Preferences for Shipments to Specific Locations

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Home Configuration (middle menu) Checkout Shipping (middle menu) Distribution Centers Location Preferences

By default each distribution center (DC) can ship to anywhere around the globe. UltraCart will select the distribution center that is the shortest distance away from the customer as long as there is available inventory for all the items in the order in the DC. (UltraCart will by default attempt to maintain a single shipment. Split shipments occur only when each item in a order is available only from separate DC's.) There may be circumstances where you have a distribution center that can only serve a particular set of places. For instance you may have a Canadian distribution center that is only meant to handle Canadian orders. Using preferences you can enforces these types of restrictions.

If you have no preferences defined, you will be greeted with the typical "no preferences are defined" notice.

Click the "new" button to create a shipment preference. The following screen will appear:

Preference field:
Select one of the three choices from the drop-down menu:

No service to
Preferred service to
Service only to

Country Field:
Select the Country from the drop down menu.

State field:
Enter the State or States desired in the text box.(optional)

Postal Code
Enter the Postal Code into the text box (optional)

Once you have completed your configuration for Location Preference, click the "Save" button. You will be returned to the Distribution Center screen where you preferences will be shown.

To create another preference, click the "new" button and repeat the process. To delete a preference, click on the "Delete" button. To change a preference, click the Edit button.