Shipping Discount (Discounted Products Only) Price Group
This section discusses the Shipping Discount Price Group in Miva 10, an option that gives customers a discount on the shipping cost for selected items in their order. This feature can be used to encourage increased purchasing of items that you're trying to move, or to incentive larger purchases.
Note
This Price Group's fields are identical to those in the Shipping Discount (Entire Order) Price Group. The only difference lies in the applicability of the discounts: In this case, the price group discounts are applied only to selected, "eligible" items in the customer's shopping basket, rather than on every item.
Eligibility for Shipping Discounts
To qualify for a shipping discount, basket items must meet the following conditions:
- The items have to be on your list of discounted products. When you create this price group, you select which products are eligible for the discount.
- The discounted item cannot be "disqualified" by another price group. The "Priority" feature is used in determining how Price Groups influence each other.
Caution
Using this Price Group could be resource-intensive due to its setup. For instance, if a customer has three items in their basket and two of them qualify for a 50 percent shipping discount, Miva has to make three API calls to the shipping carrier to calculate the shipping cost. This could potentially slow down the checkout process if a customer's basket contains numerous discounted items.