Carrier costs and serviceability change based on where you ship to. Use smart delivery destination rules to automatically select or exclude carriers based on the recipient's postcode, suburb, or country. This is essential for controlling costs in high-zone areas or ensuring international orders route to the correct specialist carrier.
For example, you can create a rule to exclude a high-cost carrier if the delivery postcode falls outside your metro area, or you can allocate an order to an international specialist if the delivery country is not Australia.
This article discusses how to create smart shipping rules based on delivery destinations. For more information about smart shipping rules, see the smart shipping rules article.
Create a smart shipping rule with a destination condition
Before you start creating rules, make sure you have turned on smart shipping rules in your Shippit account. For more information, see the creating rules article.
You can create destination-based rules on any of these conditions:
Condition | Description | Example |
Delivery address | The street address for the delivery. |
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Delivery country | The country of the delivery address. Use this international destinations. |
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Delivery location | The suburb of the delivery address, based on the country of your account. Use this for domestic destinations. |
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Delivery postcode | The postcode of the delivery address, based on the country of your account. Use this for domestic destinations. |
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Creating a destination based smart shipping rule
Log in to your Shippit account, and navigate to Settings → Company Rules → Carrier Allocation. For store rules, navigate to Settings → Store Rules → Carrier Allocation.
Click Create new rule.
For company rules, select which stores the rule applies to, or select all stores.
Give your rule a name. For example, NSW Central coast.
Create the conditions for your rule:
In the When this happens field, select Delivery postcode.
In the Is field, select Any one of to enter specific postcodes.
In the Enter value field, type the individual postcodes to cover, and click Enter after each one. For example, 2083 and 2775.
Click Add another condition, and create these conditions:
Select Or to ensure that this rule can be applied instead of the previous.
In the When this happens field, select Delivery postcode.
In the Is field, select Within to enter a range of postcodes.
In the first Enter value fields, type the first and last postcode of the range. For example, 2250 to 2251.
Repeat for a second range of postcodes 2256 to 2263.
Select the carriers you you want to allocate these items to:
In the Do this field, select Allocate if serviceable
In the Select carriers field, check the carrier or carriers you want to allocate orders to these postcodes to.
Click Create to save your rule and return to the rules page.
Activate your rule by clicking the rule toggle to the on position.