What is a shipping rate?
Shipping rates describe the price of shipping presented to your customers. It can be applied to invoices, subscriptions, or to checkout links to collect shipping costs. However, Zūm Rails does not automatically set them on your behalf unless you specifically set it when creating the shipping rate.
Creating a shipping rate
1. Log in to your portal
2. Click Products > Shipping
3. Click Add new shipping rate
4. Fill in the fields
5. Click Save. You will be redirected to your main page where you can view all created shipping rates
Field definitions
| Amount | the dollar value of the shipping rate |
| Description | what the customer sees on their invoice |
| Estimated shipping time | the time it takes to receive the product* |
*If you leave this field blank no shipping time will appear on the customer invoice
Editing a shipping rate
1. Go to your shipping rates main page where you can view all your created rates
2. Select which shipping rate you want to edit by clicking on the ellipsis
3. Click Edit
4. Make any changes necessary
5. Click Save
Archiving a shipping rate
1. Go to your shipping rates main page where you can view all your created rates
2. Select which shipping rate you want to edit by clicking on the ellipsis
3. Click Archive
4. Click Confirm. The status of your shipping rate will change from active to archived
Unarchiving a shipping rate
1. Go to your shipping rates main page where you can view all your created rates
2. Select which shipping rate you want to edit by clicking on the ellipsis
3. Click Unarchive
4. Click Confirm. The status of your shipping rate will change from archived to active