SAR Intelligenceby SAR-SOFT

Cash on delivery fees and limits changed for remote areas and large orders (beta)

Read your Smart COD or ATH COD fees and limits, then charge more for remote postcodes or stop cash on delivery above an amount, with your approval.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Time
about 20 min
Works with
Smart COD, ATH COD
The prompt

Show me how cash on delivery is set up in [Smart COD / ATH COD]: the fee, where it is offered or not, any fee rules and restrictions with their conditions, and the maximum amount and weight. Then charge [€4] for cash on delivery to postcodes [84*, 85*] and keep [€2] everywhere else, and don't offer cash on delivery on orders over [€500], with the message [For orders over €500, please pay by card or bank transfer]. If my plugin can't do one of these, tell me what it can do instead. Show me the old and new rules side by side and wait for my approval.

Already connected?

If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:

Already connected?

Show my cash on delivery rules, then add [fee] for [postcodes] and stop it over [amount], with my approval.

What happens

  1. The AI app reads cash on delivery as your plugin keeps it: the fee, fixed or a percentage and taxable or not; Smart COD's local pickup fee and where it is offered or not; ATH COD's fee rules and restrictions with their conditions (zones, shipping methods, postcodes, order total, weight, quantity) and its maximum amount and weight. ATH COD's lists of blocked customers are never read.
  2. It reads your shipping zones, so the new rules line up with the zones and postcodes you already use.
  3. With ATH COD, a fee rule can depend on postcodes or the order total, and a limit can stop cash on delivery above an amount. Each list it changes replaces the whole list, so the rules you already have are kept in it. With Smart COD, there is one fee, and remote postcodes can be included or left out rather than charged more.
  4. The change waits for your approval in SAR and can be undone for 30 days.

Approvals involved

Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.

  • wordpress_gr_cod_rulesCash on delivery fees and limitsNone
  • wordpress_woo_list_shipping_zonesShipping zonesNone
  • wordpress_gr_set_cod_rulesChange cash on delivery fees and limitsApproval

What you get

Cash on delivery priced in line with what your courier charges you, and kept off orders you'd rather have paid in advance. Make sure the fee shows at checkout before the order is placed.

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