Shopping Carts. Lastly, calculations are performed to provide the number of items "Available to Allocate". | |||||
See Allocated Inventory | This button displays a page listing of placed orders containg the item which have not yet been processed to the completed orders stage (the orders are either in the Pre-Ordered, Accounts Receivables, or Shipping departments.
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Clicking the "See Allocated Inventory" displays a list of the orders containing the item, list its current stage, the quantity of the item in each order and the Distribution Center code from which the item was allocated:
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This screen will present all your shipping methods that you configured at the Configuration → Shipping → Methods [tab] section.
You can define restrictions on shipping methods for a particular item - above and beyond what is already configured at Configuration Shipping→ Shipping. For instance, perishable products might only be shippable via air methods.
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Note: You must have configured your packages at Configuration → Shipping → Packages in order to see them listed here.
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