Set up shipping zones window

Zone Tables

Lists the defined shipping zone tables. Zone table names are concatenations of the Ship Method and Country fields.

Ship Method

Specifies the shipping method for the selected zone table. Select the Find icon to look up a shipping method; shipping methods are defined on the SHIP_METHOD general lookup/validation table (from Customers, select Set up tables > General lookup/validation).

Country

(optional) Specifies the country for the selected zone table. Select the Find icon to look up a country; countries are defined on the Set up country names window (from Customers, select Set up tables > Country names).

If you are updating an existing zone table and the Country field is not populated, you can enter a country for the zone table. However, once the Country field is populated and saved, it no longer can be edited.

To define a default zone table for a shipping method, leave the Country field blank. Default zone tables are used for orders that do not list a country.

Updated

(read only) Displays the last date and time that the selected zone table was modified.

Title

Specifies a descriptive title for the selected zone table.

Default Zone

(optional) Specifies the default shipping zone designation for the selected zone table, which must have a matching value in the Zone field of the Freight by Weight window.

This default zone is used only when an order's 'Ship to' address specifies a country for which a zone table exists and when any of the following conditions exists:

  • The 'Ship to' address:
    • Does not specify a postal code, or
    • Specifies a postal code that does not match any of the entries in the Table list for the zone table.
  • The 'Ship to' address of an order specifies a postal code, but the Table list for the zone table does not contain any entries.

For example, if a UPS zone table and a UPS-USA zone table both exist, the UPS zone table is used if an order does not specify a country name in the 'Ship to' address. However, if USA is specified in the order's 'Ship to' address, the UPS-USA zone table is used instead. If the 'Ship to' address in this second case does not specify a postal code, or it specifies a postal code that isn't listed in the UPS-USA zone table, then the specified Default Zone designation would be used to determine the appropriate freight charges by looking for a matching value from Zone field of the Freight by Weight window.

Table

Specifies the shipping zones for the table. The table format for defining zones is XXX,Z or XXX-XXX,Z where XXX is the first three characters of a postal code, and Z is a shipping zone designation specified in the Zone field of the Freight by Weight table.

Table format

(read only) Displays the correct format for defining shipping zones in the Table list.

To define shipping zone tables

  1. From Set up shipping zones window, click New to create a new zone table, or select an existing Zone Table and click Edit to modify the table (or click Delete to remove the table).
  2. Specify the shipping zone information.
  3. Click Save.