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Shipping Estimate
This Shipping estimate add-on for CS-Cart store owners will display a shipping fee estimation block on the product page so that the user or customer can check/find out the shipping fee.
We recommend to use Geolocation by Google or IP Geolocation by MaxMind add-ons to determine the location of a user automatically and provide accurate shipping estimates.
Overview
If shipping costs and options are made completely transparent as early as possible in the customer journey, this will certainly prevent a lot of unpleasant surprises and abandoned carts.
The CS-Cart Shipping estimate add-on lets you add information about Estimated delivery time, Shipping cost of each Transport company available in your store to keep customers informed as to how long each shipping method takes to ship an order and how much it costs.
The add-on enables you to automatically show the cheapest shipping method right on the product page.
The add-on is totally compatible with our IP Geolocation by MaxMind and Geolocation by Google add-ons. Enable geolocation feature to determine customer's location and set up shipping methods for places you ship to. These geolocation extensions for CS-Cart will automatically determine the current location of a customer and suggest proper shipping methods.
Read more about Geolocation by Google
Read more about IP Geolocation by MaxMind
How it works
As we mentioned above, the Shipping estimate add-on is compatible with IP Geolocation by MaxMind and Geolocation by Google add-ons. If you do not have these extensions, the location of the user will be taken from the user’s profile. This means that if the customer has not filled in the billing address or checkouts as a guest, they will not see a block with the shipping estimate.
Below, you will see an example how it works with the Geolocation by Google add-on. The Shipping estimate add-on takes the data from Google Geolocation and displays the cheapest shipping method for customer’s location.
On the settings page of the add-on, you will see the ability to select the position (on the right, at the bottom or not display) of the block with the shipping estimate on the product page. Besides, you can select if the delivery period will be shown in the block.
The Timeout option allows you to be updated if the shipping estimate loading takes much time. If the specified timeout is exceeded, an email notification is sent to the administrator. Leave it empty if you do not want to be notified.
Below, you will see how it looks at the bottom of a product details page.
If you want to create a Shipping estimate tab, please go to Design - Product tabs and add a new block.
Even if you do not create a new tab, the customer will see a pop-up with shipping information while clicking on the Shipping estimate link.
User Guide
Learn more about the add-on in our User guide.
Compatibility
The add-on is compatible with CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.3.2 and above.
Support
This add-on is developed and published by Simtech Development Ltd., a CS-Cart developer. You are guaranteed a quality add-on supported by future versions. If you need help, please contact us via our help desk system.
Shipping Estimate
legend: [!] fixed bug, [~] minor changes, [+] new functionality, [-] deleted functionality
January 2020
Version 4.5.0.16
[!]The block with shipping estimation did not display on hieroglyphic languages. Fixed.
December 2019
Version 4.10.0.2-unitheme2
[!] The block with shipping information was loading infinitely on the product details page on Unitheme2. Fixed.
November 2019
Version 4.10.0.1-unitheme2
[!] The shipping information displayed incorrectly on the product details page on UniTheme 2. Fixed.
March 2019
Version 4.5.0.14
[!] Customers who had their address information indicated in their profiles could change their location using the active link in the shipping estimation block. Fixed.
January 2019
Version 4.5.0.13
[+] The license and the update option via the upgrade center have been added.
October 2018
Version 4.5.0.12
[+] Weight calculation which is based on minimum order total has been added.
September 2018
Version 4.5.0.11
[!] The add-on was incompatible with the default Vendor locations [Beta] add-on. Fixed.
June 2018
Version 4.5.0.10
[!] The latest version of the add-on caused the storefront closure. Fixed.
February 2017
Version 4.5.0.9
[+] Tracking of search bots to reduce the number of the requests and the server response time has been added.
[+] The trial period for the add-on has been added.
December 2017
Version 4.5.0.8
[+] The license key validation has been added.
November 2017
Version 4.5.0.7
[!] A php notice appeared when the product was out of stock on the product details page. Fixed.
[!] The delivery date did not display on the product page when the Show delivery date in the block option was selected. Fixed.
[!] The shipping method was not selected in the cart automatically when the Select minimum shipping method automatically option was selected. Fixed
October 2017
Versions 4.4.0.9, 4.5.0.4
[~] The add-on setting has been renamed and a tooltip has been added to it.
Version 4.4.0.8, 4.5.0.6
[~] Some of the add-on settings have been renamed.
September 2017
Version 4.5.0.5
[+] Shipping cost is calculated on the cart page.
July 2017
Versions 4.3.2.5, 4.4.0.6, 4.5.0.4
[+] Time-out setting was created.
May 2017
Versions 4.3.2.4, 4.4.0.5, 4.5.0.3
[+] A link to the location was added to the name of the city.
[+] The Show delivery date in the block setting was created.
[~] The change location link was substituted with the name of the city.
[!] Shipping block drifted down on the product details page. Fixed.
Versions 4.3.2.3, 4.5.0.2
[!] Pagination on the category pages didn't work when the add-on was active. Fixed.
April 2017
Version 4.3.2.3, 4.5.0.2
[!] Pagination on the category pages didn't work when the add-on was active. Fixed.
Versions 4.3.2.3, 4.4.0.4, 4.5.0.2
[+] The setting that allows showing a certain number of products was created.
[~] Small design changes.
March 2017
Version 4.3.2.2, 4.4.0.3, 4.5.0.1
[!] The Calculate button was modified according to the remarks of the CS-Cart forum.
November 2016
Version 4.3.6.1
[~] The session parameter was replaced with the tygh parameter.
Version 4.3.0.2
[~] The add-on became compatible with CS-Cart and CS-Cart Multivendor 4.3.4
October 2016
Version 4.3.0.3
[~] The database was updated.
Version 4.3.0.1
[~] Language variables were changed.
September 2016
[~] The add-on was proved to be compatible with CS-Cart 4.4.1-alpha.
[!] The product list was overlapping the footer when more than 3 shipping methods were selected on the product details page. Fixed.
Earlier changes
[~] The add-on was proved to be compatible with PHP7.
[!] Shipping methods with the biggest ID were shown as the most preferable. Fixed.
[!] Language variables were missing in the mobile version. Fixed.
[!] There was no close pop-up button. Fixed.