Shipping Cost
Shipping methods are used to describe the price and method of delivering a product
to the customer that was ordered by him/ her. It can be any type of transport or
carrier of orders from the manufacturer to the customer. Odoo allows you various
shipping methods and manages tasks such as transportation mode, conveyance of cost
settings, shipment tracking in a simple way.
You can access the Shipping method options by taking the route Sales -> Configuration
-> Shipping methods.
The image of the window is depicted below.
In the window, you can view all the created shipping methods along with the provider.
You can set the delivery method in different ways such as Free delivery charges,
Normal delivery charges and you can assign whether it is postal or roadway, etc.
It is also possible to create new shipping methods by selecting the Create
icon. The image of the shipping methods creation window is depicted below.
In this creation form, you can provide the name of the shipping method, allocate
the provider from the dropdown menu. Which can be either Fixed Price or Based on
Rules. If you select the fixed price option the shipping cost will remain fixed
at the time of shipping.
In the case of Based on Rules, the point of shipping cost will be based on rules.
Now the new price rule can be created by selecting the Add a line
option available under the pricing tab. The image of the window is shown below.
Now the new price rule can be created by selecting the Add a line option available
under the pricing tab. The image of the window is shown below.
Now let us discuss how to send Sales quotations and Sales orders on the platform.