Expresso Store - Add free shipping when an order's subtotal is over an certain amount?

Question

Is it possible to disable the shipping price if the order total is over a certain amount? I was thinking maybe a conditional in the checkout template but I havent gotten it to work. Does anyone have any ideas or could point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Answer 1

You didn't mention in the question you were trying to do this in addition to USPS.

The answer @MediaGirl gave would be correct if you were using the Default Shipping Plugin, as you can simply create extra rules to apply free shipping to orders over $50 (or whatever).

If you want to do this in combination with USPS rates, you will need to make a simple PHP shipping plugin which extends the USPS plugin and adds your custom rule.

For example, create a new file third_party/store/libraries/store_shipping/store_shipping_usps_with_max.php, with the following contents:

require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/store_shipping_usps.php';
class Store_shipping_usps_with_max extends Store_shipping_usps
{
    public function calculate_shipping($order)
    {
        // free shipping for orders over $50
        if ($order['order_shipping_subtotal_val'] >= 50)
        {
            return 0;
        }

        return parent::calculate_shipping($order);
    }
}

You should then be able to install and configure this new Store_shipping_usps_with_max plugin the same way you did the regular USPS plugin, but it will have the extra feature of free shipping on orders over $50

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Another option if you don't want to go the PHP route, would be to simply add some conditionals to your checkout template, to automatically submit hidden fields for the free shipping method:

{if order_total_val > 50}
    <input type="hidden" name="shipping_method" value="id_of_free_shipping_method" />
{if:else}
    <input type="hidden" name="shipping_method" value="id_of_usps_shipping_method" />
{/if}

Answer 2

You don't need a conditional...

Set up a shipping method called Free Shipping using the Default Shipping Plugin.

Then set up the rules for this new shipping method... you'll want to set Minimum Order Total and Maximum Order Total specific to your use case. Then set your Base Rate charge to 0. Should do the trick.

Info on Shipping Methods is here in the docs: https://exp-resso.com/docs/store/settings/shipping_methods.html